We spent most of the month of December house/cat/dog sitting for some friends. So the kids’ stockings actually got to hang over a real fireplace. On Christmas Eve, we decided to play the family recycle game we bought at the...
Tag - Holiday
So we’re stilling running way behind on blog posts…. Here’s the church Christmas party. Elora was excited to fix up the Christmas tree in the entryway. She enjoys rearranging decorations.Here’s Elora and...
Time for Christmas decorations! I love this time of year and always decorate as soon as I can convince myself it looks like winter. This year it was shortly after Halloween… So these pics are old, but more seasonal now then...
Our church had a Thanksgiving party, so we packed up some turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and pumpkin pie and headed over to the dinner. Oliver hadn’t taken a nap, and fell asleep just before we arrived. He spent the...
So, way back before Halloween, Nana brought us some Halloween shaped pancake makers, along with some other fun stuff. On Halloween, we made some tasty pancakes. Can you count them? 1 pancake, 2 pancake, 3 pancake, muuhahahah.We...
We invited some friend over tonight for a turkey roll bonanza. Turkey breast sliced up, filled with stuffing, rolled up, and wrapped in bacon. Yummmm. Then we decided since it was halloween tomorrow and no one trick or treats in...
Yes, I know my birthday is in September. But we never got around to celebrating, and if we wanted to have a party before the baby comes and I become germ-o-phobic mom, we were sort of running out of time. So Chris sent out a huge...
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...
Our good friend Sarita had a birthday last week, so we went over to celebrate. We were planning on having a BBQ on the Danube river, but it was so rainy we changed plans at the last minute. Naturally, the typical Vienna weather...
My Mother’s Day was a really special day this year because Elora is old enough to understand what it is! I woke up to Elora asking Chris, “Can we make mommy breakfast in bed now? Don’t wake her up yet, she is...