jfc. i get that babs is absolutely RABID with excitement about their trip, since she is totally unaffected by grief since it wasn't HER dad who died - but that photo is a reflection of all the upcoming holiday photos, the kids both pale and washed-out, looking drained and broken, clearly not themselves at all, both forcing smiles that babs has obviously demanded. steve has clearly refused to be included in the photo, but despite his own grief, he really needs to step in and be there for his grieving children, and protect them from babs nsnad her focus on creating content, above all else. she may say that their disney trip will be more "gentle", but babs will undoubtedly be her usual manic self and the fact she has demanded steve drive them to Paris, despite the pain he must be in, shows how little she cares, and indicates that she will fully expect the kids to smile and pose and eat snacks and hug characters, as always. 
i totally get that steve is hurting and likely preoccupied, having been dragged away from his family because babs wants to brag that she paid for a holiday, thus she ain't gonna cancel - and i'm not even gonna raise the utter selfishness of booking a holiday to her dream location under the guise that it's a birthday treat for steve. she is utterly abhorrent, and i'm not sure i will even be able to view her content over the next few days, because it is heartbreaking to see the kids suffering in silence, their grief written all over their faces, while babs shoves sugary snacks at them and "distracts" them with disney tat as a replacement for hugs and comfort and affection, and being allowed to talk about how they are feeling.
ffs babs, put your kids first, for once.
i totally get that steve is hurting and likely preoccupied, having been dragged away from his family because babs wants to brag that she paid for a holiday, thus she ain't gonna cancel - and i'm not even gonna raise the utter selfishness of booking a holiday to her dream location under the guise that it's a birthday treat for steve. she is utterly abhorrent, and i'm not sure i will even be able to view her content over the next few days, because it is heartbreaking to see the kids suffering in silence, their grief written all over their faces, while babs shoves sugary snacks at them and "distracts" them with disney tat as a replacement for hugs and comfort and affection, and being allowed to talk about how they are feeling.
ffs babs, put your kids first, for once.
It also reaaaally winds me up that she takes so many snacks from home. Why spend all that money travelling if she doesn’t embrace what’s available in France? The mention of the big Tesco killed me. It’s not a landmark, bab
- created them and she birthed them and they wouldn't exist without her. they literally owe their lives and their entire existence to her - hence how she justifies demanding she recieve gifts on her kids' birthdays, because they wouldn't even have birthdays to celebrate if not for babs.