Fun Times without "real" snow

I imagine all you who have had to shovel copious amounts of snow this winter will have a hard time imagining us longing for a "real" snowfall, but tis true. To prove to you how desperate the children are after watching videos and hearing stories of the great sliding hill at my sister's, here are our attempts at sliding here in our fair city:








We continue to enjoy our time here but are hoping to make it home for the summer (the children and I, that is...Shawn will be doing some research in Germany). Hannah and Jacob are in nursery school now every afternoon and are loving it. Alexander and Benjamin continue to love grade 1. Shawn continues to love his studying. And I am enjoying a couple hours on my own every afternoon and look forward to starting work for one or two days a week here next month....if there aren't any other problems. It has been a long haul to get me to nursing here, you don't want to get me started on that one! Anyhow, we are thankful that soon I may start my job. So without further ado, here are some recent photos for all those who haven't seen us in awhile.