Lunch at Fatima's house

MM was enchanted again by the dolls tati Sylvie played with when she was a little girl.

ordering pizza with Mamiecath... MM has to recognize numbers on the phone and order different toppings, Mamie was ingenious in inventing educational play.

playing with Alexandre

Santa came last night!

Alexandre and MM wake up early to discover what Santa has brought this year.

a clown nose that makes noise

playmobile! merci a tonton Andre et tatan Nana!

balance bike for Alexandre, which has quickly became an obsession for him and a source of headache for his parents.

then we headed out for a walk in the snow...

making snow balls

ready to throw one..

the act is done

more snow balls at papou!

Alexandre pulling MM in the sleigh

Alexandre had a ride too

MM pulling

Christmas eve at Montreal

what a change! travelling with MM has became a lot easier now. Since she can entertain herself more now, reading is again possible for the parents.

MM and Alexandre met again, after 4 months.

MM, Alexandre, and Papou who made everyone laughed.

disclaimer: MM was in a higher chair than Alexandre

Christmas dinner: MM trying raw oyster for the first time, she loved it and had four of them!

Hugo's hundred day party

Ming Ming made a pizza for lunch while I prepared a bread for Hugo's party

the parade

Max and Helen's party has 40 guests..

Hugo!

beautiful Helen!

Mike and Liz's holiday cookies! Thank you!

cookie making

the kids came over to make some sugar cookies at late afternoon

Holiday week: play dates

our Christmas tree, decorated finally!

Christmas holiday started today at MM's school, so I took her to play with Kaius at the public library.

coming back to join Oscar at our house

Oscar making boats out of papers

Oscar and MM singing

Christmas market at downtown Chicago

first snow of the year

Lily: Antoine, throw this!

the play continued inside...

heading for the Christmas Market

downtown chicago