We are still in the midst of the longest holiday of the year, but our friends are slowly returning to the city and to their jobs. Jonathan was sick for a few days last week, so the kids and I went out on the town. We tried to find new places, met new friends, and ate at McDonald's once. Only two of my kids actually like McDonald's, but it was the easiest thing at the time to do to feed some hungry bellies. We sat down at the table and withing two minutes (literally) the store manager was approaching with two girls (ages 11 and 12). It was one of the girl's birthday and she wanted my kids to come to her party, so we spent the next two hours at a birthday party. We met several new people and swapped numbers for future play dates with several people. Thankfully, the weather was nice, so we spent most of the day outside.
Benjamin enjoyed making some Lego creations. We broke out the short sleeved shirts and slept comfortably with windows open.
Then the rain hit. It rained for several days, but did not keep us from going out ....although I am sure we were a site with all those umbrellas. :)
The rain made it difficult to burn some energy off outside, but we found other ways. We discovered that playing a Wii Dance Kids game really wears them out :) They make Mommy join in (I think to have a good laugh). Lauren is not too interested because she says it is too hard.
After the rain came the REALLY COLD weather. I guess we were getting spoiled with the nice temperatures. And yes, this is how she is dressed INSIDE our house! It is so cold. It's not quite like the polar vortex that we had just before we left the States, but at least we had heat in our house. Outside here is in the 30's, which means inside is too. Everyone is wearing 3-5 layers of clothes, socks, and jackets. It helps a little, but I can't wait for warmer weather! We looked at the forecast. If we can fight through another week, we should see temps in the 50's and 60's again.
