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.

more recent pics

she will be missed

Ok, so yes I have not blogged in well umm ages.. BUT I am going to try and change that and get back into it slowly. We shall see how I do :) Kathleen was here for the last two weeks, and she was so very faithful about blogging almost everynight it seemed, that I began to feel slightly inspired to pick up the keyboard again.

We had a fabulous time, I completely enjoyed having her here, and we went on lots of stupid silly adventures, filled with giggles.. Well kathleen can giggle or shall we say chuckle in an adorable fashion, while there is me over there doing this awfully uncute laugh.. sigh I always wanted a cute laugh, but it is not to be.
I think one of my favorite kathleen moments ( which happened a lot) were when we were out walking, and she would say helloo... to everyone, very ungerman. She got lots of surprised looks!

The kids are well also, Kate goes to kindergarten monday thru friday so it is mostly just me and Susy together. I have becomed extremely attatched to these kids, and am secretly planning to bring them home with me to America, and adopt them :) Their latest hobby is pointing out birds, Susy calls me na-na or nanan and she says na-na- looks at me looks up and says burdd.. in this baby drawl type of voice. Kate's enlish is getting very good she almost speaks it like an american 3 year old I think. Susy's vocabulary is also increasing!
K' this is enough of a blog for now, maybe I will try to add some pictures later.. blah on slow computers

Today was lovely :)

Today the mom showed me a big box that I could maybe make a house for the kids why her and papa were out! We had great fun, I got a knife and started sawing away to create the most wonderful little house! Got a marker for Kate and she drew some lovely squiggles, then I helped out with making more of a tile effect :) Throw in some duct-tape and you have a work of art!! We brought the girls dolls and teddy-bears in, some books and cushions and had a great time! Later after Kate left to go with her grandma, I crawled(struggled) into the "house" with Susy, and she tried to sit on my head so we could read a book!
Also today Susy went down the stairs with me teddy in one arm, pretzel in mouth, and my hand holding her free hand! Every few steps she stopped to re-adjust the pretzel in her mouth!

Dressing Up :)

I layed out some of my clothes for her to play with, and then of course being as cute as she is, I had to take some pictures!! These girls love to raid my closet, specially my shoes!