It was fun planning Elora’s little party. She was so excited, about a month before her birthday she told me she wanted a party “with lots of kids!” We were going to go to the zoo, but alas, the day before the...
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After going to the little park right across the street, we decided the next day to go to the bigger Roterberg. Here is Elora riding in her “Birdsnest” swing, waiving her Irish flag with pride.Oliver is getting big...
We had a couple days where the sun came out and it was warm enough to go outside. I was so excited that I was the one saying, “Come on, let’s go to the park! Don’t you want to go outside?”It is fun to...
Last week when Chris had class, he was gone from 8 in the morning until 7 at night. The kids are used to being able to barge into Daddy’s office at home at least five times a day, so they are always disappointed to see him...
I found a Music Together Class here in Vienna. It is a little music class, taught in English, for young kids of any age. Elora went a few times in California with her cousin Aidan and loved it, so when I saw they had it here, and...
There was a little St. Patrick’s Day celebration in Vienna last Saturday, so Elora wore her St. Patrick’s Day socks, and I put on my green scarf and took the kids to check it out. There was a little parade to kick...
I can’t believe Elora is already three years old! She is getting way too grown up – her favorite things are telling stories, being told stories, singing, dancing, telling Oliver what he can play with (and what he...
Look! Our seeds actually sprouted and are growing! Every day Elora tells me, “I am so happy, the plants are growing!” In another pot in a different window, our green bean plants are hitting the ceiling. Wow. What you...
Elora was having a lot of fun one night, running around the house, singing and dancing, when suddenly she wanted to stop and read the scriptures, and start recalling parts from the broadway musicals Cats and Joseph and the...
We took Elora to the Schmetterlinghaus (Butterfly House), a greenhouse filled with butterflies behind the Hofburg Imperial Palace. The Vienna royalty must have had a fondness for animals, as the palace Schoenbrunn has the...