One of my Colourlover friends made me remember something today:

Some years back on Christmas eve (that's when we celebrate in Germany) my mum and I were trying to get to my sister's place despite a completely iced over car. We couldn't open it so we tried public transport instead.

We barely managed to get there: they were running replacement buses for the trams and we probably got the very last one. Phew.

We had to negotiate the last 500m by foot on a very icy pavement - carrying presents, a half-cooked goose and supporting each other on the worst bits.

However, we managed to get there without falling down and despite some desperate giggling attacks!

Funny thing is, I don't remember at all how we got back home.

This morning my outdoor thermometer showed me -3C, that is very cold for this area. I think last year we managed this kind of temperature once; this year we've had a lot of mornings with minus degrees already.

I've finally found a pair of winter boots for Yannick that were affordable and which I actually really like! Yannick and his daddy go out every morning on the weekends, I think it's wonderful. Yesterday Frank found some gloves for Yannick, they are sooooo cute but I fear not really that warm. However, that's not a problem, we also have warmer mittens for him.

Here you can see Yannick waiting for his daddy to go out with him for his Sunday morning adventure.