Another year has passed and it is my great-nephew Alexander's second birthday tomorrow. We had a tea party for the adults while the little cousins created mayhem on the climbing frame, on the push bikes and with a large variety of cars, trucks and other wheeled toys. Four of them under the age of 5 makes for a busy time!
Alex is already a seasoned traveller, having attended his uncle's wedding in Marbella when he was 6 months old, and recently enjoyed a Mauritian holiday. It's not an exaggeration or the bragging of a proud great-aunt, but he has been a model traveller and toddler, always eating his din-dins and placidly surveying the activity around him with wise eyes. A real cutie-pie. But his mother tells me that he is now starting to demonstrate his willpower and I fear she is in for the terrible twos. He has just been absorbing the dynamics and is now going to flex his developing muscles! But I'm sure he will retain his cutie-pie-ness. I mean look at him, butter couldn't possibly melt in that mouth.
When the time came to blow out the candles, big brother Connor was on hand to assist, but it soon became clear that they were both after the cherry. After a little prodding, Alex won the day and put it in his mouth, but it soon came out and he put it carefully back between the candles! I'm not sure if anyone else saw or who actually ate it in the end, but it definitely wasn't me!
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