Alexander
and Charles with Alban
No-one relates to the little guys like Alban. All of the older children have
a special place in their hearts for Alexander
and Charles, even as they grow older and farther apart from the
parents, but Alban has a gift with them.
On the left, a peaceful moment around January 2000 on
Sue and Derek's couch, borrowed for four years to replace our hijacked
furniture. Thanks, guys.
Charlie is four years old here and
already heavily into video games. Alex at six is to be found below doing the
same thing. There are other
activities which preoccupy our young charges, but few as pressing as video
games. Well okay, there is fooling around.
On the right is Alban on our driveway in early 2000, introducing
Alex and Charlie to the joys of speed on small wheels.
We have lived innumerable moments of keen anxiety as the little guys follow in
the footsteps of their wild boy brothers.
On the left, it was Alban's 17th birthday in 2006, and
Alex and Charlie joined in as he opened his presents.
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 At dinner in
our home in Santa
Cruz in late 1997, before Alex arrived,
Alban gives Charles "un petit calin"!
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On the other hand, a little spat helps prepare for a good night's sleep!
December 1997.
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Here is Alban in the living room in May 2004 sharing the joys of video games
with his little bro., suitably entranced. Limiting the number of hours that
our children spend playing video games is a key goal, if a hard one to
accomplish.
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Five minutes after the photo on the left, the good side of
video games, complicity and shared purpose.
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Helping Charlie build his
Playmobil castle, May 2004
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Near La Grée,
August 2004. Other shots form that swim and dive session are
here.
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