HO HO HO Everyone! We hope everyone had a superb Christmas. We did! We had a superb time last week. Michelle and Luke finally arrived on Monday, with a trunk laden with presents and yummy treats! The girls were just super happy to see them, especially Bi
bou. Both Mich and Luke were just great with them, playing with them all the time and just chatting with them, playing puzzles etc while I was busy in the kitchen. They brought such a festive mood into the house and we had loads of fun and laughter. And when the girls were finally tucked into their bed (sometimes reluctantly not surprising, even though the
y were super tired. I’ve never had Angel being reluctant to go to bed ever!! But she still wasn’t all that bad) us adults stayed up all night, played cards and then dragged ourselves to bed (AND back up again the next morning when the girls were up. Well, not all adults… Luke and Mich were able to lie-in bed… the luxury of being single!!) 
And boy did we eat loads. During the week, I made Beef Hor fun and ‘Peking duck” for 2 dinners amongst others (like a full English breakfast with sausages brought from the UK Y
UMMY!, curry puffs that noone could stop eating, Jia Jiang noodles etc etc etc). But for the festive, we really went all out! For Christmas eve, we had Daddy’s famous, delicious foie gras! It was oh so goooooooooooooooooooooood. Then we brought out the … ‘seafood platter’! The boys had gone out and bought about 3 dozen oysters and some whelks. I’
d also prepared some shrimps and made a shallot vinaigrette 
while Daddy made some home-made mayonnaise. Oh it was sooooo good. And the fun part was… the shucking! Everyone, (except me…. I was sure I wasn’t gonna get it right, and knowing me, probably end up cutting my hands! So I just 'supervised' hahahaha) had fun just shucking and trying to open the oysters in between the eating! Daddy made a make-shift shucking 'bar' using his workbench!!! So clever. Everytime we got to 4 opened oysters, they’d be filled with all the fixings and we’
d ‘downed’ them. They were oh so delicious!
The girls were all so excited on Christmas morning. I even had bought them some Santa outfits that they’d worn the night before. They g
ot up at a fairly decent time (just before 9.00 am), and while Daddy rushed out to get some croissants and pain au chocolate etc, the girls rushed downstairs to wake Luke and Mich, who had to painfully crawl out of bed at such an early hour for them LOL – thankfully they were quickly served with 
hot coffee (café au laits) and yummy croissants etc. Wh
en we were all sufficiently woke up, it was…PRESSIE time. Man were we all spoilt! There were just tons and tons of pressies. Daddy’s highlight present was an iphone(16 Gb!), which he had already opened the week before as I had to change service provider for him and so he needed to have a phone! But still he got loads of other pressies, like some nice CDS and books, some glasses and loads of little stuff in his stocking. The girls were totally spoilt for choices! They had tons and tons of pressies, from grandparents, from us, from Mich and Luke and even from their nanny. B had given Bibou a scooter which she adores, while Angel got a little pram and baby, which is perfect for her as sh
e’d been pushing around her little 
chair all over the house. She’s been absolutely delighted with her pram and hasn’t let go of it since. Even I got super lucky this year, with some wonderful gifts. From Mich (who knows me so well!) got me loads of super stuff for the kitchen! THANK YOU! I also got some really nice warm slippers and a luxurious spa voucher. Wahoo! Totally spoilt
. After everyone had finished opened their pressies, I rushed off to finish up Christmas lunch. And finally at around 2.00 in the afternoon, we had o
ur Christmas meal. I made a capon, with a delish sausage meat-based stuffing baked on the side, baked garlic mashed potatoes (made with boursin and crème fraiche),sautéed potatoes (cooked in the foie gras fat from the night before!) and some roasted vegetables. We ate so much that no one wanted the buche (which I’d made with crème de marron and a light café frosting). So sad. But we really did eat loads. And had lots of fun too, as Mich had brought some crackers! We all pulled at the
crackers, and Bibou was thrilled to have 'won' a few cracker fight. That night, we just had some leftovers (I didn’t eat…I was still too full!) while we played cards!
The next day, we had some MESSAGE friends over for some eggnog and
… yes the buche! Daddy played some songs and the kids had fun singing and dancing. We discovered something new too from Angel…. She KISSES now. She can give kisses… nice kisses with her kips all pursed up. Yah!!
All too soon, we had to say bye bye to Mich and Luke. Its so sad to see them go. We sure hope we’ll see them real soon!!!
bou. Both Mich and Luke were just great with them, playing with them all the time and just chatting with them, playing puzzles etc while I was busy in the kitchen. They brought such a festive mood into the house and we had loads of fun and laughter. And when the girls were finally tucked into their bed (sometimes reluctantly not surprising, even though the
y were super tired. I’ve never had Angel being reluctant to go to bed ever!! But she still wasn’t all that bad) us adults stayed up all night, played cards and then dragged ourselves to bed (AND back up again the next morning when the girls were up. Well, not all adults… Luke and Mich were able to lie-in bed… the luxury of being single!!) 
And boy did we eat loads. During the week, I made Beef Hor fun and ‘Peking duck” for 2 dinners amongst others (like a full English breakfast with sausages brought from the UK Y
UMMY!, curry puffs that noone could stop eating, Jia Jiang noodles etc etc etc). But for the festive, we really went all out! For Christmas eve, we had Daddy’s famous, delicious foie gras! It was oh so goooooooooooooooooooooood. Then we brought out the … ‘seafood platter’! The boys had gone out and bought about 3 dozen oysters and some whelks. I’
d also prepared some shrimps and made a shallot vinaigrette 
while Daddy made some home-made mayonnaise. Oh it was sooooo good. And the fun part was… the shucking! Everyone, (except me…. I was sure I wasn’t gonna get it right, and knowing me, probably end up cutting my hands! So I just 'supervised' hahahaha) had fun just shucking and trying to open the oysters in between the eating! Daddy made a make-shift shucking 'bar' using his workbench!!! So clever. Everytime we got to 4 opened oysters, they’d be filled with all the fixings and we’
d ‘downed’ them. They were oh so delicious!The girls were all so excited on Christmas morning. I even had bought them some Santa outfits that they’d worn the night before. They g
ot up at a fairly decent time (just before 9.00 am), and while Daddy rushed out to get some croissants and pain au chocolate etc, the girls rushed downstairs to wake Luke and Mich, who had to painfully crawl out of bed at such an early hour for them LOL – thankfully they were quickly served with 
hot coffee (café au laits) and yummy croissants etc. Wh
en we were all sufficiently woke up, it was…PRESSIE time. Man were we all spoilt! There were just tons and tons of pressies. Daddy’s highlight present was an iphone(16 Gb!), which he had already opened the week before as I had to change service provider for him and so he needed to have a phone! But still he got loads of other pressies, like some nice CDS and books, some glasses and loads of little stuff in his stocking. The girls were totally spoilt for choices! They had tons and tons of pressies, from grandparents, from us, from Mich and Luke and even from their nanny. B had given Bibou a scooter which she adores, while Angel got a little pram and baby, which is perfect for her as sh
e’d been pushing around her little 
chair all over the house. She’s been absolutely delighted with her pram and hasn’t let go of it since. Even I got super lucky this year, with some wonderful gifts. From Mich (who knows me so well!) got me loads of super stuff for the kitchen! THANK YOU! I also got some really nice warm slippers and a luxurious spa voucher. Wahoo! Totally spoilt
. After everyone had finished opened their pressies, I rushed off to finish up Christmas lunch. And finally at around 2.00 in the afternoon, we had o
ur Christmas meal. I made a capon, with a delish sausage meat-based stuffing baked on the side, baked garlic mashed potatoes (made with boursin and crème fraiche),sautéed potatoes (cooked in the foie gras fat from the night before!) and some roasted vegetables. We ate so much that no one wanted the buche (which I’d made with crème de marron and a light café frosting). So sad. But we really did eat loads. And had lots of fun too, as Mich had brought some crackers! We all pulled at the
crackers, and Bibou was thrilled to have 'won' a few cracker fight. That night, we just had some leftovers (I didn’t eat…I was still too full!) while we played cards!The next day, we had some MESSAGE friends over for some eggnog and
… yes the buche! Daddy played some songs and the kids had fun singing and dancing. We discovered something new too from Angel…. She KISSES now. She can give kisses… nice kisses with her kips all pursed up. Yah!!All too soon, we had to say bye bye to Mich and Luke. Its so sad to see them go. We sure hope we’ll see them real soon!!!
Videos
This is such an hilarious video. Angel began lifting her skirt for some reason and everyone made it into a can can song, which she, as always, obliged!
One of Bibou's first try on her scooter that her lovely nanny B had very generously given to her. She's was really over the moon!
Look at her zooming down the road! This is our new road (well, not ours yet, it's the adjacent one.... our own road will be turned like this soon).
Boo! Daddy playing hide and seek with the ever smiling Angel.
House full of dancing kids!
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