Monthly Archives: October 2009

While our niece, Amelia has been staying with us, she has been communicating with her family back in the US primarily through Skype.  This is very nice and she really looks forward to their chats, but it isn't the same … Continue reading →

Take a close look at the picture below.  See that little dark line on Alexandra's finger?  It is a bit of hair wrapped and twisted around her finger.  She does this when she is drinking, when she is sad, when … Continue reading →

In our town, just at the bottom of the hill we live on, there is a residential care facility for severely mentally disabled people.  Other people who are also mentally disabled, but not in need of 24 hour care, come … Continue reading →

On Thursday, the kids woke up to a special treat, Nick's birthday cereal.  This year he tried something that was new in the grocery store in Germany.  Basically it was Cookie Crisp cereal, but we had never seen anything like … Continue reading →

Since the beginning of this school year in August, the girls have been taking swimming lessons every Wednesday evening, two towns away.  We found this teacher through our church friends who live in the town.  This teacher had already taught … Continue reading →

So, we are skipping ahead almost an entire month here, but come on, that still makes me a month behind on this blog.  So I am skipping over the usual stuff and getting right to the "events" in an effort … Continue reading →

On Sunday, Alexandra turned "dooh!"  DSC_0071 Since she is too young to tell me what her favorite meal is we decided for her.  She usually enjoys spaghetti, so that is what we cooked for her; sauce optional as always.  She … Continue reading →

Sophie has been planning her birthday party for this year, pretty much since about a week after her last party.  Her birthday fell, conveniently, on a Saturday this year, so it was easy to pick which day to have her … Continue reading →