New Year Ave

We went for a walk on new Year Ave in the afternoon. From our house took us about 30 min walk to Tradewind Park.




.... in the evening, we made some noise in front of our house:


..... after that, we celebrate new year at the Fort Lauderdale beach:


..... then we made noise again:

.... animals....

40th B-Day, Coconut Creek

Miami Sea Aquarium

We spent the whole Sunday with our family in Miami Sea Aquarium. The weather was perfect, and of course all the show were even much better, the kids had so much fun to see all the fishes, but the best show was:

..... the Killer Whale show:

..... the Sea Lions show:


..... the top deck Dolphins show:

..... final family photos:

Happy bithday to you !!!!!!!!!!!

Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday to you
Happy birthday, liebe Niels
Happy birthday to you

..... the biggest, nicest presents on your birthday is all the most important people in your live are there:


..... then of course comes the present: :)

ONE month

....As Grandma.... as.....

By waiting for the rest of the guest coming for Niels birthday. They have nothing else to do, so they kill the time by reading:

Amanda is 4 weeks old

.... quiet day .....

Today, we just spent our quiet day at home. They've been here now already one week. Tomorrow will be action...... more guest come tomorrow. Next week, will be action.... I guess. So today is the last quiet day for us.

Oma spent time on her second book today:


..... enjoy the sun in our garden:


In the evening, we enjoyed play "SMART PEOPLE":

Beach time

We spent our first Christmas holiday at the Fort Lauderdale beach:

Santa is here

Christmas time:


First I have to show off Niels 's Christmas present and 40th birthday:


..... Leo plays the Christmas song, and we sang:


...... presents time:


..... look what we got:


..... Oma is happy with the Cup with her name on it:


..... that is some of my favorite presents:


...... other big present for Niels:


..... but our big Christmas present is Amanda:

Christmas light in centura Parc

Before Christmas, we decided to take a walk around to see all the Christmas decorations around the neighborhood:





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Fourth advent

We had a German traditional Advent this time with all the Baumkuchen, stolle. We really enjoyed it:



..... Leo loves his Baumkuchen:

.....even Martin ate all of them:

Amanda with Grandma

Plant a tree

We received 10 "Live Oak Tree" yesterday.
You may wonder why do I need 10 Oak tree in my garden. The answer is : No, I do not.
But we get them for free, and they are very small right now. And we could donate to the community or school when they a bit bigger. And according to the instruction, we have to plant them for one year, after that we could move them and plant somewhere else.
Anyway, we got help from Martin:



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