Baby It's Cold Outside!

Well, winter has finally come to Kremenchuk since our arrival. We hit -11C with a wind that made it feel like -20C. We had a snowfall overnight as well, so I had to actually shovel snow. Nathan on the other hand just jumped in and made snow angels.

Janine doesn't seem to be a morning person - like her mom. We find her to be very sluggish or possibly tired at times. She does get a spark of energy every now and then, just trying to keep up with her bigger brother - which will be impossible no matter how hard she tries. We are into a routine now. Watch the two of them do their thing for about an hour, feed the little playmates some snacks, and then work with Janine on saying words or pointing to her eyes, nose, mouth, ears and hair - when she is paying attention and not watching Nathan, she is very good at it.

We walked to our favourite drinking hole for lunch where Nathan enjoyed another beer. If he keeps this up, he will have more beer in a month than I have had my whole life! Then it was off to the grocery store to stock up on food, birthday cake and ice cream.

Janine had more pep in her in the afternoon session and was ready to work her legs into action. She was also very talkactive shouting out sounds to Nathan. Martha had her starting to say Dada. The rest was just like normal - watch the two of them play together.

After arriving back to the house and having a quick bite to eat, Martha pulled out the birthday cake to celebrate my birthday. We then made a skype call to my brother which whom I share the same birthday (he is 4 years older) before putting Nathan to bed for the night.