This trip could have easily been ruined and we momentarily thought about cancelling but quite frankly my family needed a break together to remind ourselves why we love each other and why we are a family.
Some of you don't know that after we returned to France after the Christmas holiday we found our house flooded and soon after this the mold started to grow on the walls. We moved into a long stay hotel that seems nice but it's not home. After a month of waiting on the house to be cleaned we have given up faith that this will happen so we have started looking for a new house. My boys are rambunctious, as most little boys are and being cooped up in a hotel doesn't help, they are not free to just run and play outside unless I go with them and it's been unussually cold here in the south of France and we had a snowstorm that left more snow than Toulouse has seen in 10 years. So with being cooped up with too much energy, boys will be boys and Ben had a tooth injury that has left one of his front baby teeth pushed up into his gums and Dylan broke his leg while they were wresting on the couch. These things could have happened no matter where we were living but it just adds to the stress that has consumed us this year so far. If we had a French medical punch card it would probably be almost full, and maybe our next visit would be free! I try to see the light at the end of the tunnel and hope to be in a mold free home soon.
The day after Dylan broke his leg we set out on the 2 hour drive to Andorra. For those of you that don't know (I hadn't ever heard of Andorra till recently) Andorra is a small country between France and Spain. They speak Spanish there and shifting from French to Spanish was difficult, I frequently said, "Merci" when I meant to say, "Gracias" even when I did speak Spanish they almost always responded in English, I guess I wasn't fooling anyone! Derek and Ben went skiing and Ben took right to it, although the stopping part was difficult. Dylan was disappointed but we have tried to make this trip special for him as well. Derek took Dylan sledding and he really enjoyed that and he loved watching the skiers. Dylan has figured out how to get on the bed and scoot on the floor but he can't walk (he is too small for crutches). It's difficult to push a three year old in a stroller with a one year old in a wrap attached to you while being on the snowy, hilly streets of Andorra. Just a walk down the street to the store is enough for me! We really had a relaxing vacation and now ready to get into a new home!
Bonne Journée
