Sebasti likes his bath

Sebasti likes having no clothes on, and he loves water, so you can imagine how much he enjoys bathtime! Ilona always wants to hold him but she is only slightly bigger than he is, so sometimes he can be a bit too much to handle...
There, that's better, at least for now.
Camera-shy.
Maybe not...
can i see


CAN I SEE CAN I SEE

Mikulás came

In Hungary Mikulás (aka St. Nicholas/Santa Claus) comes on Dec. 6 and leaves little presents for the children who have been good all year, and who have left their nicely cleaned boots by the window before going to bed. Every year he makes a special trip to Canada, visiting our house and a few others.


Thankfully nobody found coal in their boots...


Ilona looking for her boots.

Making sure there are no chocolate kisses hiding in the toes.

Adrienn likes her new shimmering hairbands.

Sebasti slept through all the commotion in the morning, and wasn't quite sure what to make of this shoe and candy business once he was up, but he definitely enjoyed climbing on the table and looking out!

And now for a little sonata to start the day...

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