My unexpected Christmas present

An unexpected Christmas present arrived for me....... 6 degree C weather and MELTING SNOW!! I am so excited! It also rained (which I love as well) but I can appreciate that not everyone is such a fan...... The wind is warm, green is coming back and being outside actually feels good :) I am aware that this is a small break but it is a well appreciated one!

Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas! I am debating going out for Boxing Day but am not sure if I am brave enough ;) xox

Merry Christmas!

Today, Christmas was at our house so this is probably one of the first moments I have to sit down....yes, with a hard earned glass of wine and some chips- hmmmm...... classy ;) We were all spoiled by Santa (with a little help from MasterCard) and had a good day with family. The boys made us beautiful homemade gifts- from Alexander, we got a Lego copy of ourselves (seriously, it is great!). From Nicklas, we got some homebaked cookies (which I promptly ate!) and from Oliver, a big wet kiss! Hope you all had/have a very Merry Christmas... from our house to yours! xox

Andreas and me.... in Lego form :)

Getting ready for the festivities....

Québec City

Sometimes, we like to take short overnight trips to nearby places. Even a quick night away is like a little holiday. This time, we went to Québec City. It is about 3 hours east of Montréal so there is enough time to get there before the boys start asking "are we there yet?" EVERY 30 SECONDS!!!!! We went on an ice slide and I think that Andreas got scared ;) The hotel (Manoir Victoria) is really cosy and in the beautiful old city (the boys loved the pool!). The only thing missing was the beach ;)

New haircuts!

Yesterday, the boys got new "Christmas" haircuts :) To save myself hassels, I brought them to the barber. We walked in and all 3 got their cuts at the same time.... bang, bang, bang! We were out in 20 minutes. BEST IDEA EVER!!!! When it is me doing the cutting, it is hours of stress/begging/bribing and cleaning up...  So, haircuts at Joe the Barber is MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ME!

Hope you are all having a good week :)

My ears just got bigger ;)

No more mop top ;)

Don't mess with the bangs! ;)

Cosy..... and 300 posts!

This weekend has been all about being cosy! I really needed a day or so in order to recharge my batteries..... This next week will be filled with corrections, other day-to-day craziness and other stresses. I am really looking forward to having 2 weeks off with Andreas and the kids... until they start their fighting and then I will be writing something else ;)

By the way, this is my 300th blog post!!!!!! Thanks for bearing with me.... it has been fun :)

Cool dudes... at the dentist?

Alexander had his first sleepover birthday party last night.... and, even if the younger boys stayed upstairs, everyone is tired today. Not a good day for having to go to the dentist ;) Surprisingly, all three boys did well and were very cool on top of it all! Oliver would only get on the dentist chair if he was sitting on my lap so I ended up in the pictures... but not looking so cool ;) That is what happens when you become a 40years+ mother... you are not so cool anymore. Maybe it was because I didn't get the cool sunglass eye protectors? Anyway, whatever it is, I embrace my non cool status... haha!

Wishing you all a great Saturday night :)

UGH... too.... much.... white!

I warned you all- I am a winter-complainer ;) Sure, sometimes snow looks pretty but only when you are inside and don't have to leave.... ever..... but, usually, I do have to get things done so I am not a fan! Too much shovelling-wet-icy-cold-hard-to-drive-hard-to-walk-have-to-dry-snowpants-on-a-regular-basis-and-cannot-wear-sandals kind of weather ;)

Hope you will all bear with me ;) xox