Reyes

... and while the family was out and about on Saturday, the reyes*, o joy, did not forget Tara even though she's far far from Spain, and dropped a present off for her too! Granted, they had to leave it in a shop in the city centre, but that's fair seeings we didn't open the door and they don't do chimneys. Either way, we don't have a chimney.
Lucky girl Tara.

So let's recap today, 06.01.08:

Tara: hunts dogs with daddy and gets a cow.
Daddy: hunts dogs with Tara, and shlepps a cow home from the city centre.
Mummy: gets to dye her hair (finally!) and does half the ironing without anyone tugging at her legs.

And back in Spain, uncle Juande and girlfriend-of-10-years Tita Isa have a word with the priest, and are offered a date in June for their wedding. A bit sooner than they thought, but really, after ten years it's about time to!
(10 years? That gives Jose and me roughly another four or five. Good.)

So back in England, Alex and Jose say: Felicidades!

Tara says: AISHA AISHA!** and points excitedly at the picture, whacking the keyboard as mummy tries to edit red hearts into the picture.
Tara is quite in love with tita Isa. All agree: Uncle Juande is a lucky man!

* Heiligen Drei Könige. Three Kings - what are they called in England? They got Baby Jesus presents a while ago, and have more recently got busy treating Spanish Kids on Jan, 6th. Spain tradionionally is not visited by Santa Claus on Christmas.
** Meaning, Tita (aunty) Isa - although the same sound sequence (aka 'word') could also mean squirrel in German, but the context points quite unambiguously to this meaning of aisha.