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London

Yes!! London was awesome :D I have many more pictures but of course can not fit them on here. I think the funniest moment in London was while running to catch a tube, Carrie thinking I am right behind her hops on as the door closes leaving me standing there trying to remember where we are going! She is yelling thru the window, can I hear her no... Oh well, I hopped on the next one and got off at the next stop to find her waiting for me, we had a good laugh! I was looking for a bathroom oneday, and walked into a book store looking, and this man looked at me and asked (with the most wonderful british accent) "is everything all right miss?"
Hopefully oneday I can go back for longer!

tunnels :)

Well, it would seem that I completly forgot to add these photos :) This was awhile back near Hamburg. We decided that we should build a really big hill with two tunnels going underneath it intersecting in the middle(yes i know, way cool!), also with a wall like thing around it! We were quite proud of our construction!

cowboys, sometimes you just wanna be one

So if you are bored and have some face paint a bandana, and a cowboy hat. I suggest playing cowboys! Hey you could even add some indians! And if you have a tepee like us and a little house, throw in a garden hose, and you just might have a war! :) We did

swinging and flying can life get better? I submit that it cannot

For her age I find her to be quite good at the swing all the other toddlers seem to fall off. The father was throwing her up in the air in the garden the other day, and I was like one sec let me get my camera must have a picture of her flying! :)

pink chucks

The girls live in these shoes! Thanks kathleen :)

easter in germany

last one for awhile

Yes, so I have a gone a little blogging crazy this evening! But of course there is a reason for this. 1.) it has been ages since I have blogged so I need to catch up on some things 2.) tomorrow we are all going to Hamburg and Denmark for around 10 days for a vacation which involves some sailing 3.)I am in a good blogging mood right now 4.) I am supposed to be packing but am putting it off. So, I guess it is on to packing now.. blah I am such a last minute packer, but orderly :) Ohh.. I am tired now wishing to curl up under a pile of blankets ( I am a great lover of lots and lots of blankets) and pass out, oh well must pack! ciao baby's

Lord You are more precious than silver

Lord You are more precious than silver
Lord You are more costly than Gold
Lord you are more beautiful than diamonds
Nothing I desire compares to You

this is the song that Susy always wants when she is tired or hurt, I can't sing anything else or she will say no no no.. sing sing until I change back to this song. Dear child.. Of course having forgotten some of the words I sing it different than it should be sung. When Kathleen was here I realized, oh well mine sounds nice too. Well it is quite similar, but wrong :)

Lord You are more beautiful than diamonds
Lord You are more precious than gold
Lord You are the King above a thousand
And nothing I desire compares to You

smiling :)

so the first one is the smile I get from susy when I say smile please
the second is the smile I got today when I asked her to please smile with
her eyes open for once !

exploring

I remember when I was a little kid and loving being in the grass.. Well I still love it just don't take the time like I used too to enjoy it! Being with kids all day helps me forget sometimes that I am supposed to be an "adult". I love watching how everything seems so fresh to them, they don't need tons of things entertaining them, they have imaginations that still work!

prepared

When on the go there are certain "must" items to have when you have a toddler.
Water, diaper, wipes, and why not a jacket so they don't have to lay on the cement!

face paint

We went through a stage of about 3 weeks were everyday the girls wanted their faces painted :) this is one of my favorite results! I think perhaps I have a talent in face painting.. haha

I feel like a mom

How did this happen? I suppose it is because my life is watching kids, even though they aren't mine, they have stolen my heart. I love them, and the idea of leaving them makes me a little sick.. So soon too I have 2 months left here, and then the new au pair is coming. How do you hand over your treasures to someone else to watch? I just don't know yet, but I do know that I am leaving some of my heart here. These girls have grown so much in the year I have been here, I wish I could be here for their lifes as they turn into young ladies.

Lady on the train

I love people watching, and wondering what kind of thoughts the people around me have buzzing around in their heads. What causes people to make those little smiles, when they aren't talking to anybody, the sad, angry, and mysterious faces.. What is their story?
I love this picture of Kathleen, she is such a lady in it. Beautiful and serene with that smile in her eyes.