Monday, December 15, 2008

Sledding down, winding down...

Sorry for the lapse in any updates or stories... a combination of not too many adventures (school, work, groceries, which thankfully are all quite mundane now!) and somehow changing the language of the blog controls to Japanese and not being able to log in have kept me away.

I somehow turned it back to English, thankfully (not sure if I could repeat it), and so thought I'd post some pictures of the kids sledding.

We've had a couple of good snow storms -- about 6-8 inches three times or so. There is a perfect little hill at Victoria Park and we have been out each of the last two mornings to sled. I am amazed at the well-heeled women here, wearing VERY high-heeled boots, who navigate the icy sidewalks with such grace. I am wearing thick soled Sorels and have almost landed on my backside many times already. I suppose if we stayed long enough -- and if I could find lovely high heeled boots in my size -- perhaps I would learn that skill eventually, too.

Just eight days and we head home. There is a lot we want to do and people to see, a party with university people on Friday night at our favorite French restaurant, gifts to buy, suitcases to pack, two more boxes of macaroni to eat... I am starting to stress a bit (like Katie,I sometimes have a hard time with change), but am still trying to enjoy the time we have left.

I am going to try out posting a video link -- am not sure if this will work. The first one shows Jack, the second one hows Jack almost plowing over his sisters, and I will try to find a short one of the girls (the first one I tried to load didn't work. Ah technology).