The Christmas Fairy decorates the tree
Although Christmas itself was quiet, the last couple of weeks have been full on. It all started with myself and the girls' whirlwind visit to England (a wonderful birthday present for Cassi and Christmas present for me from Steve!) The main purpose of the visit was for Cassi to be able to go to the pantomime in Malvern with my mum and my nieces - she had been so disappointed not to be going! But it was fab to catch up with family and a few friends too, although there was simply not time to do everything! It was certainly an experience making the flights with the two little ones, but to be fair they were brilliant, even with a delay on the way back.
Out on the Friday, back on the Monday - not even time to play while the cats were away ; )
Heading back to Blighty
Cassi, Niamh, Bethan and Nanma waiting for Aladdin!
We then had a couple of days to get ready for Christmas, wrap presents, pick up the duck from the village boucherie, and settle in for a quiet family Christmas in France. The festivities kicked off on Christmas Eve with a firework display set against the backdrop of the cité of Carcassonne, which was truly remarkable.
Christmas Eve (and Christmas Cassi) at the fireworks
Christmas day was very much enjoyed by Cassi, as all we seemed to do was open presents and eat chocolate cake, and was observed by Edie who enjoyed eating the paper, and playing with and biting her new toys.
Like pigs in...
We had planned a trip up the mountains to find some snow on Boxing Day, but as it turned out we couldn't get far because the snow came looking for us. We woke up to white scenes and so spent the day building a snowman and then went sledging to try out Cassi's new sledge, near some woods in the village. Fantastic!
No, this isn't the snowman!
This is just what we bought the Landy for
Want to see something funny? Watch Edie in this clip...
[btw: Old video clip of Cassi's first ever crawl is now on Youtube for those who haven't seen it - or those who want to see it again]
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