A lovely Christmas spent in France, mainly near Paris with Erika and Emmanuel and partly in the Loire valley to see Alister's parents.
A visit to the Cirque d'Hiver and a walk along the window displays in on Christmas Eve and then an exciting Christmas Day with all 7 cousins, plus uncles aunts and grandparents.
Eight friends for an eighth birthday. Mattéo had a collective present from his friends - a remote controlled "jet" plane. Its first two test flights were fine and the third flight went so well that a large part of the rest of the day was spent by Alister retrieving it (successfully) from a tree!!
The first snow of the season coincided with a trip to Heidi's Hutte - lots of fun in the deep and powdery snow and then some board games in the warm living room.
