The photos are absolutely endless. Unfortunately we've been so busy and I haven't had a lot of time to upload the photos or update our blog. In the last month Curt has been to China and Geneva and will return again to Geneva this week. I've hosted a number of dinners, parties, cocktails and am now finished! Other than Christmas and our upcoming Austrian ski holiday, we are going to try and chill out a bit. This week I do have 2 more Christmas get togethers and on Monday, Dec 21st is our last one. Then, we are home, home, home for a week.
Today I returned home from work at 6:30pm to find Mia with a fever of 104.4 degrees F (40.2 degrees C). She is now fast asleep next to me. Tis the season I guess. So far Ali and Terence are okay. Terence is amazingly always (knock on wood) healthy! He never, ever gets sick... Ali has had the chicken pox and also an on and off again runny nose but overall she's been pretty good and only missed a few days of school since the beginning of the school year.
The kids are busy with their own Christmas parties and events. Today Terence had a 3 hour party with his tennis club. They did a gift exchange, played games, had a disco and ate endless amounts of cake and sweets. Tomorrow Ali has a Christmas party from 4pm with her old nursery school. She'll actually sing and perform with them ;-) Then on Thursday she'll have a French school Christmas performance. Mia has a party with friends on Wednesday... Friday will be their last day of school for the term. That means grades are coming home this week!! I cannot wait to see them. I've met with both Mia and Terence's teachers last week so we'll see. We definitely don't have an overachieving geniuses in our home but I think they'll be fine schoolwise.
Okay on to more photos of the tree trimming party... These are snaps of the actual tree trimming activity!
Today I returned home from work at 6:30pm to find Mia with a fever of 104.4 degrees F (40.2 degrees C). She is now fast asleep next to me. Tis the season I guess. So far Ali and Terence are okay. Terence is amazingly always (knock on wood) healthy! He never, ever gets sick... Ali has had the chicken pox and also an on and off again runny nose but overall she's been pretty good and only missed a few days of school since the beginning of the school year.
The kids are busy with their own Christmas parties and events. Today Terence had a 3 hour party with his tennis club. They did a gift exchange, played games, had a disco and ate endless amounts of cake and sweets. Tomorrow Ali has a Christmas party from 4pm with her old nursery school. She'll actually sing and perform with them ;-) Then on Thursday she'll have a French school Christmas performance. Mia has a party with friends on Wednesday... Friday will be their last day of school for the term. That means grades are coming home this week!! I cannot wait to see them. I've met with both Mia and Terence's teachers last week so we'll see. We definitely don't have an overachieving geniuses in our home but I think they'll be fine schoolwise.
Okay on to more photos of the tree trimming party... These are snaps of the actual tree trimming activity!
Due to the challenging height of this massive pine tree, the guys had to pass the lights from our second level down with hockey sticks and pool sticks... I even got a short video clip.
Once the lights were up, everyone else could join in with the hanging of our ornaments. Only a few got broken in the process... Only one that was sentimental from a trip to Brussels a few years back. I have a few friends living there so maybe one can pop into the amazing Christmas store in downtown Brussels and find a replacement.
Every one pitched in! The kids really enjoyed the tree trimming part this year...
Everyone was in charge of a different set or box of ornaments. It was a huge group effort!
We had to bring in the ladder to reach the middle of the tree!
Thanks to Kasia, we enjoyed some sparklers after the tree was all decorated. All age categories loved them!
