Snow Galore!

The past 3 weeks, Brussels has gotten more snow than it did in the past 8 years. Yes, it's nice because the city looks so wintry and beautiful, but it's also bad because the already terrible Belgian drivers are not used to coping with the slippery conditions, and there has been a number of pretty bad accidents. 

But for me and the boys, the snow was great! It gave us an opportunity to go sledding in Parc Duden, a quite large, hilly park near our house where I go jogging sometimes  Getting them ready (finding missing mittens and whose hat was whose and find the right size boots for Niki (we went through 5 pairs before he deemed one acceptable) and then bundling up the, by this point, screaming Felix into his over-sized snowsuit) was ehhm, excuse my language  HELL. But once we we outside and walking down the street to the park, things were a little easier. Now I say A LITTLE because I also had some problems with Niki, who refused to carry the sled. All he wanted was Jonas to pull him down the street on it. Which was not possible because much of the snow on the street was cleared off. Anyway, we finally made it there, thanks to me who ended up carrying one end of the sled with one hand and steering the baby carriage with the other. Guess with my job, you have to expect these things (and also have strong biceps to carry sleds, babies and haul their carriages out of doors and down and up steps and hills).

Cute brothers:)

I caught this picture the single moment Niki actually carried the sled! ;P

Felix all bundled up!

Felix looking up at that scary hill we just shot down on the sled! It was his first time ever sledding:)

Is that an attempt at a smile? Hard to tell...

The hill was packed with families from all over the world! Just standing on top of that single hill, I heard French, German, English, Spanish and some other strange Eastern European tongues. That's Brussels living for ya!

Running up the hill! (Niki always made Jonas pull the sled...)

And here is a funny picture, taken a while ago, but was looking through old phone pics and thought it was worth sharing. It's from one Wednesday when I brought the boys to soccer practice on a very cold, rainy day. I just thought Jonas looked hilarious with his giant coat and football shoes:)

For me it was also fun to take pictures of all this snow around our neighborhood. Take a look:) 

The sun sets over the snowy rooftops (taken from my back bedroom window)

Snowy afternoon view

Good morning!

Snowy morning view from my bedroom window

Sun setting in Parc Duden


Random funny thing Niki said the other day:  "I know what the word sexy means! It’s when a girl tries to get boys and has her breasts showing all the time. Do you want to be sexy Margot?" Me: "Uhhh nooo, that is not a good thing to be." Niki: "Yes, because then your breasts have to be showing all the time, right?" Me: "Ummm, sure...if you want to put it that way."

Thanks for reading!:) And comments are appreciated!!