Friday, April 3

Hello All!!

Hope all is going well out there. We have had some really nice days here this week. Brenna and I have enjoyed going to the park and playing and Justice has enjoyed some longer walks :-) He loves to see more people out and especially those that stop and pet him.

We enjoyed a barbeque with some friends today - it was great to relax and let Brenna play with other kids. She seems to really enjoy playing with older kids - she has no fears about going right up to them at the park as well.

Air traffic was crazy with helicopters today as the President is in my "neighborhood". I'm sure this will probably be the closest I ever get to him, lol.

We hope to enjoy the zoo tomorrow.

Take Care!

Wednesday, April 1

Hello All!!

Hope all is well out there on this April Fool's day :-) It was colder today than the last couple, but it is supposed to warm up again tomorrow.

Brenna and I made it to kinder group today - she had lots of fun painting (both with a brush and her fingers - what could be better, lol). We also managed to take Justice for a little walk today. Not as long as I would like, but we needed to get back home and make supper.

The house next door had a major party for the person's 50th birthday today - they had a band and fireworks. The band was pretty loud, but at least all will be quiet by 10. Brenna thought the tree they had decorated at their house looked like a Christmas tree. It has ballons as the decoration :-)

Well, that is it for today!

Take Care!

Tuesday, March 31

Hello All!!

It is a beautiful sunny day here in Germany today :-) Brenna and I are enjoying the warmth and taking time to go to the near by parks. Brenna loved the package she got from Gammy and Papa Carpenter - she stripped herself to put the swimsuit on. She loved the Tinkerbell hat and wore it to the park today.

Can you tell from Brenna's shoe selection that she was getting used to the rain, lol :-) The boots are the easiest for her to put on and her favorite with everything. She is getting to be quiet the hat girl - hope you enjoy these pics!

Brenna seems to be doing o.k. on the potty. Hopefully, we will be in underware soon - I think she is getting closer everyday!

Take Care!

Sunday, March 29

Hello All!!!

Brenna and I had a busy day yesterday (killing time before Dustin gets home today!). It was rainy again (today marks the sun shining - go figure now that Dustin is back...) so we started the day with baking some muffins. We made Peppermint chocolate chip muffins (I even translated all in German when making these - I didn't have to look anything up either :-) (why am my diet's own worst enemy?!!). We made two new embroideries yesterday as well - I've been dying to do these and I think they turned out pretty good. They are towel hangers - from one of my favorite sites - www.smartneedle.com. Brenna really likes them - I tried to get a picture of her cuddling with them this morning, but no luck! Hope you enjoy the picture!

Take Care!

Friday, March 27

Hello All!!

It is finally Friday - yeah!!! (Although Dustin isn't getting home till Sunday...)

The weather has been very rainy here - I even convinced Brenna to ride in her stroller twice yesterday so as not to get too wet (it was more about the mud at the park for me - it is hard to get us all cleaned up once we get back to the apartment). We also made a run to get new toothbrushes - they cleaned the chimney yesterday (I met a real life chimney sweep - but forgot to shake his hand for all you Mary Poppins fans). It made a big mess in our bathroom - lots of soot everywhere. Lucky for me, Brenna loves to help clean so we worked together on it and got it looking better.

We spent some time dancing around the apartment yesterday to wear out some energy - I don't know how Brenna spins around so much and doesn't fall down (although she always looks like she is about to stumble into something!!). We are going to be traveling for Easter so I'm not sure when we are going to do the whole basket thing for Brenna - I bought her colored (and already cooked) eggs yesterday - SHE LOVED THEM!!! I already knew that she loves to help open the eggs (we have boiled eggs frequently), but she really thought the colored ones were a special treat - she ate 3 of them! The colors were very bright - they sure are pretty!

Well - our pictures today are of 2 more German letters for Brenna - our D word is die Dose (can of corn) - sorry the picture wasn't very interesting - Brenna does not want to be in my pictures right now... E is for das Ei (egg - the plural is easier for me to remember over here - die Eier). Also thought you might enjoy a picture of Brenna's bedhead - she is only upset in the picture because I was taking her picture, lol!!!

Well, take care!

Thursday, March 26

C is for der Computer

Hello All!!!

Things were quiet here yesterday with all the rain...Brenna even said at the end of the day how it had rained all day (I think she is bummed that we can't go to the park and play). We played kitchen instead - tried to pretend we were on a picnic in a sunny meadow :-)

We made our scrambled pancakes yesterday - Brenna loves these and gobbled up her plate full. Upon my sister's recommendation we added sprinkles to Brenna's and she loved that! She loved helping in the kitchen after playing with her kitchen set!

We have German class this morning and then I hope we can make it out to the store during a break in the weather. We were lucky yesterday afternoon that there was a break in the weather to take the dog out - we even gave him a short walk.

Well, I need to study for German class and get ready for the day! Hope you enjoy Brenna's outer wear - she loves her boots and always picks these to wear outside right now. About 50% of the time she even gets them on the right feet!

Take Care!

Wednesday, March 25

Hello All!!

Sorry I have been MIA these last few days. Dustin left for Australia on Monday (yuck - a 22 hour flight), so Brenna and I are on our own until Sunday.

Brenna loves the nice days here as it gives a chance to go to the park. She is no longer afraid of the slide and loves going up and down it. She also loves going around to go up and saying "One more time" (although she doesn't really mean one more time...). Hopefully, we can get a picture of her on the slide sometime - the joy on her face is great!

Brenna is in love with her "girly" shoes right now. She even slept in her shoes last night - she was very excited to see them on again this morning!!! Dustin has rubbed off his movie tastes on Brenna and her favorite movie right now is The Santa Claus (any of the 3).

Well, we are off to bath time this morning. Not sure if we are going to go out in the rain today or not - I'm sure Brenna would really enjoy kinder group though...

Take Care!