3 of the 4 kids are in bed, before midnight! We don't stay up late on New Year's Eve because hey, even I have a hard time staying up...

My nephew arrived mid-day. We haven't seen him for almost 5 years (Covid, him going off to university, etc). The kids were super excited...

We went on a hike right after lunch, starting at the Hameau de la Colline (above Menton). The marked hike is a loop, but one part of the loo...

I got all the kids to do a HIIT workout with me this morning, 2x 7 minutes of pushups, side squats, half burpees, gluteal bridges, bicycle t...

Another day spent crafting, Inga and Dio playing Minecraft together, going to the chateau in the afternoon, and watching 2 episodes of Sever...

Eric and I both went running this morning. Gorgeous sunny day. We were supposed to get our countertops and backsplashes delivered today, b...

A lovely day at home, mostly crafting and playing games. I made my usual Beef Wellington--a tradition we started maybe 3 or 4 years ago--a...

Family horseplay... Seafood dinner... The kids are staying up late playing board games.

We took a walk along the beach. We made a huge batch of Lebkuchen. Zari make Inga's head out of Lebkuchen.

To celebrate, we watched two episodes of Foundation. We only have one more left before the end of Season 2. I went running in the morning,...

Our heat pump guy finally came to do the stuff he had promised to finish in JULY. He didn't finish everything but he made good progress,...

We woke up early in the morning to the sound of Inga puking. She came into our room to let us know after the first time. She puked twice mor...

I think after today, I'll just stop talking about sleep (or the lack thereof) since it's getting old. Ugh. We've been slowly u...

Let's not even talk about sleep, it's been so terrible. Anyway, big changes today. The Australian family moved out--they have a f...

Another bad night's sleep. Oh well, it will pass eventually. I had my normal walk to/from Cimiez in the morning. I was so tired but I...

Each night Eric and I are sleeping worse, not better, each night! Last night we were up from about 2:30 am onward, finally getting back to s...

Today was more toned down for me! I woke up at 4:30 am and couldn't get back to sleep. By time we got Ivy off to school, I was dragging ...

We made it to Nice with no problems. The most excitement was having to run the entire length of the Boston airport to make our connection. F...

 

Lots of cleaning...packing...cleaning the gutters...a bit of relaxation watching Foundation...making Smores (also an excuse to burn the last...