Der Schnee ist da....

Another year ... another bittercold February. After we were lucky for the longest time with a very mild autumn and early winter, the cold has finally hit us. We don't mind so much. We had fun making several snowmen on the one day the snow came (and the next day it was gone anyway).

We skipped Christmas 2011 at Oma's, instead we went to Oma for a long weekend in early December. Christmas we actually spent at home which was nice... we had a tree for the first time ever and Jessie waited patiently for Santa Claus ("ho ho ho" she calls him) to bring her the much awaited pink camera.

Then for New Year we went to Lisbon ... it was beautiful. It was nice and sunny and there was lots to do. We met a very nice couple with a 5 year old girl who became Jessie's friend. They were great, we had a really good time.

Now Rod has been laid off from Rim and spends lots of time at home studying and applying for a new job.

It was quite good in a sense that Rod's mum finally came to visit us from Mexico and of course, Rod had plenty of time for her. It was great and I think she liked it very much. She was here for two weeks at the end of October.

Jessie has just joined the German Saturday School, it was our second session today. We're hoping to make some German friends and hopefully it will give us more reason to speak German.

n to speak German.