One last magic night

Presents days are over

So many, too many maybe

But the magic of these days

will not last forever

Candies or coal?

 Tonight 

the 3 Wise Men

Caspar, Melchior and Balthasar

will get to the crib with their presents

and will close the curtain on Christmas

 Tonight

Befana

the old lady looking like a witch
riding a broom through the air

will enter the houses through the chimneys
in search of Baby Jesus
and fill kids'socks with

candies and presents

 if they have been good

or a lump of coal 

if they are have been bad

 Holiday

till Sunday

So probably we will keep Christmas decorations

for a some more days

We are in the Alps

so we can linger some more days

before putting everything

 back in the boxes

isn't it?

(M. doesn't agree with me )

Solar eclipse

So dark 

when we woke up this morning.

Foggy, cloudy and solar eclipse going on.

So gloomy and dark 

when we arrived up on the ski slopes

around 9,00

I don't know if it was because of the

solar eclipse or because of the clouds
Anyway around 11,00
we got better visibility 
despite of the grey clouds

 

Buonanotte

The men of my life

are sleeping upstairs

both really tired

Exhausting days

I really like this part of the day

Silence all around me

but the consciousness that

I'm not

alone

 

Goodnight

Early start

So early start every morning 

even on holiday!

Ski school start at 9,30

Once we are awake is fine

but getting out of  the bed  

when it's dark

it's a bit annoying

E. is improving a lot

Now he is skiing with parallel skis

and most of all on the edges .....

Do all the good you can

By all the means you can

In all the ways you can

In all the places you can

At all the times you can

To all the people you can

As long as 

 you can 

Carpe diem

Still on holiday

Many New Year's resolutions

Many hopes in my heart

Many opportunities to seize

Today 

I just want 

to enjoy this day

H O M E

with my 

kid

The best gift

There's nothing  
sadder 
in this world 

than to awake 
Christmas morning

and not be a 
child.

 The letter in the end was sent

(E. wrote it on his own in his bedroom on Xmas Eve)

Milk, cookies and a very nice drawing

laid on the small table in the bedroom

Everything ready for the

magic night

No Nintendo Ds in the parcels

but the gifts exactly according to the letter

M. & I have been wondering 

if  we were buying too many gifts for him

Wha if  he will turn to be a spoilt kid ?

But I really like to look at him opening his parcels

on Christmas morning

It's like to be a kid again

The best
of all  
gifts 

around any Christmas tree: 

the presence of a 
happy family

all wrapped up in each other.

Burton Hillis