Christmas with Family in England

On Christmas Eve, we flew to England to spend a few days with Opa, Oma, Uncle Andrew, Auntie Angie, and Desmond.  It was wonderful to be together!

Christmas Eve Bible Story Time with Dad/Uncle Greg

Christmas Morning craziness

We did a lot of really good eating (and cooking).

Uncle Andrew taught the kids how to drive his simulator!

Lots of fun...


Concert time

Prepping for the family pix




These two really bonded.

These two sure fought a lot.

December Moments to Keep

December began with a phonecall from the school office to let us know that our request to switch Nathanael's school was approved, and they would enact the switch in five days!  Aaah!  We were shocked but knew it was the right decision.  We had two school days to visit the new school and say bye to the old, shop for supplies, and mentally prepare.  Nathanael did awesome.  As a "new school" gift, Dad and I bought him a couple chapter books in German.  He sat in this rocking chair for over an hour, devouring the books!  (One was a detective book; the other was a police story book.)

The school (or the side of it, from the busstop)

Four of the six boxes of leftover cookies from small group!

I LOVE that I can jog one of my favorite paths to Nathanael's school for the noon pick-up!

Lunch date to Kika

A surprise lunch date to McD's with a former classmate of Nathanael's

Ballet cards in pajamas

Adventsingen in der Schule

Tea party date with Eva

The Ongoing Apartment Construction Saga

Yes, you are seeing correctly through the blinds.  The scaffolding is coming down!!!!

And then two days later:

Just in time for Christmas!
The bottom floor will not be finished until Feb/March, but we are happy to have privacy and visibility again!

Celebrating St. Nicholas

We mesh holidays a lot.  It's just too confusing to try to stick to only American or only Austrian holidays.  So this year, as we also did last year, we gave the kids their Christmas gifts on St. Nicholas' day.  It's actually really practical since we have traveled at Christmas the last two years.

Eva's giftbag from Nicholas (and the Kindergarten)

A Birthday, Thanksgiving, and More Fun with Grandparents

Baking together

Sorting Lego (ugh!)

 More sorting silliness

 Happy Birthday, Grandma!

 Puzzle Spree

 More Lego

 Thanksgiving together!!!

 Christmas gifts!

 Water painting with Grandma

And Grandpa

 Lego Technic time

 The Belvedere Christmas Market

 Raclette!

Silly faces