25 December 2008

Happy Christmas

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.



















06 December 2008

Birthday Boy




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!!

Mattéo's M'amie was happy to be part of the party and our dear friend Rene treated us to a lovely magic show at the end.

01 December 2008

Autumn



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.







The highlight of our autumn was a visit to Renato and family in the eternal city - Rome. Lovely to see our friends and exciting for Mattéo and Juliette to discover so many things.