27 Dec 2010

WHAT DID YOU DO THIS WEEKEND ?



Helps you to remember what you have done on the weekend of December 24. You never know if you need an alibi ! If you participate please put the little logo on the top of your post and leave your link.

When on the 24th I looked out of the window, I thought we would never be able to drive the 220 km to Amsterdam to celebrate Christmas with our son and family.

We were litterally burried in snow. I couldn't even open the garage door. With a snow shuffle which dated from Matusalem (I don't even remember when we bought it)



I managed to shuffle enough to get out of the garage with my car. Mr. G's was sitting deeply in the snow. We had to put a kind of socks around the front wheels not to slip and slide on the frozen snow. The city confronted with such a new problem hadn't thought about buying enough salt and didn't have snowblowers. It was a real adventure. Fortunately the highways were clean and there was no problem and finally we arrived just a little later as foreseen in Amsterdam in our hotel.

This time we had to sleep in a hotel because with the new baby, there was no spare room left for guest.



But we were very happy with the Hotel I had found, it was the Best Western and had a nice view on the canals and what is very important in Amsterdam it also had a garage, as parking on the street is very expensive even in front of your own house !

Then we drove to our sons flat and started our Christmas celebration !



First thing we noticed of course was that little Toby had changed and had become a big boy ! He is now a little more than a months. Above you see the young and old couple with little Toby and then he acted as little Jesus in front of the Christmas tree.



We had a raclette on Christmas Eve and on Christmas day a delicious turkey with couscous and broccolis gratiné. Nonno (Grandpa) Mr. G and Grandson Toby both full had a little nap together.



and here he is admiring his toys with music and was also very intrigued by my glasses.



Last but not least, here are a few of my Christmas presents and .... of course I was spoiled with cats !

We haven't been in the center of Amsterdam at all, it was so cold and the sidewalks were also a little slippery. It will be for the next time.





The ships were frozen in the canals, as I could see out of our hotel room.

Sunday we drove home on a cleaned highway and arrived again in our messy Waterloo, where the cars were stuck and burried in the snow. We pushed a big sigh of relief when we managed to drive in the garage without damaging anything !

We watched a film on TV and recuperated from celebrating and eating and were not hungry at all ! Christmas definitively is not made for people on diet !

14 comments:

  1. You were very courageous driving with all that snow!!! we are not use here! Amsterdam under the snow too!!! Toby is a such cute baby!
    What's the matter with the weather! They spoke about such minus temperatures in alsace yesterday on tv! It was a right christmas, this year! I see you weren't hungry like us! I am on diet to the jour de l'an, now!

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  2. Hi Gattina, what a lovely weekend you had in Amsterdam (I love the hotel!) and with your precious family. Little Toby is a handsome young man already! I loved seeing the three generations of your men together. I haven't posted my "weekend" post yet as we did SO much and were home late every evening. Now we old fogies are trying to catch up on our sleep. Ha! Have a wonderful day and wrap up warm. Jo

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  3. Christmas with a precious new baby! Could anything be more wonderful?! I am so glad you were able to brave the weather and create this wonderful memory.

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  4. Love it that the men in the family nap together! Toby is adorable, enjoyed your pictures. I am surrounded by a white landscape, off skiing in a little while, I love snow because somebody cleans the streets and prepares the slopes for me :)
    Happy Holidays!!

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  5. Toby is a cute little boy! I'm sure you had a wonderful time, even with the bad weather!!!

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  6. Toby IS growing - and is sO adorable! I hope this was a VERY PLEASANT visit, and a merry MERRY Christmas!

    I absolutely LOVE that cat with the golden shoes! Way too cute!!!

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  7. Toby is a beautiful baby! What lovely pictures.
    We finally have snow! Yay!!!!! 11 inches so far!

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  8. O has your Grandbabby been born?

    Je zal Nederlands lernen moeten..?

    Did I get that right?

    Du wirst Holländisch lernen müssen.

    I'm afraid I'm just mirroring the German with Dutch words, so I don't know if I got it right. Google translate wasn't much help either.

    I hope you have a happy new year XXX!

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  9. Well I see nothing stopped you from seeing that beautiful baby for Christmas which I am sure put a lot of joy into your heart.
    And the cats are gorgeous!!

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  10. What a gorgeous baby. So glad you made it!

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  11. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh Gattina!! These photos of you and your family celebration with the sweet babe, Toby are so delightful!!! [I especially love the one of you and your son and Toby---you with black and the black and turquoise sweater top]

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  12. That was a scary ride for Christmas but the thought of holding your darling grandson would have got you through.

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  13. Good heavens, Gattina, it does look cold in your neck of the woods. Great to read you had a wonderful Christmas. Again, all the best wishes for 2011.

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  14. Hi Gattina, wow, you sure got a lot of snow! We got about 2 feet the day after Christmas. And Toby is adorable!!!!! You and Mr. G must be so thrilled to have such a handsome little grandson just in time for the new year!

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