German-American Fest

 
 
Evidently, they used to be fabulous! This one was pretty lame, but Miss Ava got a taste of the giant slide, bumper cars(first time) and fresh donuts:*) 

Germany's Next Top Super Model

  

Champion Soccergirl

  

Happy Halloween!

  

Big Wheelin' Through Our Woods

  

Is her skirt just a bit too short?...you vote!

 
This is a size 24 months that she finally wanted to wear. But, as you can see, it's a bit....short:*) She wouldn't wear anything underneath, so this is how she went to kindergarten. 

Soccergirl Friday

 
 
 
 
Had another great time this afternoon, but got really tired, and didn't want to hear the story.

I just needed 3 things: Mom, Thumb, and Chicken. 

New house, new car

  

Ponyhof....not hofbrau!

 
 
Ava and I went on an adventure to Gechingen, a village about 24 km. from our house. And just outside the village, they have a ponyhof, or a place where an adult can get a lot of exercise walking in the woods and fields while their child sits and enjoys the scenery. During our walk, Ava stopped and asked if we could look at the view, so that's why we have the second photo. And what a view it was!

So check out http://www.ponyhof-gechingen.de/programm.html for more information:*) 

Kinderfest 2006

 
Last weekend at a fest for kids in our town of Sindelfingen. They even had camel rides, which Ava didn't want to do, until after we went to dinner:*( 

GOOOOOAAAAALLLLL!!!

 
  

Princess Ava is back

 
 
If only we were alive 400 years ago....I think she would have been part of the royal court:*) 

First day in German Kindergarten

 
OK, not really, just on my way:*) 

What I found when searching our new zip code

http://www.tampoprint.com/gb/vertrieben/aussendiensten/aussendiensten.html

Our Sixth Living Room

 
Since we've been married, we've moved five times. So this makes it our sixth living room:*) 

Our "new" living room

 
Don't you just love the furniture? 

We're in our new house

We're here, only some loaner furniture(oooh, the beds are terrible) and the three of us. The stables across the street are already a problem....Ava thinks she can cross the street and go look all by herself.....yikes!

Day at the pool

 
 
We've finally gotten the weather we've been waiting for, so we've been going to the pool quite a bit!
First is the beast in the "shower" and the second is just the kids pool. There are others that I will put up later, but they are all made of stainless steel...(thanks Mercedes-Benz)
We'll be moving in our new house Friday, albeit without any goods. No shipments have shown up yet:*( Oh well, welcome to our world!@ 

Wilhelma continued...oh, and life too

 
 
 
 

The journey continues to find a 2nd car. There just aren't any, and what there are....well, we don't want to buy!

We've eaten at a fabulous Italian place, and last night Indian....mmmmmmmmmm....Today, it's not raining again, but the clouds are there, so I won't hold my breath! 

We went to the Wilhelma Zoo

 
 
 
 
Our second beautiful day happened to coincide with a day off for John, so we took the train into town and went to the zoo.
Ava picked out her own outfit:*)
These were the biggest lilypads I'd ever seen. *notice the ducks and birds on them...
We saw the cheetah....
Then a fashion pose. ( I'll post these next photos next, malfunction)
John held Ava up to see the giraffes.
Then she got to pet the goats...this one was her favorite, so she took a photo of him! She wasn't so sure about the next goat though.