The Christening!

We had a wonderful day today. Oliver Charles Sleath was christened at St Nicholas’ Church in Kenilworth and a good time was had by all.

The sun shone, everyone wore their Sunday best, the baby was an angel, the cake was a triumph and we celebrated with great food and drink. Marvellous.

We were all up early-ish, showering and putting on our posh clothes and making the last minute preparations to take bits and bobs over to Kenilworth for the buffet. I went over to Rugby to collect Danielle’s Mum, while Andrew and John drove straight to Kenilworth Social Club to get things set up.

The christening service was lovely; just the right balance of informality and solemnity with Oliver definitely star of the show, even having a bit of a laugh at the font. Oliver’s looking a bit unsure, but he dealt with it wonderfully well – not a peep out of him!!

We all piled back to the social club where the frivolities began. The kids had a whale of a time on the bouncy castle; the adults had a whale of a time catching up with each other. It was particularly nice to see Christiana and Mike with their children. It’s the first time I’d met Nicholas, and what a bonny boy he is!!

And here’s darling Freddie, looking as happy as Larry, wearing the mask he’d made. Ah…. I do love a christening party!

Regrettably, we didn’t organise photos of us, so no funky frock photos, as everything happened so fast and furious. Time just swept by and before we knew it, we were feeling weary and saying our goodbyes to everyone by mid-afternoon.

Once home, John had a snooze in bed and I had a snooze on the sofa….. Oh, yes, a good day was had by all.

Take care everyone. God bless.