Palmenhaus

We had never been to the Palmenhaus before, and our friend Jessica wanted to visit for the first time as well, so we headed off to the Schonbrunn grounds to look inside the huge greenhouse that was enjoyed in times past by...

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Last Zoo Day

My zoo pass expired the second week of October, so we headed over for our last visit to the Schonbrunn Zoo. This has been my favorite place to take the kids, and we will miss going. With winter coming and the move back to the US...

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AIS Halloween Party

Halloween is not really celebrated in Austria, but the American International School always has a little carnival for the kids a few weeks before Halloween. Since the baby is due around Halloween and I figured we won’t be...

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Presents from Afghanistan

Our friend John came over yesterday with some beautiful gifts his wife sent to our children from Afghanistan. Elora and Oliver both received a full outfit of the hand made traditional formal clothes from Afghanistan. John said he...

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Painting T-Shirts

We had a Relief Society activity where we painted shirts and bags. Elora was so excited about her new shirt. She asked every day for two weeks if it was time to go paint it – and finally the day arrived! Here is Elora...

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Relief Society Women’s Day

This year the Relief Society (a women’s organization from my church) had a Women’s Day where all the ladies got together and could choose different tours of Vienna. Most of my friends and I decided on the...

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Shave A Sheep

Our friends Christine and Elcid came over for lunch last week, and Elora was so excited to show them her lego Shave-A-Sheep game. We actually bought it as a joke for a friend of ours, but the game is so cool we bought one for...

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Zoo with Friends

I know, we go to the zoo a lot. But the weather has been pretty good for going outside, and my zoo pass is going to expire soon… so we are trying to enjoy the zoo as much as possible!We went with our friends Ellie...

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Ellie’s Birthday Party

Elora’s friend Ellie had a wet and wild birthday party a couple weeks ago. It had been such beautiful weather and then the day before it rained! Luckily the sun came out and we had a beautiful day for the party. Here is...

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