Feliz Navidad!

We're not even a week in Argentina and we already bumped into Alex and Maxima!

Merry Christmas!

Moving!

With our luggage, kids and the cats, we spent the last US-night in a hotel. A comfortable two bedroom suite with a little kitchen and living room. A good test night for Nina and Stasiu as they will be sharing a room for the first few in months in Argentina too. The cats were happy to be together with us again instead of being locked up in a room because of the movers packing up the house. The next day, a taxi aka minivan had been arranged to take us to the airport. It was a full load! We made it through check in and security without problems and the first leg of our trip could start to Washington. There we hit the Red Carpet club with the whole club and the kids had a great time running around the business men and playing with other kids. The cats were not too impressed. Then off to Argentina on the night flight - we all survived! Now we are settling into our temporary place in Buenos Aires, Palermo in a full summer setting.

Packing up

And so the date came that the movers arrived to pack up our life again. 3 days were planned to box and crate our stuff and pack it in a big 40ft container. By 4 o'clock on the third day the house was empty with only our prepacked suitcases and cats plus travel carriers left. We had a wonderful time in our house in Waukegan and are surely going to miss it as well as the great friends we made. But an new adventure is awaiting: Argentina here we come!

First snow 2010

The first snow in Waukegan is a fact. It was still not too cold so perfect to go out and make that snowman. Nina and Staszek did all the prep work so that Stasiu and Anita could put on the finishing touches and take pictures. This will probably be the last snow we will see for a while :)

Sinterklaas 2010

This year again, Sinterklaas made it all the way to Chicago. Weeks of anticipation with the Sinterklaasjournaal on tv, putting the shoes at the fireplace side, and still on the 'moment supreme' Nina did not want to shake hands or even go near him! Stasiu was having a great time taking balloons off Sint's chair; not afraid at all. But the pepernoten were a treat for both and the presents even better!