Christmas 2017

Jonas discovers the wonder of Christmas

2017 was a year of ups and downs and saves. Not very many ups, but the downs and saves were enough to let us crawl into 2018 later this week.

A down was not seeing our grandchildren in Hingham, Massachusetts at all in 2017. Trips were called off or cancelled for a variety of health reasons. The save is that those health issues seem to be resolved.

An unreserved up is spending time with our grandchildren in the Kent seaside town of Margate. We spent Christmas and Boxing Day with them. I made Bob get out of bed at 6:30 a.m. in our bed-and-breakfast hotel to travel the few blocks to see Jonas's 2 year old face when he first discovered what it is Santa Claus does overnight whilst children are asleep in their beds dreaming of sugarplums. I think this photo was worth the early rise. His sister Dervla is only 1 year old, so she slept in this year. Next year will be her moment of wonder.