Merry Christmas!

Around the dinner table.

Waking up on Christmas day is the best. Louis woke up first. He'd stayed in our bed again, despite all the warnings about Santa bringing some crap gifts if he kept doing that. He got up and danced around the tree seeing all the presents. We woke up Ollie gently. He seemed to snap out and move quickly for the tree. The scooters were the main thing, but the reaction was better for the Lego cars. Louis kept repeating, oh, ahh, this is so cool! The Lego car was a type you can roll back to wind it up. Fun even for the grown ups. I was more excited about the scooters, as this means I get to ride my own one again.

The cousins.

We went to some friends place for Christmas. We cooked some meals, they did too, so we had about one main per person, and 3 different desserts. We ate the leftover roast we cooked for another 2 meals between the 7 of us for example.

Making things with the magnet set.

Then we set off for Nimes. Me and Marie had organised a house. It's much cheaper than any hotel, had 3 bedrooms, plus you can cook your own food. Much easier with kids.




It was on the hill of Mont Duplan out along the road to Uzes, about ten minutes walk into town, and the train station. Just nearby was a great kids park with mini roads for kids to go fast and learn road safety.

Ollie the scooter hero on the nearby road circuit.

Ollie the froggo.

Nimes is a great town to spent a few days exploring, and is central for visiting lots of towns. Highly recommended!