My perfect day

I just had the most perfect day today. I was going to meet up with some friends for coffee, but due to the recent snowstorm, school had been cancelled, so they had to stay home with their kids. So instead, I had a coffee and croissant by myself in my favorite little cafe. I was incredibly relaxed and really enjoyed just letting my mind wander and enjoying my time alone, without having to rush off to the next thing. It was kind of like that feeling you have on Saturday morning when you wake up naturally (and not to an alarm) and then just lay in bed awhile daydreaming because you don't have anything to do. Well I was having that same feeling, but getting to eat a buttery croissant at the same time!!!

I remembered I still had some goodies that I had bought from the Wednesday market, so I invited Kelly, Sonny, Poppy and Sam, Luke, and Aletheia over for lunch. The kids had fun playing together and I learned even more about weaning kids from breastfeeding and at what age to start them on solid foods. (We didn't just talk about kids though, we had some other great conversations too!)

I felt incredibly European when I prepared fresh pasta and sauce for the kids and a mozzarella/tomato/pesto/basil sandwich on fresh baguettes for the moms.

After Kelly and Co. left, the Carneys and I headed into the forest to play in the snow. Brussels has a huge forest that no one can build on just at the outskirts of town. The snow was melted in the city, but still there was still plenty of it in the forest. Sam knew of a great path we went on and the boys had a ball. Luke just kept wanting to make snowballs, but unfortunatley the snow was not sticky enough.

After plenty of fresh air and friends, I came home and made salmon with rice and creamed spinach. Kyle was held up at work, so I had to eat alone (the only bad part of the day) but it gave me a chance to light some candles, read a book, and blog!

Click on the link to look at photos from our snow day:
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