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Charles & Alex 2005-7
At ages 11 and 9 during the early part of 2007, Charlie
and Alex still spend a lot of time together, and work
things out pretty well between them.
Here they are at Tahoe in March or April 2007, sledding together. This was
fun!
There is, of course, a tendency to do battle in one way or another. The two
photos below give two examples. On the left, a little mutual finger-pointing at
Carmel Mission in 2006 sets the stage for a more physical dispute. Don't
know if it happened. And on the right, one of those times it did happen, in
2005.
Alex takes it all very well, because his big brother is kind to him most of
the time.
What more can a little brother ask?
To look like his big brother, or to have his big brother look like him? Well,
I don't know if he actually asked that, but Alex does like to have blond
highlights in his hair, which coincidentally makes him look more like Charlie.
Check them out on the left in this spring 2007 photo during a golf round in Scotts Valley. Alex had had his highlights colored in a
month or so earlier, and the similarity to his brother is striking.
The one on the right takes it one step further! Here Charlie is wearing an
Alex mask, standing next to Alex. What does it all mean!
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Here they are during our 2007 summer vacation in
England. They are laying on the downstairs luggage rack of an
Alder Valley double decker bus. That's not exactly what it was designed
for, but they did have a good view of where we were going!
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Same vacation, at St. James's Park metro station in
Newcastle, right underneath the Newcastle United stadium with the same
name. They bought the ball in the stadium store, and of course had to
try it out, until a voice came over the tannoy telling those at the end
of the train to stop playing football!
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Charlie likes to film and take photographs, and Alex
likes to help him out. Here he is in the back of papa's car.
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Another shot from our 2007 vacation in England, this
one on a showery day in Marlow at Gez Kahan's
place next to Borlase's.
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On the right, yet another variant of the sibling relation, this one taken at
Courtney and Antony's house in San
Diego on Charlie's tenth birthday in 2005. Where's Alex?!
Then, below left, a little harmony. Our only question is why this harmony
had to occur on a video game!! They like music.
Next, two photos with Great-Aunts in England.
First on the right, with Aunty Vi in a pub in England during the summer of
2007. Aunty Vi is named Violet Rose Eliza (you
can't get more English than that!), and is
Grandma's sole surviving sister. She lives in Solihull, near where she was born
and raised in Birmingham. We visit regularly, and always enjoy ourselves.
Then, below, here they are with Aunt Angela at a pub near her house in Rye
called the Playden Oasts. Agian, this was taken during the summer of 2007. We
visited several aging relatives during that summer holiday, which was a great
way to spend the time. At least, it was great for the parents. Charlie and
Alex were kind enough to go along for the ride without complaining.
They play video games constantly, and there are other video games here.
Earlier
pictures of Alex and Charles together here
and here.
Here they are with
Alban, Tom, Daphné
and Nick.
Here they are
fooling around.
Here they are doing
what they enjoy the most, playing
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