Brrrrr

It has been a brutally cold week here.  I should not complain as this winter has been mild in comparison with what Kiev lived through last year.  We have had only a few small snow storms and mostly bearable temperatures.  At least this week the skies have been brilliantly blue.  So what to do when the weather is so cold?  Sometimes the time stuck in the apartment gets rather tedious, but Gio is quite good at finding new ways to entertain himself....

Inspired by his current favorite book "Where the Wild Things Are," Gio builds a sail boat...

We bundle ourselves up to take Zeus out to "make yellow snow."

Zeus is particularly fond of our neglected garbage dumpsters.  Fortunately they were finally emptied an hour after this photo was taken!

They look thrilled to be out in 4 degree weather, don't they?

Zeus would really prefer to be couch surfing.

Yes, Gio is investigating some frozen dog poop.  Luckily the same command I use for Zeus works for Gio: "Leave it!"

On a stick collecting mission.  At least one of us seems not to be bothered by the temperature!  In fact, he spent an hour on this collection effort until his shivering mama dragged him back inside!

Stick number 24 and counting....

Zeus waits patiently. 

Back inside waiting for hot cocoa.

Lego towers are a new obsession.

Tomorrow two of Paolo's best friends from Italy are arriving for the weekend.  We are looking forward to the house party! We are curious who Zeus will choose to sleep with.  It will be an empty house on Sunday when everyone goes home, including our sweet dog guest. I hope to take pictures of the fun, but currently I cannot find my camera charger.  Off to continue the search....