Family Journal: Friday December 26, 2008

 



This morning we went down to Nikola Pasic Square in downtown Belgrade and did some skating. The city has an outdoor rink over the Christmas holidays and so we took advantage of skating. It was really nice to be surrounded by beautiful old buildings like Parliment and enjoying the fresh wintertime weather.

Owen is quite good and able to move around on the ice. This is from his roller blading in Venezuela. Ollie had a tough time with it and never did get the hang of it. He is a bit young. Nadia was getting into it and made it around the ice several times. I really enjoyed myself as I haven’t skated for a long time. We hope to go back again and are considering buying skates. We’ll see.

This afternoon I took my car down to get the oil changed and antifreeze put in. The air bag light keeps coming on so I also got that checked. We leave tomorrow for Slovenia so I wanted the car to be ready to go. Later on, Brad and I took the boys for a night walk through the parks near our house. We played spy games and the boys enjoyed it, despite the -2 Celcius (28 F) weather. The snow stayed on the ground from yesterday but no new snow today. There is a 20% chance of snow this weekend and temperatures will be below freezing both days.

 

Mama taking a break with the boys
Mama taking a break with the boys

Merry Christmas

 

Almost the perfect day yesterday as we had a great family Christmas. The house was crazy with our three children, our nanny, and three guests! Just how I like it.

The kids awoke early and loved opening the presents. Owen and Sebey’s favorite gifts were the spy gear. Owen is fascinated with James Bond and wants to be a spy when he grows up. Oliver loved his parking garage and Ben 10 ball. Ocean is pushing around her doll and stroller as I write this.

It was a Christmas miracle and snow arrived around 10:00 AM. It snowed a couple of inches and we went out and had a great time. Snowball fights and a football/soccer game. Ocean sat in the yard and loved the snow. Team Kralovec/Chavez prepared an incredible meal and we stuffed our faces. At night we went bowling to Delta City Mall. All and all a great day.

It was great that we could renew our bonds with Popa, Alejandra, and Sebey. It was also nice to welcome Brad and Vera to our family.