Tuesday, March 10

Hello All!

Hope everything out there is going well. It was a rainy day here today, and Brenna and I suffered from cabin fever - we definetly need to get out of the house tomorrow.

Dustin had another late work day today :-( Brenna and I had peanut butter on rolls for supper - she really enjoyed that :-)

I'm trying to get more German studying in - it is slow going for me - I miss just about as many flashcards as I get (on wordchamp). Not too much else going on today!

Take Care!

Monday, March 9

CHEESE!!

No mom, I'm not sharing my cake with you...

Ta, da!!
Before haircut!

Hello All!!

Hope everyone is doing well out there....I've continued with my trend on being a day late on birthday wishes - Happy Birthday Cole - hope you had a great day!! We celebrated over here with two different kinds of cake - Angel Food and Yellow Cake (with chocolate chips)... They didn't look as great as your birthday cake though!!

I was brave today and trimmed inches off Brenna's hair - Dustin didn't feel well when he got home and didn't even notice. He is off to bed already - bummer for Brenna and I not to get any of his time this evening :-( Hopefully, he will feel better tomorrow - he is off to England on Wednesday night (just an overnight this time :-)

Brenna was a willing model in her princess crown (for pictures!) - hope you enjoy those :-)

We had German class today, I really need to focus some major attention there... Dustin is much better at talking in German than I am - I am understanding more, but really suck at talking it.

Well, that is all for today - Take Care!!

Saturday, March 7

Hello All!!

Hope everyone is doing well out there. I had a busy day in the kitchen today - I made hamburger buns, angel food cake, and taco salad (how did these three things take me all day I wonder in retrospect...). We had friends over so it was really nice to share a meal. (Although - I wish I had more freezer space for the leftovers - and we forgot to get out the ice cream...).

Anyway, Brenna had lots of fun playing with the kids - hopefully, she will sleep well tonight.

Well, that is it for today! Take Care!

Friday, March 6

Hello All!!

Hope everyone is doing well out there. Things were pretty quiet today - all day inside as the weather outside was dreadful - snow/rain mix all day - yuck!!! I can deal with the snow much better than the rain - hopefully, we will do better once it is warm rain, lol!!!

Brenna was back to her "normal self" today, although no nap today... We did some indoor "shopping" - it amazes me how much she picks up on our daily routine/lives... I think she is almost ready to do the shopping herself now, lol!!

We both had to have our red shoes on today (she loves these shoes so much that more than once she has gotten out of bed so that she could sleep in them, lol!!) - hope you enjoy our picture there... Also, she let me take a "squishy" picture of us today - hopefully it will make you smile (o.k. - it isn't a very good picture, but what can you do...)

Well, I need to get busy with the rest of today's housework and getting the apartment ready for friends coming over tomorrow.

Take Care!

Thursday, March 5

Hello All!!

Hope all is well out there. It was a cold, rainy day here today :-( We had German class this morning and then we played inside all day... Brenna is really getting curious about letters and her name (in print) - she recognizes what letters are, but doesn't recognize which is which yet... She loves the PBS show Super Why, and it seems to me that it is good when we are watching it together (we only have it in itunes so we watch that together on the computer). Brenna knows her whole alphabet and at nap time and bed time she will have her stuffed toys (especially Elmo) use the potty and then wash their hands. We always sing the alphabet during hand washing and she does too for her animals. Dustin works with her more on her numbers than I do, but overall she seems to be doing well and getting them in order.

I trimmed her bangs last night - maybe one of these days I will learn how to trim them well, but I don't think they are too bad (at least not horrible and they grow quick). Brenna had a terrible two moment yesterday at the end of kinder group - we just packed up and left since it was the end - she normally does really well there, but she didn't like not getting her way with me... Overall she had played with two of the older girls - she loves all thing kitchen and they had waffles to eat (which she also loves). Brenna refused to have her picture taken for the group shot (shock and surprise), but the other moms didn't push it (so neither did I).

It is supposed to rain here all weekend, bummer - I am ready for sunshine and warm...

Well, that is all for now - Take Care!

Tuesday, March 3

Hello All!!

Hope all is well out there. Not much going on today - Brenna and I went for a walk around the neighborhood, baked some bread (which I accidently added too much water too - oops), watched Chitty-Chitty Bang-Bang (I didn't even know that part of that was filmed at one of the castles we went too!), and hung around the house. We are really looking forward to spring time, lol.

I'm really tired today and Dustin has a cold - so we are all heading to bed early... Brenna continues to do well on the potty - I told her if she didn't have any accidents tomorrow, we would try underware the next day :-) I can't believe how fast my little girl is growing and of course "doing it myself".

Well, take care!

Monday, March 2

I loved these top two pictures - they just made me smile and laugh today :-)

Hello All!!

Hope everyone out there is doing well. We had a nice weekend here (sorry no posts this past weekend) - we went to Heidelberg on Saturday (Patti - it was as nice as you said it was) and then stayed in the area on Sunday. The weather on Sunday was beautiful - really felt like spring is coming. Of course, it rained all day today, but at least it is warmer. We are even seeing some flowers at the local park and in the area :-) I saw that the tulips were shooting up as well - can't wait to see more color soon!! In the evening on Sunday, Dustin took Brenna up into the Black Forest - amazing that there was about a meter of snow there!!! I was much to happy to see sun to want to go play in the snow myself...

The tour guide at the castle in Heidelberg wasn't very child friendly - two families had to leave as the tour guide said they were too disruptive - made for a tense tour for us, but Brenna did pretty good considering it was lunch time and the tour lasted a hour and a half. The castle was pretty impressive - so enormous and what I would think of when I think of a castle.

Brenna actually wanted her picture taken today, so hopefully you will enjoy her sunglasses for today :-) She has done tremendous on the potty the last two days - we are crossing our fingers that she is almost there :-)

I just finished all the books in the Twilight saga by Stephenie Meyer - wow did I really enjoy these. Now I am debating with myself if I will be able to wait to buy the movie over here in June or if I will buy it on i-Tunes this month...

Well, I am off to bed! Take Care!