These were from New years day! We had a bit of rain, so Matteo was sat at the back door for quite a while wanting to be let out- then Isabella joined him and soon after the truck racing began!!

Isabella came with me to choose her new helmet for her bike, but as it was raining (again!!!) she couldn't put it to good use so quite literally sat there all day with it on her head!

The finale to and excellent week! 

Grandma helping to supervise the opening of stockings!

The door was finally opened to reveal all the presents under the tree!

Our view for the week, along with the local residents and our cottage!

Isabella started the week clinging onto me for dear life - after a few days she was off like a pro without any adult help required!

Nikita was not far behind and was also swimming like a champ on her own after a few days.

Bedtime story from Grandpa!

The lot of us - trying to get a good photo of everyone was near impossible.....but we didn't do too badly!!!

Making great use of the games room whilst we were away! They had a tennis court and large trampoline outside, with a table tennis, pool table and football table along with a mini trampoline inside. And they loved it!