Today was Matt's 19th birthday. We like to have a bit of a family celebration at least but Matt's not one for partying anymore. We had to surprise him last year and this year he said he didn't want 'a fuss'. But we liased with Alex and decided we had to mark the day. It must have been meant to be because everyone had the day off. We booked for 8 of us to go and see the new film Twilight and then on to Pizza Hut. Of course this meant having to invent some ruse to get Matt into Nottingham in the first place. At first he said he didn't want to go out because Joe was coming round. Joe was in on the secret but came round with Matt's pressie to keep up the pretence. It took all of us to persuade Matt into town after that. He should have been suspicious but he wasn't.
The film was a very well made vampire/human love story. Peter and Hannah have read all the books and were determined to see the film as soon as it was out. So this was 2nd time around for them. Anne was disappointed there wasn't more gore but seemed to enjoy herself. By the end of the evening the youngsters had made quite a lot of pizza disappear. Matt said he felt guilty about being so reluctant to come out but had a nice day.
When Matt was born back in 1989 we were discharged from hospital on Christmas Eve. With a new baby in the house, Christmas almost passed us by. Hard to believe just how many Christmases have passed since then.
Pete and Hannah
Matt and Alex
Joe and Anne
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Glad you all had such a good time.
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