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Christmas started really early for us. Beginning of December, the nursery organised a craft day to create some Christmas decoration. Rémi was really pleased by the idea, but Arthur preferred to play hide and seek with his friends outside.
We came back home with food for the Father Christmas Reindeer to put in the garden on Christmas Eve for them to find our house, a decorated pine, a decorated CD and a star for the Christmas Tree.
Rémi even came back with his first face painted.


Then, there was the children Christmas party individually. I managed to go to both of them.
Rémi’s one was a disappointing. It consisted for the parents to stare at each other while the children were playing, then a snack and at last Father Christmas visit. Rémi got terrified by him and didn’t want to go to pick up his present. He got a lovely book with animals which make noises.


Arthur’s one was more interesting as the children made a little show with some songs. Unfortunately Arthur spotted me in the room straight away and preferred to suck his thumb all along. His teacher was really disappointed because the same morning during rehearsal he sang well, but I knew he will react like that. In any way, it’s been few weeks he kept singing all the songs at home.
Then there was a snack and Father Christmas visit. He got two submarines which are still really popular in the bath.

If you know the story about the deep fat fryer, you will understand my joy when I got my Christmas present from Marc.



I didn't understand everything at the beginning. Thanks to Kathia, I understood I will get a deep fat fryer. And few months later, here we go:



I am thinking about it now, because we ate some French fries yesterday! For the ones who don't know the story, let's say that it was one of the best present that Marc could have offered me!!

Because, we were going to celebate Christmas with Christelle and Richard, our official baby-sitters, we had to ask someone else to be able to go out.
Who's better than Fiona, Arthur's former childminder? And when Fiona comes, she comes with her daughters. It's party time for the boys! And by leaving them with her, I knew I shouldn't worry.
Because at that time Rémi was still breastfed, I prepared a bottle in case he asks for it, knowing he never had one before. With Fiona, it's not a problem. And the next day as well with daddy.

Merry Christmas to all of you!
Arthur had a lot of present despite the fact we were staying in Wallingford this year. He received:

• a cd of English nursery rhymes from Christelle, his favourite baby-sitter
  
• a T-shirt from Tina et Ronan, our Australian friends who live in Sydney, but who came to visite us before going to Bristol to celebrate Christmas
  
• 4 cd of French nursery rhymes from Sabrina et Alex
  
• a second soft toy to help him sleep from Sabrina et Alex
  
• a frame with a sewed bear with Arthur name and date of birth made by Sabrina
  
• a book about Jesus birth in English from the toddle group he is going to with Fiona on Thursday
  
• two T-shirt from Fiona, his favourite childminder
  
• a game for bathtime from his favourite parents
  
• a book in French which explain how to make a snowman from his auntie Véro, my sister
  
• a snow suit and a scarf from Grand-Pierre and Maminouche, my parents
  
• a book about the adventure of a little bee from Mamie and Papie, Marc's parents
  
• a jumper made by Kathia, Marc's sister
  

Thank you to all of you, he loved the wraping paper

Also he had his 8 months check up last Wednesday, he weight 9,340 kg (20 lb 9 oz) , he has 4 teeth coming through at the same time (the 4 at the top), his bottom and his cheecks are red, but he is smiling all the time!!!

At last, and it's not related to Arthur or Christmas, while I was in France for my grand-mother's funeral, one of my really nice cousin cut my hair and last Thursday I did some cupper and golden-brown high light, but it can't be seen properly on the pictures