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Dec. 11th, 2005 01:47 pmEvery hearth is crackling with a merry fire, and the scent of spiced wine and savoury dishes wafts out of the kitchen. Outside, the magical snow falls cheerily, covering everything over with a thick, fluffy layer of white.
Everything about this place today cries out home, even more so than usual.
It's Christmas Day.
Everything about this place today cries out home, even more so than usual.
It's Christmas Day.
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Date: 2005-12-26 09:45 pm (UTC)"'Course you will. You did before."
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Date: 2005-12-26 09:46 pm (UTC)"Fink I name hew Beatwice."
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Date: 2005-12-26 09:49 pm (UTC)"Think that's a lovely name, sweetheart."
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Date: 2005-12-26 09:50 pm (UTC)...
No one in this family wins at names, apparently.
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Date: 2005-12-26 09:51 pm (UTC)Yep. That about covers it.
"There are two more presents I see under the tree, kiddo. Can you find them?"
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Date: 2005-12-26 09:53 pm (UTC)SUNNY PRESENT FINDING POWER ACTIVATE! DIVE! DIVE! A-OOOOOGA!
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Date: 2005-12-26 09:58 pm (UTC)"Look out for the tinsel, lovely! You know you hate it when it snaps you."
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Date: 2005-12-26 10:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-12-26 10:03 pm (UTC)"Careful, there. There's paper inside as well as out."
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Date: 2006-01-02 04:50 am (UTC)"...Beaw no eat pig?"
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Date: 2006-01-02 04:51 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-02 04:52 am (UTC)"Beaw no eat lil' boy?"
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Date: 2006-01-02 04:54 am (UTC)Bernard gets up off the couch and sits next to her, cross-legged. "We got these for you and Anthony to share, because they're stories we thought you'd like. And here," he drawls, pulling one last, squashy present from under the tree, "is something just for you that's related to the books."
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Date: 2006-01-02 04:58 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-01-02 05:01 am (UTC)And, of course, for reading with.
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Date: 2006-01-02 05:02 am (UTC)"...'Oo give Sunny giant wat?!"
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Date: 2006-01-02 05:03 am (UTC)"No, silly. He's a baby kangaroo. He's in the books, too."
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Date: 2006-01-02 05:05 am (UTC)"Name him Pumpewnickel."
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Date: 2006-01-02 05:07 am (UTC)"Looks like a Pumpernickel to me," she agrees, settling back onto the cushions.
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Date: 2006-01-02 05:11 am (UTC)"T'ank 'oo Mummy an' Daddy!"
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Date: 2006-01-02 05:12 am (UTC)"You're welcome, sweetheart."