Tradition

At the elementary school that my boys go to (went to), they have an annual tradition for winter carnival where they build a wall made up of ice blocks that each of the children make (flashback here).The few weeks before the ice block making time, we spend time 1) remembering to buy milk in a carton, 2) remembering not to put the said carton into recycling, 3) remembering to buy food colouring, 4) remembering to wear gloves because I always seem to have green or blue fingers the day after making the ice block, 5) remembering to actually make the ice block and 6) remembering to actually take it to school on the wall building day. Quite a process! 😉

This year, it was actually good wall building weather. In the past, it has been either super warm and rainy or super cold and just terrible to be outside kind of weather. Yesterday was just right 💜

This is also the first year that Oliver is the sole boy at the elementary school (Nicklas is now in high school with Alexander) so he gets to be the star of the yearly ice wall pictures.

Wishing you all a happy Wednesday xox

A Friday Postcard from Montreal

This past week started off snowy but ended up with a bit of sun... slowly the sun is warming up... and we will be changing the clocks soon. I feel hopeful 😉 

Here is a Friday postcard from Montreal.... wishing you all a great weekend xox

Monday, Monday

On Friday, we got a lot of snow (see my comments on it here). You would think that Mother Nature is tired of making the white stuff but- alas, no- she must have been resting up and drinking her Red Bull. We woke up today to another good white dump... right in time for rush hour ;) Also, I played in a soccer tournament this weekend so my legs were not so enthusiastic about trudging into work (imagine wearing heavy boots while walking in sand... same thing) 😉 I cheated and took the metro so it cut my walk in half... best money ever spent 😉

Yes, it is pretty but only when you don't have to go anywhere 😉

Happy Monday to you all xox

Even the crow seemed confused by all the snow ;)

Is that a snowbank... or a car? ;)

Snow Day

Yesterday evening, the boys must have asked me every 15 minutes whether there would be a Snow Day. The weather channel was forecasting about 40-55 cm of snow but, heck, they have been wrong (and really wrong) before. Anyway, just before sending them to bed, we got the long awaited email from their school board: SNOW DAY! This is really a call for celebration because we don't seem to get a lot of Snow Days anymore. We have lots of ice days or generally overall crappy weather days that don't result in days off school but not so many real Snow Days so the boys went to bed happy. So did I because I was intending on working from home anyway and a Snow Day means no having to get up so early... no making lunches... no morning nagging... ahhhhh!

I remember Snow Days when I was growing up. We didn't have the internet and Facebook (heck, I don't even think that Mark Zuckerberg was our of diapers yet!) so, when I heard my mother turn on the radio in the morning, we always said a little prayer to the Snow Day gods. We listened, hopeful, for our school board to be one of the lucky ones that would be closed that day. It was absolute magic when we learned that our prayers were answered! The best days!!!

Today, I am sitting here with 3 happy boys (and, no, I was not allowed to take any pictures of them), thankful that we can just enjoy each other's company (well.. at least that is how I feel) and watch the snow come down... You have to love a good Snow Day! On top of it, a Friday one :) Can't get any better...

Enjoy your Friday... especially if you also have a Snow Day! xox

Date night

Yesterday evening, Andreas and I went to see one of his favourite comedians (Jim Gaffigan, see link here) live. It was a 9:30pm show (which is our usual bedtime) on Wednesday (which is usually a day of the week where we are observing our said bedtime) but we went out and successfully stayed awake through the whole thing (insert clapping sound). We were so proud of ourselves ;) It was a great show and we had a fantastic time! This is clearly a bonus of having boys who are getting older. Yes, they ignore you but they also provide the opportunity to have a date every once in a while ;)

Wishing you all a great day! xox

How civilized!