Sugar Cookies

Ever wonder what happens to Austrian powdered sugar in a humid house? Yeah, me neither. But now that you are wondering, it turns into rocks of powdered sugar. Literally. The whole rectangle box of sugar turned into a hard block...

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Fun at the Christensen’s House

The Christensen’s (the people we were house-sitting for) have tons of really neat toys, so the kids had a great time staying at their house with lots of neat new thing to play with. The favorite is the big dollhouse. Oliver...

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Vienna Snow Igloo

A couple weeks ago when we were house-sitting, it snowed. Out in the 19th district we got about 2 feet of snow even though the city center only had about 6 inches…So Chris built an igloo in the backyard. It was a two-three...

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Vienna Church Christmas Party

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...

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Snow!!!!

The beautiful fall weather has left us, but we don’t mind because it started snowing over the weekend! Here is Elora and Oliver hanging their hands out the window to catch the first snowflakes of the season. As you can see...

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Marion Meets Grandma!

A friend of ours is letting us borrow a swing for Marion. Here she is trying it out for the first time. I am not sure she knows what to think of this one yet! Maybe when she is bigger. Elora and Oliver love it though and always...

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Schonbrunn in the Fall + McCafe

The day before Marion was born, we went for a walk at the Schonbrunn to enjoy all the beautiful fall leaves. Oliver and Karen rode the bus, while I walked from my apartment with Nana and Elora.Oliver at his favorite duck pond...

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Making Cookies

They don’t sell chocolate chips in Austria, so instead we buy huge bars of chocolate for 1 Euro to chop up and put in our cookies. Chris decided to let the kids try out the chocolate before he chopped it up. No wonder they...

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