Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters Get daily celeb exclusives and behind the scenes house tours direct to your inbox We have more newsletters As parents of 13 kids, Pete and Tracy Lewis’s hands are a lot fuller than most – especially as they also have 25 grandchildren. But despite their busy family life, the couple wouldn’t have it any other way – no matter how “mad” people on the outside may think they are. Now that Father’s Day is almost upon us, things in the Lewis household are that little bit more special.
“It’s like what we do at Christmas time – we just have an open house,” says Pete, 64. “If the kids want to come over and see Dad on Dad’s day or Mum on Mum’s day, that’s fine. If they want to go and see their partner’s parents, that’s also fine.
But we’ll speak during the day. “To be honest, on Father’s Day I get spoilt rotten with presents. I used to get a lot of pairs of socks and cups with ‘Dad’ on and stuff like that.
Now they communicate with each other and they vary things. Some of them will get together and buy a present between them, which is nice. I had a lovely iPad once, so I’m very lucky.
” With their open house policy in place, Pete’s grandchildren will also visit him and Tracy, 60, and he’s sure they’ll be “on their best behaviour” for the special day. There will certainly be lots of cards for Pete to open and heartwarming messa.