Eifel Park-Gondorf Continued...

The girls goofing around with the mirrors.

Bill and the girls headed up the path.

Feeding the goats with Dad.

Hannah, Dad & the bald eagle.

Alyssa & the bald eagle.

Hannah feeding the goats.

Alyssa feeding the goats.

Hannah & Dad.
I don't know if Hannah is just going through a phase, but Bill and I are no longer Daddy & Mommy. We are Mom and Dad, but Alyssa still calls us Mommy & Daddy most of the time. Hannah is growing up way to fast.

Eifel Park-Gondorf

Just look how skinny I am at 8 months along:o)

Look it's dwarf Alyssa with an enormous head.

And dwarf Hannah.

Long neck Daddy.

11/15/08
And enormous Alyssa, she is a superhero.

Having some lunch.

Hannah all dressed up!!! The girls just love their dress up clothes.

Little People...

The girls have really gotten into Little People lately, especially Hannah. That is the first thing Hannah does in the morning, even before breakfast. She says light on, then help me and it is usually to get the bin of Little People out so she can set them up on the trampoline.

Playing out in the leaves!!!

Hannah under the falling leaves!!!

Dad with his girls.

Alyssa Nikay

Hannah Ellen

Everyone working hard to get all the leaves raked up.

Paint pictures...

Alyssa washing up after helping paint the guest bedroom.

Hannah helping Dad out with the painting.

Water coloring with Dad...

Here the girls are water coloring with Dad. Bill really enjoys water coloring with them and they enjoy spending time with Dad. So, whatever they are doing with him is always a whole lot of fun.

The last 2 weeks...

• Nov. 13th when Bill got home from work Alyssa was doubling over in pain. At first we thought she was just trying to get some extra attention or was maybe hungry. Even though she had had a snack not long ago. Well, it continued, so we decided to bring her into Urgent Care on Bitburg base. Come to find out she had a urinary tract infection and it would have been worse if we hadn't brought her in when we did. So, she had to take medicine for 10 days, which we just finally finished yesterday. For those of you that know Alyssa pretty well, she doesn't do good with new things or medicines. The first dose was a fight, but she overcame the fear of it and took most of her doses with no problem at all. We were very proud of her. She was completely better the next day.
• Nov. 14th the girls and I met Bill for lunch in the hanger across the street from his work for his Squadron Thanksgiving lunch. It was nice to eat somewhere besides at home for once.
• Nov. 15th Bill and I brought the girls to Eifelpark-Gondorf. In the summer it is an amusement park/petting zoo, but in the late fall/early winter it is just a petting zoo. So we got to see a variety of deer, wild boar, bears and goats. We spent the day walking on trails and enjoying the fresh air, it was very relaxing.
• Nov. 16th we went to church in the morning and Alyssa went to AWANA that evening for her class. She looks forward to it every week. She got three patches to add to her vest!!!
  
• Nov. 17th I joined the MOPS (Mother's of Preschoolers) club. It was nice as I got to drop off the girls in thier classrooms and enjoy some adult time for about two hours. It was Hannah's first time without Alyssa or Mommy and she did pretty good until the other Mom's were showing up to get thier children. So, when I got there she was all teary eyed, which broke my heart. Hopefully she lets us do this again as there are two more MOPS meetings before the baby comes.
• Nov. 18th we all had our WIC appts. Alyssa is still in the 50th percentile for both height and weight and Hannah is now in the 75th for weight and 95th for height.
• Nov. 19th I went to a Bundles for Babies class, which everyone got $75.00 worth of free baby items at the end. Once again it was nice to have some time to myself without the girls, it is very rare these days. You really miss family a lot more when they are not around. We are looking forward to my sister coming in about a week!!!! On my way home from the class I got a speeding ticket on base and I know I wasn't going over the speed limit. That kind of ruined my night, I was very upset about it.
• Nov. 21st we had a doctor's appt. Baby is right on target, now weighing about 5 lbs. 12 oz. We have our next appt. the day before Nichole flys in. So, are we going to guess the day and weight again like we did with Hannah?
• Nov. 22nd Bill and I brought the girls to see Curious George at the Powerzone on base. Hannah was very excited to see him, she followed him around the store saying monkey. Then we went to the annual Holiday Bazaar on Spangdahlem base. It was alright, but we expected it to be so much more. We picked up a few items for Christmas gifts and some food items.
• Nov. 23rd we went to church in the morning and then Alyssa went to AWANA that evening. Bill volunteered to help clean up at the Holiday Bazaar. So, snow is suppose to be pretty rare here in Germany. I guess if it snows, it is usually gone by noon. Well, I think we brought snow with us from ND. Saturday and Sunday it snowed most of the day, so the girls got to get into thier winter gear and play in the snow. It was beautiful as there was no wind like we are use to. I could have stayed outside all day long. I love the snow, but not the wind so much, it was like being in ND/MN again.
• Nov. 25th (today) the girls and I ran some errands and headed to playgroup, which we have now been to twice. It is very small compared to what we are use to in GF, but it at least gives them the chance to play with other children. It was better this week than last as there were less people there today.
  

Hannah's first time with piggytails!!!

Isn't she just adorable!!!

St. Martin's Festival...

The girls running around with Eva, their German friend.

Alyssa and Eva with lanterns that they carried through Herforst.

Alyssa & Hannah all bundled up ready for the walk through Herforst.

Alyssa & Daddy at the bonfire.

Alyssa holding Daddy's Bitburger.

Hannah taking a bite of the pretzel that all the children got.

Hannah with Mr. & Mrs. Anthony our neighbors across the street. Mr. Anthony is also our handyman for the house we are renting.

11/8/08
Alyssa at the bonfire. The girls had a blast!!! When we walked home that night we saw right in the village a hedgehog and a fox. We thought that was pretty neat. St. Martin's Day is actually on the 11th of November, but they celebrate it on the weekend, so the kinder (children) are not out so late during the week.

Making card for Uncle Pete and Grandma's B-days

Don't they just look thrilled, especially Hannah? I guess Mom just takes to many pictures.

One of our many projects...

Here are the girls with the clay we made together.

Here they are with the colors they decided to make.

The final product.

Alyssa with her AWANA vest!!!

11/2/08
Here is Alyssa with her AWANA vest that she earned. She has learned several bible verses over the past month and is now caught up to all the other children. She is doing a great job, Mom & Dad are very proud of her for all her hard work.

Wrestling...

So, this is finally the last picture from October that I wanted to post. My next post will be from November, so I am only 13 days behind now!!! And yes Nichole that is the paper that you sent in the package that you mailed us, once again it was a hit. Except it was used as a bed this time and a wrestling mat.

Alyssa's mask!!!

Alyssa made this mask at the library the day before Halloween. She did such a great job!!!

Playing the accordion...

One week we were at the Airman Attic one of the ladies working there came across this and let the girls have it. It is a great addition to our instruments!!!

Daun, Germany-The Animal & Adventure Park

10/18/08

Hannah and the monkeys!!!

Check out the scenery behind Daddy & Hannah.

Alyssa feeding the donkey!!!

Oh look, Hannah's feeding eyeore.

Alyssa, Mommy & Hannah petting the goats.

Daddy & Hannah headed up hill.

Alyssa watching the wild boar eating.

This is how a lot of Germany looks, isn't it beautiful?

Alyssa going for a ride!!!

The girls riding the horses!!!

The girls on the teeter totter.

Alyssa on the zipcord, just like Diego!!!

Alyssa climbing.

Hannah at the top of the slide.

Check out this swing.

The girls on the trampoline, it made me miss our trampoline. They had so much fun on it.

Alyssa cruzin in the helicopter.

Oh look it's the billy goat gruff with Alyssa and Daddy.

Hannah and Daddy.

10/18/08
Hannah & Daddy ending the day feeding the animals. The girls had a blast here. We got there about 11:00 in the morning and didn't leave until after 4:00. We will be going here again, it was a lot of fun for all of us.