Our Ian will be forty years old on Tuesday. Ahead of this pivotal moment in human history he drove up from London this very morning with Sarah and Baby Zachary. They have a big, black electric car made by Volvo.
We now have an outdoor electric socket on the front wall of our house so he was able to reverse the black beast close to the wall ready to plug it in. We will both be interested to see how much it has recharged by tomorrow morning because Ian and Sarah normally use rapid charge public facilities in their London borough.
Our youngest grandchildren - Zachary and Margot were born just nine days apart but they are developing quite differently. Zach is already pretty mobile, moving around on all fours like Mowgli in "The Jungle Book". He claps and waves and can stand up independently for a few seconds at a time.
In contrast, sweet Margot remains pretty immobile but she smiles a lot and is very good-natured. She is only just beginning to clap and wave. She weighs significantly more than Zach and wears bigger nappies. I have watched her learn how to manipulate her little toys with increasing dexterity and she is showing interest in books. In three weeks time they will both be ten months old.
We are all going out to a hotel in nearby Grindleford tomorrow afternoon for a Sunday lunch that will celebrate Ian's birthday. Frances has already collected a special vegan cake she ordered for her brother and I think we are going to eat slices of it at the venue.
I am looking forward to giving him the gifts that a craftsman made for me. I have not mentioned what they are on this blog because I want to keep this secret but I will show pictures of them next week.
On Wednesday, Ian and Sarah will be heading up to Kelso in the Scottish borders. Her parents have a holiday home there. Luckily, Sheffield is almost exactly half way between London and Kelso so they will be back with us once more next Saturday.
Another visitor we had today was Phoebe dressed in her Anna costume from Disney's "Frozen". She was keen to ring our next door neighbour's doorbell so she could show them what she was wearing and so dutifully I took her round. It is hard to believe that our neighbours, Tony and Jill, and have not seen "Frozen 2". Hell, they haven't even seem "Frozen 1"!
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