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two years (or how you know you live together with a toddler)
This month, the little one is turning two. TWO! Unbelievable! Time flies and while I was preparing her birthday present (a photo book of her second year) and couldn’t help but wonder how fast our daughter is developing and growing. … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, the little one
Tagged birthday, daily routine, life with children, toddler
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one way to kill time on a rainy afternoon…
Thursday afternoon. We just had a small snack, it’s 3:30pm and I decide to make a trip to the local library to a) let the little one practice her running bike, b) return overdue books and c) kill time until … Continue reading
riddle
Friday afternoon, the little one spent some time with her two older friends in a playgroup. For some time, they were making and drawing stuff. It was only the three of them and the playgroup lady. This is what the … Continue reading
Scotland part 3: Isle of Mull
After a really exhausting drive to the Isle of Mull, the arrival at our B&B felt like heaven. Despite our hopes, the little one decided to wake up extraordinary early the next day so that Karsten and I went for … Continue reading
Posted in Children, Family, Scotland, the little one, Travel
Tagged aquarium, Ballygown, Children, holiday, Isle of Mull, Mornish Schoolhouse, Schottland, Scotland, seafood, Tobermory, Ulva, Urlaub mit Kind
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Scotland part 2: our drive to the Isle of Mull (hello again, emergency unit…)
After one and a half days, we wanted to make our way over to the west coast in order to spend some quiet days on the Isle of Mull. The plan was as follows: In the morning, we will visit … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Scotland, the little one
Tagged emergency unit, feeling old, holiday with children, laceration, Scotland
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Scotland part 1: Edinburgh
Hello there, we are back again!! After one week full of Scottishness, we returned home safe and sound and a bit knackered. It has been a holiday full of memories, old and new ones, full of beautiful landscapes, sheep. good … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Scotland, the little one, Travel
Tagged Edinburgh, holiday with children, Leo's Beanery, memories, Scotland, travel
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morning procedure
6:45 – I can hear a loud “mama! hello mama! …..oooh, ball! Baby ball!!” from the little one’s room (this night, she insisted on taking a ball to her bed, that’s why). 6:50 – the little one joins us in … Continue reading
one perfect sunday
It has been one of these days again. One of these early summer weekend-days with blue sky and sunshine, where everything just flows and where you wallow from one relaxed moment to another. It started with a coffee brought to … Continue reading
Posted in culinary bits and pieces, Family, the little one
Tagged bread, food, garden, Mothers Day, Muttertag, Sunday
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start of the garden season
Since early February the little one and myself have been lurking around the garden to check whether it’s already worth gardening again. And I am happy to finally announce: the gardening season has started again!! Spring automatically means getting rid … Continue reading
Hello there, emergency unit! Hope our relationship will be a scarce one!
Well, it had to happen one day, didn’t it? So far, we’d gone through the last 22 months without any major injuries and I am very grateful for it. Until today, our only emergency visit at a hospital with the … Continue reading
familial entropy 