Tess's Birthday

Ears pierced on the Saturday before with her Dad, and she couldn't decide what to do for her birthday itself. After exhausting her elbows with opening her presents, she had a visit from Grandma Stuart in the morning, before we froze our bahookies off at Balmedie beach with Max and Sonny over lunch with Eve and Sam. A call from auntie Jo and visit from Auntie Cheryl and Grandma and Granda in the afternoon, then out for tea at night time, wagamama style. And it was there she slumped, took us a while to work it out, but the tears came, she missed Georgie, who is all the way over in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. But a wee word in her ear with a bit of news about Georgie and she smiled again. Home, tired, and eventually ready for bed. The first day of being 12 was exhausting. (For Tess too.....)