probably one of the most significant things we did in london was catch up with some relatives of pauls. obviously mine by marriage now too, and definately percy's by blood.
thelma is paul's dad's sister, making her paul's aunt and percy's great aunt. she is married to steve and they have two children shonagh and euan. paul had not seen the family since his family departed bonny britain 20 years ago. so it was quite significant. we had lunch with steve, shonagh and euan one day and dinner the following with thelma, steve, shonagh and her girlfriend alex. both meals were great with lots of laughter and "oh really's", and "that was ages ago!", and "before you/we left...." i was particularly pleased with how well percy did out at dinner. we went thru the usual bedtime routine before leaving the apartment. the difference being instead of settling her in her bed we tried to settle her in the stroller. she did play along for most of the nite. at least enough for us to get thru three courses! she also had a cuddle with her rellies and another breast feed. maybe i praised her too enthusiastically because she did decide enough fun was enough and it's bedtime now. yes, i mean now! we'd gone to a restuarant quite close to the apartment so i bundled her up and took her home while paul stayed for another hour or so of drinkies. not begrudged in the least... there was 20 years to fill in.
funnily enough in december steve and thelma are visiting oz for an extended retirement holiday and shonagh and euan are coming for i think three weeks around christmas and new years. going from not seeing them in 20 years to twice in one!
p.s. they're really lovely folk and it will be great fun showing them around sydney.
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