The next event in our Christmas marathon was meeting up with old schoolfriends. As Jools is the only one still living in Glasgow, it seemed apt that we meet there. Also as my friends are FINALLY having babies, drunken nights out on cider and blackcurrant were also ruled out, although I don’t think I’ve actually drank cider and blackcurrant since I was about 20!

Anyway, the first visit was in the evening. Alan had to go back to Aberdeen for work in between Christmas and New Year so I was doing the visiting alone. Kirsten and Andy had come up from London with their 2 kids Ellen and Rory. They were having dinner at Jools’ with no kids so I managed to gatecrash en route to my sister’s house where the kids were having a sleepover. Jools is still in ‘new mum’ mode as her baby Lewis is only a couple of months old.

I have to say at this point that her house is unhealthily tidy. There’s not so much as a packet of wipes on show. And a stray nappy sack…forget it. She claims her fiance does it all but I’m not so sure.

Kirsten, Andy and Lewis

Kirsten, Jools and Me

 

The following day, Kirsteen arrived from Perth with her husband Scot and kids Maisie and Tavish. Again we all met at Jools’ house as it was central. This time all the kids came along too so as you can imagine, it was chaos. It was also strange being in the company of other kids where mine are the oldest, it’s usually the other way around.

I hadn’t seen the 2 little ones Kirsten’s Rory and Kirsteen’s Tavish since they were born so it was nice to do my auntie bit for a while. We plied them with biscuits and even managed to get them to sit together for a group photo! I’m sure poor Jools was glad when we all left!

Auntie Jools with Rory

 

Kirsteen, Scot and Maisie

 

Old Friends

 

From left: Heather Reid, Lewis Gemmell, Maisie and Tavish Tares, Rory and Ellen South, Hamish Reid