The big "two"

A two-digit birthday! Our son Jakob entered the two-digit age last Sunday. He is now 10 years old!! A whole decade! On the one side I am so happy he is getting older, more independent, but on the other side it just scares me. Soon, the easy (??) years are over and the teenage problems start. And once this is over (I hope we survive!) he will go to collage… Well, but first we celebrated his big birthday with a party. His words: “Awesome!!”

And Darth Vader was here too…

Vermont, we are coming!

It is already a tradition, our annual ski vacation at Burke Mountain (where the Burki bear lives…). We usually never go to the same place for vacation, but Vermont is an exception. We meet there our friends (and always the same people in the small Inn where we stay, ha, ha). What can I say, we just love it. My boys went for skiing, I did this year snowshoeing.

I almost like it better than skiing: no waiting, no freezing in the ski lift…and peace. If you meet one or two people on your way, you are lucky. You just listen to your own breathing (oh yes, like an engine…it is exhausting!). And you have to be able to read the trail map – obviously always a challenge for me… But we had fun!

And the New Years Eve party in the lodge was a blast! So, we decided to break with our annual tradition. We do not wait until December, we go in February again! Of course, to the same place. And to the same people.

HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!

Happy New Year!! Here we go again: a new decade! Just decorated the Christmas tree and it is all over again (until December!).

And Santa found the way to our house too…