Winter in South England

January has been a colder month than usual and we had some snow again. Maria loved it and we took advantage of being more outside and going for some short or longer hikes in snow. Two weekends ago we went to Cirencester, a nice old, Roman town.

 Walking in Cirencester

 Along the river

Making snow angels

 Geocaching

Back home, in the garden

Maria enjoying the snow

and greeting the snowman

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone!

I can't believe it's almost mid January and I haven't written in our blogsite for quite a long time. We have had a wonderful Christmas, having my dad and aunt over for 2 weeks. Just before the New Year's Eve, we got together with Will's parents, sister, brother, sister-in-law and future brother-in-law and my family, who was here. It was lovely to have almost the whole family here.

Here are some pictures from the holiday season 2009 (with one exception).

Mottisfont Abbey - Sept. 2009 - From crawling...

... to walking (same place, same little girl)

and with her mama and grandparents

Christmas Eve - our Christmas Tree

It's Christmas time. Let's open presents...

Are they all gone?

Christmas Day: playing with my favourite rings

Christmas with the Romanian side of the family

Daddy is showing me the Christmas decorations

but I want to pull one out of the tree

Time to check the drawer. Any more toys in it?

Just before New Year Eve, we had a family reunion. It was lovely to have the Romanian side along with the English side of the family getting together. Here, Grannie Mary and Granddad Peter are enjoying some playful games with Maria

Ahhh, there they are

Family picture 2009 (wish Maria's cousins and Godparents were here, too)

To finish the year 2009 in a traveling mood, as we got Maria used last year, we decided to go for a steam train ride. All aboard!

We were very happy that Lauren came with us. Lauren and my aunt, Mio are in this picture.

La Multi Ani, Romania! Happy New Year! Still 10pm in England

My first picture in 2010

Going for a walk in the neighbourhood

A beautiful sunny day

That's my favourite swing

Daddy's time in the park

on the way back home

Upgraded from the MacPac to daddy's shoulders

A walk in the Southampton Common

Dan-Dan feeding me

Just before Dan-Dan and Mio left for Romania. Hope to see you back soon!