Make a wish!

Guess who's birthday was yesterday?

Joey is waiting for the spring...

We all do!!! 

The cartoon from our local newspaper shows pretty much our current situation...

Last Thursday:

Happy "Heart" Day from NY!

My husband still has a romantic heart... 

For Valentine's Day he got us tickets for Romeo and Juliet Ballet in NYC and invited me for dinner at the Lincoln Restaurant afterwards. Included was a black, flower printed  dress to wear it for that occasion. 

Of course, we had great time and the ballet was amazing.

During the intermission a very cool exhibition caught our eye.

The artist Dustin Yellin is from Brooklyn.
Definitely worth a visit!

Oh, winter joy...

I guess no comments are necessary here...

One silver lining: Olaf fished his newest masterpiece! Right on time before he've got too busy with snow plowing...

Happy New Year!

Another year... 2015! 

What did we do in the last days of 2014? Celebrate, of course! 

Christmas Eve we spend at home, as usual. And (as usual!) we had our neighbors over for drinks. Olaf's new creation: a raspberry martini. Very yummy!

Santa brought us some nice gifts. My boys especially loved their new pajamas. Yes, we still are in soccer fever.

I think Olaf got his first soccer shoes ever...ha,ha. 

Jakob's gifts are getting bigger and bigger. That's why he still fits in the gift box.

Joey's used the moment of excitement to jump on our sofa, for a short time only...

On Christmas Day we were invited to our friend's house. It was a feast! I can't remember last time I ate so much...

Good thing we went for skiing and snowshoeing to Vermont (the same procedure as every year).  Though there was not much snow, we had fun anyway!

We started the New Year in NYC, with a great concert at the Avery Fisher Hall and a dinner at Jean-Gorges.

I already love 2015!

Christmas in New York

Yesterday we had the opportunity to compare the tree at the Rockefeller Center with our tree at home.

Guess which one won? Our tree, of course! 

Though in New York everything is bigger, including the Christmas deco... Look at the candy cane! And the stars in Time Warner building!

As usual, we had a wonderful day in New York, starting with a lunch at the Lincoln Center and finishing with the "Nutcracker"Ballet!

Watching the Christmas lights in New York belongs to our holiday season like baking cookies at home and enjoying Gluhwein with friends at the Christmas market at our lake.

Even Jakob decided to bake some cookies with me!

A white Thanksgiving...

A winter wonderland! Yeah... Maybe two days later...

The snow storm started the day before Thanksgiving and by noontime we already lost power. 

Good thing we have a generator, otherwise there would be a small dinner table...

Additional, many trees went down and blocked the entrance to our trail. The heavy snow also took our phone wire down.

We had a lovely Thanksgiving dinner with our friends anyway!

Even the power came back, just on time for our turkey!

I am dreaming of a GREEN Christmas...