Jonas

Not, it's  not a new pet (post soon about that!). Jonas was a magnificent snow blizzard that came our way. American snow storms/blizzards resemble beautiful calm snowing in Romania, so while the whole neighborhood was going crazy, we were above excited in our house. Good food, thorough cleaning and some good movies, we were all ready to face the mighty Jonas.

As expected, the winds were nothing close to scary. We did get a good amount of snow that coated our souls in the nicest, coziest way possible. Catalina was excited to go out and her first trip was in her night gown. Cold much??

We got enough courage to venture outside for a longer trip in the evening. We were rewarded with lots of fresh, yummy, fun snow. Catalina was very adventurous. She wanted to try everything:

Snow angels

 Swimming in deep snow

 Sledding

 Eating fresh snow (LOTS of it)

 Climbing the big snow mountains

 And of course, like in everything we do, our love extends towards our little bean who is still growing, still waiting to join out family. We don't have a first name for her yet, we want to find one that is filled with good meaning, or good memories, or something that just warms all us. So till we can all decide on a first name, we call her by her middle name, Ioana.

Saturday we went inside fast, warmed up and had chicken soup and other yummy cold weather treats. We stayed up late, watched TV and marveled at the beauty around us.

Sunday was a whole different deal. The sun was out, a most beautiful winter morning. And everything was cleaned up!

 Daddy went out to help with cleaning up the snow and made a wonderful snow slide for Catalina. And I mean WONDERFUL! With stairs, easy access and everything!

 Catalina still chose the difficult way up. There is nothing as fun as climbing white, clean, fresh snow!

 My little heroine!

 Beautifully made slide brings all the kids together. Catalina's friend was excited to have a fun way down in the snow.

Our beautiful (growing) family

No snow storm is complete without the snowman! By the time we started working on it we were tired, the snow was not that sticky anymore, so we wrapped up quickly, took few pictures and went inside to warm up.

 What happens in America after it snows? Clean roads or not, kids get a snow day. The whole Monday mommy and Catalina stayed home and enjoyed some one on one time. It was beyond lovely. Catalina did not want to get outside, and inspired by some of the pictures dad took the day before, she posed "pregnant" as well.

And what better way to wake up, if not with a foot massage?

We played games, we read books, we wrote love sentences and watched movies. Mommy did some work. We ate good food and made clatite (crepes with sour cherry filling). We shared love.
I love snow and I love having snow days with this cutie pie next to me. More fun adventures ahead of us. More of us, more love, more fun!