June Artshow

From Artshow_June_2011

June has just begun but we've already had two exiting events. First I had my art show on June 3rd at my school. They showed all the art pieces that we put together over the course of the school year. This includes a turkey from Thanksgiving and a special Father's Day gift so Papa can drink his beer. And we had to describe our parents.


Secondly, Papa had a power breakfast on June 7th.

Oh là là

Finally, winter is over and the most important sign of that is - my birthday. I turned four on Walpurgisnacht and I had my friends over. Well those who could make it and weren't stuck in London for another party that weekend. I also got a visit from a special guest: Rufus. Pictures of my birthday are here.

Before that, we had another birthday to celebrate, though: Oma's. She turned xx (oops, I guess that got censored). Anyways, she had a birthday and Mama and Papa decided it would be nice to squeeze ourselves into an Air France plane and head east. Considering we had a layover in Paris, they also thought it would be a good idea to extend that layover to a week, so we had to spend one week in Paris. Phew, life is hard. Paris in April. Pictures of that trip are here.

Sommer 2010

Officially it's fall, but unofficially we still have 90s here in DC. That means I am not too late with sharing our summer pictures with you.

First we went to MA in early July right after max turned one. In MA we had Max's baptism - yes, my brother is "official" now (or no pagan anymore as others would say).

And then we went to visit the cold north - Germany. It was quite a difference in temperature, I have to say.

When we got back from Germany, I still had a couple of weeks before school started. I am really glad I am back home with all my friends here even though I miss my Nani, Oma, Grandpa, and Opa.

Snowmaggedon

Today is a dreary day - lots of rain - so I can finally wrap up the pictures from this winter. As you might have heard, DC got a little bit of snow - I loved it. We also have a couple of movies included - one of me dancing with Baby Emily - my doll. And another one of Max from his pre-crawling era. There was a lot of runway from last November until March but now he is a very proficient crawler. Can't wait to have him walk and run with me.

Ladies and Gentlemen - please follow me and watch Snowmaggedon.

Hilton Head

I am back!! Before I revisit this winter and the gazillion tons of snow, let's take a look at our trip to South Carolina. Yep, second year in a row that my parents went to almost the same spot. And, hold on tight, even more shocking - almost a tradition - we went to see our friends Anna, Lei, and Jodie in wonderful North Carolina. We thus start the slideshow with our visit in NC (and trust me, we were very happy to leave Virginia behind us, no love lost there). And then we go to wonderful SC and I will introduce you to the Palmetto state. Fittingly, we stayed in Palmetto Dunes on Hilton Head Island (which could also be at Palmetto Dunes in Hilton Head Island, but I never got that quite right).

Anyways, we spent quite some time on the beach. Max tried it the first day and didn't like the taste, so he decided it's much better to play with than to eat. I also rode on a pony. She was called mocha - I have a feeling that she wouldn't be called that in Texas, but whatever.

So please come along to our trip.

DSW

Heut mal wieder ein Deutsch-Schmankerl. Wir hatten uns sicherheitshalber für einen Kindergartenplatz in der Deutschen Schule Washington beworben. Wie sich herausstellte, ist es vielleicht dem Namen nach die Deutsche Schule, aber die Organisation derselben lässt die Italiener vor Neid erblassen, und die Deutschkentnisse treiben mir die Schamesröte ins Gesicht.

Hier ein Brief, auf hochoffziellen Papier der DSW.

Elephant

So I was an elephant - for two days, first on October 30th at my preschool and then on Halloween itself.
Max was a pumpkin - a not so little pumpkin. And what were you?