the King's Birthday
February 13th was Lawrence's birthday. It was a national holiday, and the whole kingdom was celebrating, with all manner of festivities planned. All the pomp and ceremony was well and good, but what was most important to him was the quiet, intimate time with his family first thing that morning....
"Happy Birthday, my love..."
"Happy Birthday, my love..."
"I hope you have a wonderful day!"
But their quiet moment together was short lived....
The children were all excited, and had gotten up early....
"Happy Birthday Dad!!"
They all rushed up to hug him...
They all loved him dearly....
"I'm such a lucky father..."
"Here, open my gift first!!"
Nami's Gift
Lawrence sat down to open the children's gifts. Nami gave hers first.....
"Thank you sweetheart...."
"I love your card..."
Inside the box were some heart-shaped cookies....
"My favourite cookies! Did you make them?"
"Yes, I did....but Lady Naomi did help me a little...."
"I'm definitely going to enjoy these. Thank you!"
It was times like this that Monica was even more proud of her children....
Paige and David
Paige presented her gift next, and like Nami, she had also made a card....
Lawrence opened the box, and inside was a scarf...
"I didn't know that you could knit...."
"Well, I didn't...but then Naomi showed me how...."
'You did a great job....and it fits perfectly!"
"I love it. Thank you!"
Then it was David's turn. "Happy birthday Dad!"
"I made you something too...."
It was a bird house....
"This is really nice. You did a great job...."
"Uncle Baron did help me a little...but I put it all together...."
"I thought you could hang it in the garden outside your office window...."
"It will be interesting to see who moves in...."
David was so proud of his little birdhouse, that he took it to show his mother....
Ringo's Gift
Ringo had been waiting patiently to give his gift....
"I made you something too..."
"...and I made it all by myself.....with no help from anyone..."
"Well, let's have a look then...."
Lawrence unwrapped Ringo's gift...
..and smiled at his son...."This is awesome....Thank you!"
"Do you really like it?"
"Yes I do..."
"You are becoming quite the little artist..... and our family has never looked so good..."
"I love it!"
"Tomorrow I'm going to hang it in my office..."
"For now I'll just put it right here..."
Paige leaned over and whispered to Nami....
"Do we really look like that??"
Monica came over...."That's such a cute picture.
He even drew you waving that little wooden sword you made for him last year."
He even drew you waving that little wooden sword you made for him last year."
"It's priceless! I'm going to hang it in my office, and whenever I'm having a bad day, all I'll need to do is look at it to remind me of what's most important to me. "
"That's a wonderful idea. But right now we should get dressed and go down for breakfast. It's going to be a very busy day."
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