Playing in the cupboards

Sam loves to play in the cupboards. His favorite thing is to climb in, shut the door and then hide in them. One second he's there and another he's gone. When looking for him I usually hear little giggles from the cupboard. Here he is teaching Marie the joys of hiding in the cupboards.

Excuses...

I know it probably doesn't matter to most of you but I've been trying to do posts ever other day ish. So here's my excuse for the lack of posts lately...

I usually do a post in the evening when the kids are in bed because it's the easiest way to do it. No interruptions that way so it goes a lot faster! Anyway, the last few weeks I've been working on this instead.

Arnold met his boss' wife the other day and instantly found out that they were having a baby in 3 weeks so I started this and almost finished it in time. Just a few days late. Not bad for doing it mostly in the evenings and still doing a LOT of other things at the same time. So hopefully the posts will be a bit more regular again. :) Enjoy!

She's walking

Yup! And I've got a video of it too for your enjoyment. Sunday she decided that it was time to start walking. I'm not sure what happened to make up her mind but she got going and on Monday she was doing pretty good with 3ish feet. Tuesday it was even more and now, well, see for yourself...

Oh, sorry about the noise in the background. That's Sam. He found my first pair of tap shoes and loves them. I'm not sure if he thinks they are fun or if he just likes how noisy they are, but either way it's cute.

Happy Halloween!

Halloween isn't really celebrated here but is picking up in popularity. I think maybe in a few more years it will be big enough, due to the fact that stores are catching on the monetary benefits of it, that we might actually celebrate it. Who knows, but for now this is how we daily celebrate Halloween.
My little bandits, Don Juan and his little side kick Chiquita Bonita, with their mustachio disguises. As you can see from their time hardened faces, they are ready to steal the hearts of all those around them. Unmerciful in the laughter and joy that they bring to everyone's hearts they terrorize this area with their smiles and giggles.

When that isn't enough then Marie takes on the fearsome Nutella monster face. As you can see it takes a great artist with many years of dedicated training to master this one.
When all is said and done, the evening usually ends after the clean up. However, sometimes the little monsters get tuckered out and just don't have enough left in them to terrorize anymore. This usually means cleaning off the art work followed by snuggles from the little clean monsters (with occasional brief intervals of a final struggle for more terrorizing) before drifting into dreamland.

The Car

We had some friends, Sam and Erin, here recently...ish and during their visit to Germany they also took a bit of a trip down to Austria. They rented a car and I think there were a couple guys envious of them and wishing they got to do more than this...


As you can see Sam felt right at home even if he was a bit short. I think the guys had fun on their little drive to get bread as it took them quite a while.


I'm pretty sure Sam and Erin enjoyed the driving part of their trip as we heard great reviews of what it was like to drive on the autobahn. Thanks Sam and Erin for coming to visit us! We miss you tons! :)

Random pictures at a castle

It seems kindof unreal living here surrounded by all this history. Old huge buildings everywhere with more history then I ever saw in the US in one spot. So just for fun since these are cute pictures...
This is one of my favorites because it's me and my gal. Marie has this look of "Huh?" on her face and it must be there because of the silly expression on mine. You get a good view of the castle in the distance too.

More Randomness

These pictures are just some random fun from our recent lives. To start with- Nap time with Dad. Yup, chasing these two all day means nap time for us sometimes because we can't stay awake long enough to get them to sleep. I wonder who was more tired. Dad or Sam?
My other little escapee. He figured out that he could open the door with the right assistance of something to make him tall enough. He already rotated the handle down so it doesn't show how high he has to reach to grab the top of the handle. He's too quick for that.
And this last one is of my little clown playing and trying to eat more dirt and leaves. :) I just love those blue eyes!