Crazy Weekend

Traveling has become quite miserable ever since the snow storm last Thursday. The temperature has been mostly below freezing and after the snow, sleet and rain on Sunday, everywhere is just a mess! The sidewalks are slippery. The roads are slippery. A lot of the parking lots along the street are all covered in snow. It is so difficult and sometimes impossible to park!


Anyways, last Saturday was a very busy day for us. We went to the Harvard Coop to meet Santa Claus at 1pm. Then, to help Sonya get some sleep before Natalia's birthday party at 3.30pm, we drove around instead of going home. Both Sonya and Clara slept for at least an hour while we drove. They got up at 6am and if they didn't get a nap in the afternoon, they would both be ultra grouchy by late afternoon.

These are some photos from Natalia's birthday party.




After the party, we went to the Westgate holiday party. By the time we got there, there wasn't much food left. We waited till Santa Claus came and then went to Royal East for dinner.






And then on Sunday, there was supposed to be a Rick Goldin's concert at the Harvard Coop. We went last year and Sonya enjoyed it very much. Even though it was raining and snowing and the wind gusts, I brought Sonya there anyway while Justin watched Clara. The concert was still on but sadly, we were the only ones there. It was not until towards the end that another mother and daughter came and joined us. Sonya was rather shy and kept very much to herself. I tried to get her into the music. After a long time and with some tickling and stuff, she started singing a little and played with the bells that Rick Goldin brought. The Harvard Coop gave us a coupon to get 1 free children book to reward us for braving the weather to come to the concert.



Sonya has been complaining about her hair getting into her eyes and that her eyes were painful so I trimmed her fringe last night.

I noticed this morning that Clara is sprouting her second lower front tooth!