Pacifying Pirate Skeleton

This child has rejected all pacifiers until today, when Sean's colleagues gave us a "baby rock star" pacifier...with a skull and crossbones on it! We gave him this pacifier and he has been awake and happy for an hour! Sean and I had a relaxing dinner together!

Siblings

Beeba and Eric

The Bodensee is getting warmer, slowly!

Grandpa goes furniture shopping!

How about this one?
Or perhaps a football love seat?
Or a lazy boy?
Or an even lazier-boy?

Go Cowboys!

Make-up artist

I couldn't resist buying Margaret her own make-up set for 4 Euro - she always wants to use mine. She was so excited and proceeded to apply make-up to herself, Sean's 5-o'clock shaddow, a little on the baby, some on Beeba...William ran away screaming....she carefully outlined the circles under my eyes with blue eye shaddow. Margaret remains beautiful despite her beauty techniques.

How to lose your marbles.

One month old!

It's true...

It's true that we have had *nothing* but quiet, well-behaved sweet moments around here.

Pictures from the last week

A picture of all five of us.
Eric is 4 weeks old!
Sean came back from Wyoming, after finding a house! We close in August!
A walk on Reichenau.

Pirate Skeleton McCrea.
I tried to take a picture of all three kids wearing their new pirate shirts for Eric's birth announcement...Eric screams and does his pirate imitation. Sadly, the real pirates in the news are making us pretend pirates look bad.
Running in the fields.
What it looks like when I try to go anywhere. The baby is in the carrier on my chest. The stroller is for supplies!
Beeba meets her third grandbaby!

Moon Base Playhouse

Tour

Walking into the kitchen



Upstairs bedrooms and main bath



basement

Excuse: The camera flew to Wyoming.

Okay folks, there will be no blogging for a week or so. This morning Sean took the camera and the fast computer to Laramie. He's looking for houses!

It's...New Dork Fashion Week!

"Strike a pose!"
"Smile for the camera, please!"
"Okay, now try to act normal..."
"Okay, don't act normal. Stand up straight and smile? Oh, nevermind!"

Conversations

William is looking at a Playmobil advertisement.

Wm: I wish me (weird German-English construction) a pirate ship like this one for my birthday!
HF: Hmm. We'll have to think about that one. They cost over a hundred Euro.
Wm: A HUNDRED!
HF: Yes.
Wm: Well, then, we can ask Santa Claus for it. He can steal it.
HF: Steal it?
Wm: Yes, he steals things and then he takes them to children.
HF: Really? I thought he had little elves that made the toys.
Wm: Well, what I don't understand is the elves make things out of wood but Santa Claus brought me my light saber and it is out of plastic. I think he stole it.
HF: Perhaps the elves also have a factory.
Wm: ( looking doubtful) maybe.

William and Eric

Eric looks up to his brother

William asks Eric for artistic criticisms

Twister!

Margaret and her polar bear play Twister!

Margaret is 3!

Margaret got a magnifying glass from Mama and Dada

Had cupcakes with her friends

and directed a game of Twister!


William also got a present for being cooperative (most of the time)

First Bath! He likes it!