Happy winter…and prayers to Haiti

Hello guys!! Sorry it’s been a while but with all the holiday stuff and my birthday (yay finally 21!) I was pretty busy.

I hope you enjoyed Christmas and New Years as much as I did!! I had my friend Robert from Germany over to visit me and we had a really fun time! I showed him all around Boston and we also took a weekend trip to New York. We were very lucky…the hostel we had booked had to close because they had some issues with the police…so they put us in a hotel for the same price. We also got Knicks tickets for free! It was great! My host family welcomed him very nicely, so he had the opportunity to stay with us for 10 days and celebrate an American Christmas! He had a blast and will hopefully come back soon!

On the occasion of the earthquake in Haiti, which sadly happened on my birthday, I want to appeal to all of you to spend some money!! They really need it! It’s awful!! I have some Haitian friends here and it’s horrible—none of them has heard anything of their families yet!! So please help them by donating some money…you can easily do it… just send a text with “HAITI” to 90999 and $10 will go to the Red Cross Relief Efforts!

At last I’ll give you some tips for activities with your kids in this cold weather! I just joined a “music together” class where I go every Friday with Henry…you can find these classes, or gym classes everywhere…they’re fun and not outside!! At home just pull out some board games…I’m sure there are a lot you might have never tried before…go ahead and try them! My kids really get into that!! Also you can bake, do arts and crafts…for example your own board games! And I’m sure your kids have gotten a lot of toys for Christmas to play with anyways. If you’re kids like being outside, go sledding, skiing or ice-skating!!

All the best and prayers to Haiti!
Larissa