Oh Canada!

So we are here, and have been for a week! The trip went well, but it was tiring. For us. Not for the kids. They decided sleeping on airplanes was for babies and old folks. After some intense fussing and hyperactivity (fun fun when the seatbelt sign comes on!) they finally crashed on the flight from Toronto to Saskatoon, not even an hour before we landed. It was 2am our time and 5pm Saskatoon time by then. They were impossible to wake up, so we arrived at Saskatoon airport with one sleeping (Lily) and one extremely grouchy child (Finn). All we could do was to put them straight to bed at home and while Lily cried every now and then Finn slept all through the night, until 1am. :) That is when he woke up for the day and he lasted until 7pm at night with no nap, try as we might. Things have gotten a bit better by now, but let us tell you: jetlag is not a nice thing to deal with in small children. None of us got nearly enough sleep the first week.

Nevertheless we have had a great first week with grandma and grandpa, Karl and Kristin, Kristine and all the other friends and family we have already met!

Here are a few first pictures. I will update more later!

Munich airport. We just checked in our baggage. We had to claim it in Toronto to go through customs and check it in again. Stressful, as we almost missed our flight to Saskatoon. Seeing us hurry through the airport with 2kids, 1 stroller, five carry-on bags and a mountain of big suitcases on a cart (we checked in 6 pieces) one guy congratulated Neil on moving to Canada. :)

Arrived and checking out the acreage on the next day:

Sunrise in the prairies at 4am. The kids are WIDE awake. Us, not so much. We will do what it takes to snooze a little longer:

Finn and Lily playing with the nice toys grandpa got for them:

He even prepared an outdoor play area for them in the garage:

Working hard:

... and eating well! The food is awesome, thanks to
Grandma!