lots of park fun in the heat or cold :)

Stella had her first playdate last week.  Her little friend Isabella came over to play and they had a great time !

 We had a few warm days (70s) and enjoyed the parks around the house.  We got the sunglasses out as well :)

 Adrien and Jake are busy building a bridge with sticks

 Brady and Stella enjoyed the slide

 Even after the temperature dropped again , we enjoyed going to the park again

 watching a movie with hot chocolate

 Stella likes to help Christophe unload the dishwasher

 Our little cowboy.  Adrien gets dressed by himself and sometimes he surprises us with his choices :) I loved his cowboy look :)

 Stella borrowed her brother 's hat and jacket :)

 Cuddling and eating snack together

 Howdy !

 doing yard work as a family , everyone was helping raking or picking up leaves

 well Duff just took it easy :)

happy new year

 we had a little celebration with the kids for the new year and at 6pm while they had dinner we all toasted to a healthy and happy new year together !

 Both Adrien and Stella loved having their own glass :"cheers" "sante"

 I prepared a special dessert: white chocolate and dark chocolate mousse :) MMMH !

 and when the kids were asleep Chris and I had a nice romantic dinner - drinking champagne in your pjs is a pretty laid back way to ring in the new year :)

 we all had lunch at Jason's deli on the last day of Christophe's break

 Stella loves to cuddle with her papa cheri , she keeps asking to be with him, it's very sweet !

Stella and Adrien were giggling in the restroom while I was preparing dinner one evening so I had to check it out :) They were playing with the light and closing the door.

 Stella got her first hair cut with our sweet friend Andrea.   She did Adrien's first haircut 2 years ago.

Stella was very good, she sat still eating a little snack , I did not keep the hair but took a picture of it :)

 we had a fun playdate with the donaho's at the end of the break and Stella loved having some girl time :)

Both Stella and Adrien just love being outside even in 30 F  weather so we bundle up and all enjoy playing together.

 Christophe took both kids to Liberty's birthday party while I got my hair done.  They had a blast.

 Stella loves playing with Duff ...

 We went out on a date to a nice restaurant to celebrate my birthday on Monday.  We had a really nice time !

 Adrien had his first TAEKWONDO lesson at TMA.  He seems to like it.  We are trying it out this month and if he continues to enjoy it, we will get a uniform.

 Stella loves wrestling with her big brother ad Adrien loves it too :) If you are ever in the house at 5pm, while I prepare dinner this is what the kids are doing :)

 They know they're cool :)

Christophe just started THE ASYLUM_INSANITY workout today. Woohoo!  He was dripping sweat and loved the intensity of it.  I will show you guys a pic of his six pack in 30days :)