Jean and Lauren have said goodbye to Mimi and Helen and thankfully have decided stay on for an extra week in Tipperary so Bibi finally is finally getting to see Lauren! Laytown was great and I really appreciate everyone’s help in looking after Jean when she was so sick. A building site is no place to be at a time like this even if I am missing them and want them to come home. Hopefully things will be a little more civilised in the house by the time they get back!
I managed to blow two full days chasing a passport for this little one! Most of it spent trying to get a decent passport photo! I took Lauren to two local chemists trying to get photos taken and had the first set rejected when I got to Molesworth St. Excuses included “this camera doesn’t have a setting for babies…..”. Finally I had to get out my own camera. The passport office will reject photos if the subject is not looking directly at the camera, with eyes open, wearing a neutral expression with mouth closed. Not easy with a permanently sleepy baby.
