The First Snow

We had our first snow awhile back. It actually does not snow that much in Vienna, instead it just gets cold, but without all the fun fluffy stuff. We did get enough to scrape together a little snowman. By the time the snow man...

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The Advent Calendar

I was really excited about this Advent Calendar we bought for Elora. We told her she could open up a new window each day and get a new present. It lasted about two days, but then she was so excited that she woke up early the next...

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Bathtime Big Sister

Everytime Elora takes a bath Oliver crawls into the bathroom and howls at her through the shower door until we let him in. Elora also asks that he come in too because she likes to have company as you can see from these...

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The Bird’s Nest…

There is a little park across the street from our apartment Elora likes to play at. She is especially fond of a big tree that has a little cove underneath it. On this day Elora told me she was “in a bird’s...

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Barcelona – Walkabout

Ah – scaffolding! This is the La Seu Cathedrale – Which was so incredibly beautiful inside, and I’m sure the outside would have been great too, but alas, our bad luck with scaffolding struck again… We...

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Barcelona – Museu Maritim

We wanted to go to a museum we thought Elora would enjoy, so we told her we were going to a museum about boats and pirates – the maritime museum. She thought it was great! Especially the cannons, which she played with for...

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