Sebastian has found a tasty snack

Violin recital

By far the best part about playing the violin is dressing up like a princess for the recitals (if she had it her way, Adrienn would be wearing velvet and satin gowns to school everyday). Here is Adrienn at her fall Suzuki recital a couple of days ago.



Now if only mama could figure out how to resize the video clips, she could upload the video of her performance. Must ask papa when he is not in math-land...

Weekend in the Adirondacks

We decided to go to America this weekend to see some mountains, having forgotten what they looked like after 4 years of living in 2-D (Ontario). In the Adirondacks it was already winter, and there was enchantment to be found everywhere.

It was our first serious hiking trip with 3 munchkins...


Ilona bundled up in5+ layers. It was not fun when she fell down.
But the girls had a blast rolling down the footbridge!

Fortunately snacks were plentiful.

The kids survived the two days of hiking but our poor jogging stroller finally collapsed and died after all those many years. Here's Sebasti in his new backpack!

Adrienn's new look

After diligently growing her hair for over two years, Adrienn shocked her parents this week by announcing that she would like to chop off her hair. Mama dawdled for two days, expecting her to change her mind, but she was resolute. So yesterday mama agreed to do the job, without realizing how sad she would be to see Adrienn's beautiful shiny hair fall to the floor under her scissors. Adrienn was somewhat sad afterwards too, but we all agreed that the new hairstyle looked fabulous!



Of course once Adrienn got her haircut little Ilona wanted one too...

Sebastian's first halloween