I would never have known....

... that there are so many different positions to watch TV. Enjoy!

Birthday boy!

Here are a few pictures from Cesar's third birthday party. As you can tell from the pictures, he is absolutely crazy about "Cars", the movie. He's seen it a million times already (or almost) and has all the imaginable toys/clothes/sheets/covers/shoes that you can think of. So naturally, the cake had to match the rest! We're still waiting for additional pictures from friends that were at the party. Hopefully I'll have more to post soon.

Is he happy or what??!!

Blowing the candles... ... and dig in!!

In the meantime, Rosa had fun with the wrapping paper and bows. How cute!

Cesar's first day in Pre-K

We finally found a day care that would take Cesar (hard in the middle of the year). It's called "Little School" and Cesar LOVES it! He only goes twice a week but he counts days in between. He can't wait to go back. He has so much fun and is learning some English words. He's already picked up so much French over the past few months, it was time to do something for him to learn English. Look at this little grin!

Growing so fast!

Isn't she adorable? It's incredible how much she has grown these past few months. When we came home from Guatemala, Rosa's head reached the bottom of the white part of her high chair. Look at her now, her head has reached the top of the chair! My little girl... not so little anymore.

Hi there!

The flight back

I have to admit I was VERY nervous about the flight back to the US: 11 hours stuck in a plane with a 14 month old and a 2 year old, during the day (the flight to Europe was easy since it was a night flight, everyone was sleeping). I can now say more than ever that I have two absolutely wonderful children. We didn't have one problem, no tantrums, no screaming, no meltdowns. They were awesome the entire way! Here are some pictures to prove it if you don't believe me.

Nap time!

Playtime...



Believe me or not, but the food was awesome!





... in fact, it was so good that Cesar had a fork in each hand!

Where is Daddy? Here he is!

In the snow

We woke up the day after Christmas to see everything covered in snow. It was awesome. So we bundled up the kids (Cesar, Rosa and their cousin Leo) and went outside. We weren't as wise as the Cross's or the Mohrs and didn't think to use the laundry basket as a sleigh. We just used big garbage bags. It was a lot of fun and Cesar loved it especially when he was sliding off the bag! Also we are lucky that my mother and brother are living on a golf course, we actually had little slopes to slide down. We had such a good time, I am so glad that the children got to enjoy the snow for the first time - who knows when this opportunity will come our way again... not in Florida, that's for sure!

Christmas

Our first Christmas as a family.. what can we say? ... Not only that but we were with my entire family in France. It was wonderful. Santa Claus (of course) stopped by, Rosa got so excited again when she saw him - even though she doesn't make the relation with the presents yet, but Cesar does and he was really excited too. The kids were spoiled and we had to buy a huge suitcase and borrow two more to bring it all back! I did say "small presents" to everyone. I guess they didn't hear the part where I thought "and only one per child".

Rosa with her Papylou. Isn't she beautiful in her red dress?

On Christmas day, we went to my aunt and uncle's house as we used to do every Christmas for as long as I can remember. I love this picture with my brother Philippe (Cesar calls him Tonton Ip), his son Leo, Cesar, Rosa and myself. And no... I didn't plan for Rosa to be dressed with the same colors as I had... it just happened that way. Remember, it was towards the end of our trip, not many clean clothes left! :)

On the way to France

A few days before Christmas, we left our apartment in Switzerland to go spend the last few days in Europe with my parents in France. The trip is usually not bad at all, only three hours but that time we got stuck in traffic jams and had snow on the way. The kids were wonderful though. Here are a few pictures to prove it.

We're back!

Okay, I know, there is absolutely no excuse for me not to have posted here in almost two months. Two months??!! Time flies... We've been back home in sunny Florida for a little over a month now and we've been so so swamped but we're finally settling into a nice routine. Today was the first day that I took off from work since we got back, the kids are taking their nap so I can actually spend a little time posting some of the pictures that we have accumulated since our departure from Switzerland. I promise I will make an effort to post on a more regular basis. I know how much I love to look at my friend's blogs and can't wait for them to post another story or more pictures of their little angels. I just need to do the same thing and include this in our routine. I'll get there.... eventually. :)