Bye 2008, Hallole 2009

The wonderful year 2008 is over and I was really lazy towards the end, no blog for two months.
So let me wrap it up and allow us to start with 2009.

I put together a little slideshow for you about the following:

My trip to Massachusetts in October
My Halloween as a pumpkin
My Gutsle-baking

Let's close 2008, things will get even better in 2009 and plenty of new blog entries.

My Harley

OK, so my Papa told me to stay away from the boys and men with motor bikes. Fine with me, I will just follow my grandmother's steps and ride my own bike.





By the way in the background you can see the Berlin fence. It used to be a Berlin wall which was supposed to keep me from going up the stairs - but one day I decided that the Berlin wall has to go and I tore it down. The historian noted that it was October 4, 2008 when this Silver Spring version of the wall fell.

The Future

People keep nagging me about the elections. In two weeks, people will decide about my future - the Hawaiian surfer dude or the old man. But I don't have to wait, I took a look at the crystal ball. I can see the future, and it's not like Leonard Cohen saw it "Give me absolute control over every living soul [...] Give me back the Berlin wall" - Leonard was wrong, I tore down that wall and it ain't coming back, but more on that later.


Anyways, I see the future of America, for America and by America: Ich sehe schwarz.

Miss Pumpkin 2008

It's that time again - Pumpkin Time.


The day the Silver Spring Wall fell (more on that later), I went to a Pumpkin Patch with my parents. First, I needed to refresh myself with some water.







Then I was ready for some apple picking. My Mama's favorite Fuji apples, Cameo and Sun Crisp.


While walking back, I finally understood what Peter Maffay meant with his "Sieben Brücken" - He actually talked about Ziegen Brücken.

And finally - I showed off the little pumpkin that I picked:

Vamos A La Playa

Hello,

We went on vacation to beautiful Massachusetts, my almost home state. I put some pictures in a slide show.

Woran es nicht lag

Oh well,

It's over, Spain won and we want to know: why?

I was up to speed, having done my research in advance (while Papa was still trying to wake up).


Not sure, but maybe there wasn't enough enthusiasm - I was very very enthusiastic, so it ain't my fault:



For those of you out of the loop:

Spain won against Germany in - what is already called a Klassiker. Well almost. Anyways, the sport is called Fußball, the competition, Europameisterschaft and the place Switzerland and Austria.

And the Austrian Embassy in our nation's Capital organized a fantastic party to watch the final. Before the game started, I tried to practice a little bit and I showed those Europeans how to kick a ball.

It wasn't all sunshine for my Papa though, but he got over it fairly quickly - with this smile of mine.

Whatever it was, it's over and we have to move on. And I can assure you, I don't want to open start this Torhüterdebatte - never mind, my friend Kneeri already did so. Anyways, here is my suggestion for Australia 2018.

My Second Spring Is History

Summer is there and I am back. My spring has been very busy and it’s time to tell you more about it.

After I turned one in April, I took off the month of May to prepare for my big day: my christening on June 7. It took place at Trinity where my Mama went to College. It was hot, very hot but I think I behaved well.

Below is a picture of the christening, more pictures are here.

And then a couple of days later, I was inducted the great American pastime called b-a-s-e-b-a-l-l. I attended a game of the Nationals against the San Francisco Giants. It was still very hot, but I had a ball anyways.

I decided to do my seventh inning stretch in my bed though since it had been a couple of busy weeks before then – and I think my Mama and Papa did not complain too much about that.