We were on the road to Kenilworth as soon as we could organise ourselves after breakfast the roads, a lot busier today with people like us, making family visits, very few lorries. We arrived just after one. John arrived with Jasmine an hour later. Snow was threatened. It was no more than cold and rainy. Not that this was in any way a deterrent to Rhiannon and Jasmine!
Last week, Rachel and Jasmine had been in Kenilworth. The cousins had been joyfully reunited and played together wonderfully. They'd devised and performed a play together, and vowed to do the same again, next time all the family met, which was today. Their stage set, with chairs for the audience was in the garden, regardless of the rain. The girls' enthusiasm was enough to ensure an open air audience despite weather conditions. Ten minutes of pure damp delight.
We enjoyed another Christmas lunch, this time with all three children and grandchildren around the table followed by another exchange of presents, and a video showing of 'Despicable Me II', a cartoon satire of American action movie cliches, which it seems kids love and adults like to laugh along with. I noticed Jasmine seemed familiar with the songs, plot-line catch phrases and key moments, suggesting she'd seen it several times before I'd even heard of it. There's no doubt I'm quite detached from many elements of the bewildering world shaping our grandchildren.
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