Yr of the Snake

 Happy lunar new year! It's the year of the wood snake. Oh my!

Archie's Birthday

Archie turns 3! Can you believe he moved from the terrible twos to the treacherous threes?!?

Conga birthday dance!

Happy birthday, Archibald!

Sophie made me dirt & worm chocolate pudding!

Archie is still Sophie's chouchou (pet).

Galette

Christèle & Alan invited us for the Galette des Rois at their house: French party!

The French connection is here!

Anne got one of the fèves.

Guess who got the other one?!?

Holiday Party

Work holiday party on the Plaza.

White Plaza with the holidays lights still on.

Let's join the party!

Owen, Anna, Ashley, Cassie, Jakob are
Maman's HR coworkers.

And it's snowing again... Just great!

Snow Archie

No school for 4 days due to ice and snow for the kids' greatest enjoyment. Sophie played outside for hours and make a special snowman.

A few animals passing by.

Sophie worked hard making a ramp from her trampoline.

Sledding backwards.

Archie the snowman!

Snow

A good thing we flew on Friday. By Saturday afternoon, the KC airport was closed due to ice and snow.

The birthday boy is home enjoying
Mamy's homemade strawberry jam.

Snow storm in the Midwest: 30 cm high!

No one should drive for 2 days.

Frigid temperatures we're not used to.

Thank goodness for Papa braving the cold!

That's a LOT of snow now!

Going Home

The holidays are over: time to fly back home!

One airport servicing France, Germany & Switzerland.

Robots at the Basel airport: so cool!

This robot has trays. Another one two trashcans.

Breakfast at the bistro.

Ready to go back to work/school on Monday: NOT!

Duty-free shop animals are the best.

Alfredo took a tumble down the polar bear!

Snow in Basel (then Munich) delaying our departure.

Last Night

We are staying at Gilles' house in Mulhouse for night to catch our flight tomorrow in Basel.

Milo enjoys the attention while waiting
for uncle Gilles to order pizza.

Cousin Chloé is at the university.

Gaël & Alex are growing teenagers.

Bon appétit !

Papy's wedding suit looks good on
these boys! The pants don't fit though!

Last Lunch

Eating lunch with Mamy for the last time before heading home. She has cooked up a storm for us each day!

Finishing up all the leftover: savory kougelhopf.

Alex loved smoked trout & salmon.

Sophie has Mamy's curls (and big toe).

New Year's Day

We're headed to Bretten to catch up with the German relatives and celebrate Alex's 18th birthday.

 

Papa enjoys the construction-free German autobahn!

The birthday boy is asleep when Papa speeds up on the autobahn.

Wolfgang & Heike welcomed us to their house.

There are bredele there too.

Jana is a lot of fun!

The youth played games for hours.

Coffee time: Kasekuchen & galette des rois.

Cousins born a few weeks apart: Eric & Jochen.

Monica's English has really improved.
While Maman's conversational German needs help.

Lots of German relatives!

Sophie is ready to go home...

Alex loves to rough house with little kids.

Faspa: German charcuterie board.