Merry Christmas!

So far, we have still been able to have a bit of a lie in on Christmas morning, and today was no exception!  The kids all slept until 8am, and then it was the chaos of presents for hours it seemed.  There is just nothing like Christmas chocolate for breakfast…

Softly leaves are falling

What a joy it is to have a true fall.  Beams of sunlight thru red trees, followed by days of torrential downpour, such a joyous change from the past couple years – No Snow forecast for at least the next 14 days!

I took the girls up to the lake to enjoy a questionable day, and we were blessed by sunshine, and the joy of raking leaves.  And the bigger joy of jumping in them.  Combine that with throwing rocks in the water and swings at Nana’s park, well, it is no wonder that Lexa never took a nap!!

and Sophia has lost another tooth!!

All Hallows Eve

Sophia has been so excited for her first Halloween & of course Lexa just follows along with her, not really understanding, but enjoying the excitement!

We spent the weekend preparing for the great pumpkin arrival by carving & painting pumpkins, although at one point Lexa thought hers needed a bit of love…

Hanging out with Cleo before the candy adventure…

and with Scary Sean to protect them from other goblins, our Hermione & Dorothy were on their way!

Christmas in August

Our Air shipment was finally delivered and our girls are in heaven!!

It makes temporary living a little bit more like a home…

Another one gone

Sophia passed another milestone today, and was able to pull out her front tooth at school!!

You can already see the big tooth coming down already!!  And then Alexandra had to be in the photo as well ~ luckily Sophia doesn’t mind sharing the spotlight…

The beginning of Goodbye

Ever since we arrived in Munich, and Sophia saw the indoor play areas, she has been begging for a party there.  I always said she could have one when we were leaving, and so today was the day.

So we hosted a “goodbye to Sophia/ 6-1/2 year old birthday” party.  It was, unfortunately, the last of amazingly hot days this week, but it actually was even too hot for the kids to be outside, and it meant that there weren’t too many people inside with us!

  Even Alexandra had her own friends to play with!

I was actually serving Apple Juice to the kids, not beer.  But the parents were able to enjoy the beer!

Play at Park Monceau

The girls spent the afternoon at Pk Monceau, trying to run out all the energy that they are going to have on the drive tomorrow.  Sophia was doing all the things she saw the big kids doing, but this time she is a big kid! 

And Alexandra, she’s always been a monkey…