Welcome back to blogging!

It's not like I have more time in my hands now. I'm happy i had the chance to take a shower this morning. Dinner is still a BIG question - will we eat anything decent or will the Mom restaurant serve one of those last minute creations that fills your stomach without much taste. Little chance N will take a long nap, she looks fired up and full of healthy energy - the very thing I lack!

P mentions today at lunch - why is he at home at lunch time is a mystery! - how fast the time goes by, that Miss N is already older than Miss A at the time we moved to USA. In eight years, we won't know what Miss N is like now. Since I don't remember anything about two days ago, let alone eight years, I know he's right.

"Sure," I say, "if you write the text, I can add it to our yearly photo album." (the album that I finished for 2009 recently. Right on schedule!) Of course he doesn't buy it, bummer! Miss N is having her light lunch - she eats enough at school -, she asks for this and that, hangs at the edge of the bar stool at the kitchen island, all the while I try to write this. If I don't make sense, it's because my multitasking capacities are overloaded!

Now i still have to start to write about what we do, the diary of Mom for the whole family. Voila...

Our new big thing is skiing. Sunday, Feb 10, we took the girls to ski at Wilmott. Miss F and Miss A began at the level 2, on the tiny hill. In 1/2 and hour, they were both on level 4, still tiny hill, but at the lift rope. Not long after, Miss F was taking the big lift with the instructor. Miss A needed to get more control on her skis before she went on top of the hill. I understand that ice skating helps with skiing, and the girls are taking skating lessons. All the while we had Miss N in her tube (a sleigh in the form of a car tire, the best sleigh ever!) Weather was gorgeous, we stayed outside the whole time while the lessons lasted.

It was winter break at school. P took a day off on Friday, Feb 15. This time we drove to Alpine. This time P skied with the kids and after practising on the small hill, they went pretty quickly up the mountain. There were more families from school, more kids at Miss A's age, that I felt it was OK. both girls and P did a great job. I was especially amazed with Miss A. She fell just a couple of time, did so well. There was just one time she flew off the piste and just missed the lift pole. I had a small heart attack. She stopped a few feets from the trees, got back on the piste and went on skiing. All the while, Miss N sat in her tube, made me pull her and the chucks of ice she collected. The lady at the little restaurant gave us three huge cookies for free, she thought the girls were so cute!

Now I need to focus on the single task of getting Miss N to take her nap. OMG, she says "hayir" to me. Focus... focus...