Germany

Wordless Wednesday — Guten Tag

August 30, 2011

I can’t wait to hug this little boy tomorrow. It’s been 12 long days without him. Share

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German Girl’s Ponderings

January 2, 2011

After discovering a whole site full of blogs written by expats and adding a category for German blogs or blogs written by Americans who now live in Germany to my blogroll, I’m kind of on a Germany kick. I never before considered making my being from Germany a big part of my blog, but why [...]

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Remembering Christmas and Winter in Germany

December 12, 2010

{source} I just came across some pictures of German winter scenes, Christmas markets, and Christmas ornaments I grew up with. Made me all nostalgic about my childhood in Germany. I didn’t like the cold weather, but loved Christmas time — my mom would decorate the house, we always had a huge, real Christmas tree in [...]

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Wordless Wednesday — Remembering Arnie

October 27, 2010

We all miss you, Arnie. Want more WW pictures and a chance to link up? Then head to Kristi’s lovely blog Live and Love…Out Loud. Share

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Traveling to Germany With a Little Boy — Part 4

September 24, 2010

Wonder who this is? My parents, my brother (do NOT get me started about that beard), his girlfriend and dog, Landon and I. I still owe you the post about the last few days of our trip to Germany. I edited the pictures so I might as well post them. On our last couple of [...]

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Wordless Wednesday — German Schultuete for Preschool

September 1, 2010

{L graduated to the “big kids” room and now gets to go upstairs. Just another reason to give him another Schultuete like every German child receives on the first day of school. It was filled with little gifts, pencils, and a little bit of candy. Remembering getting my own made me cry — my little [...]

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Wordless Wednesday — My Little Clown

August 11, 2010

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Traveling to Germany with a Little Boy — Part 3

July 20, 2010

The second day of our visit to my girlfriend’s farm we spent at the local pool. For such a small town in the country, they have a very sophisticated pool with tons of water features, and the boys were in and out of the water for four hours. Since I didn’t have a bathing suit [...]

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Life is Sweet — Enjoy Every Moment

February 26, 2010

Yesterday I came around the corner and found this: Why is he wearing a birthday hat? Guess he just wanted to :) I wish looking at books in German would teach him more German! Raising a bilingual child isn’t easy. Feeling down? Having a tough day? Let’s change that: read this mom’s inspirational birth story [...]

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Our Fake Christmas Tree 2009

December 20, 2009

As always, I was going to buy a real Christmas tree this year, but I ended up with a fake one. Why? Because frugal me saw the price on the kind of tree I wanted — medium height, thick branches, preferably in a pot so I don’t have to buy a stand and can plant [...]

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Recipe: German Streusel Poppy Seed Cake — Mohnkuchen

December 17, 2009

Want to know how to make this? I am working on a post about how to make my favorite cake — German Streusel Poppy Seed cake, also known as Streuselmohnkuchen to those of you who speak German. Don’t you just love those long words? Donaudampfschiffahrtsgesellschaftskapitaen — yes, that’s all one thing! But now I am [...]

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Dooce Inspired: The Case of Our Deranged Bed

September 30, 2009

Sorry, no funny pictures of a dog with stuff attached to his head, like Heather does with Chuck on Dooce. But I have a boy who performs similar tricks: I’m reading Heather Armstrong’s (better known as Dooce to millions who read her personal blog) book It Sucked and Then I Cried. It’s insightful, self-deprecating and [...]

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How to Save a Lot of Money at CVS and Other Drugstores

August 4, 2009

(This is the second installment of my “How to Save a Lot of Money at…” articles. Here is how I save a lot of money at supermarkets.) While Landon was in preschool for a few hours today, I went to CVS to finally get some pictures printed off of my camera – my parents in [...]

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Traveling With a Toddler — Day 6: Dogs, Pigs, and Lots of Running

July 23, 2009

(If you want to see the previous days, just search for “traveling with a toddler”) Day six of our Germany trip went something like this: Thore and Thilo came into our room in the morning to wake us up to get the day going. The day starts a lot earlier in the country! Karen was [...]

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Traveling With a Toddler — Day 5: Train Ride, Farm Life, and More Vacuums

July 12, 2009

Recounting the fifth day of our Germany trip: One of my best girlfriends, Danja, who I have known since we were three, invited us to come over for breakfast. We had a nice time with her and two other girlfriends. I am always the one behind the camera, so I am glad I asked Danja [...]

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Traveling With a Toddler — Day 4: Bremen, Music, and a Toad

July 8, 2009

Recounting the fourth day of our Germany trip. Please bear with me here, I have so many great pictures of this day. I hope you enjoy them! After eating a nice, cheap breakfast (Brötchen, Eier, Käse, and Marmelade) at a local supermarket restaurant with Nani and Opa (I inherited being frugal from my dad!)… …Landon and Nani and I [...]