Joshua in my study
One of the lovely things about studying is that I can do much of my work at home, which in turn means that I get to see Mim and the kids a lot more. Joel’s still a bit young to care about which room he’s in (as long as someone’s around), but Joshua quite likes coming to visit me in my study – which he’s allowed to do, as long as he’s happy to read a book quietly.
It’s lovely having him with me reading through his books, and while there’s still an element of distraction (he likes reading some of them out aloud, and asks me the occasional question), it makes a nice break from the Third Declension and writing about the Documentary Hypothesis.
Joel standing up
Joel has recently started standing up on his own, even (daringly) holding on with just one hand. This is only a couple of weeks after he really started crawling, so in true second sibling style it looks like he’s doing everything he can to move on from crawling to walking as soon as possible.
He’s certainly much more willing to experiment with physical activity than Joshua, who was (and still is) quite risk-averse!
Weekend
We’ve had a lovely weekend with new friends in Oxford. On Saturday, Kane, a Kiwi guy from Wycliffe, his wife Louise and their three children came over to watch the rugby with us (and Louise’s parents joined us after the game briefly).
Then in the evening Mim & I went round to the Robson’s house for a games evening. James Robson is my fellowship group leader at Wycliffe, and three others from the fellowship group came along too: Pete & Bec, and Lloyd. It was great to be playing in a group of other competitive people – winning matters!
Today we had a big crowd over for lunch: Tim & Anna and their six children (who we know from St Ebbe’s Headington), and Ryan & Jen (Ryan’s in my Greek class). Joshua loves to have older children round so he had a great time playing with the other children, and we adults and the older kids had a nice time of uninterrupted chatting together.
