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Christmas tree decoration with Knuddel
Thanks to Alex, this year is the first year in… what: 30 years? … that I decorated our Christmas tree with a story of Knuddel, the saddest and most unfortunate dog in the world, playing in the...
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All within an arm’s length
Now that Nagi is retired I have the impression he even increased the quantity and length of his infamous walks. Lamia wanted to give a retirement gift and a Fitbit Flex sounded like a good present for...
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Lap time
Oskar is in an age where he does not want to be far away from Maman or Papa… especially Maman, that is. And he really his very suspicious when it comes to other people. Our brilliant plan before coming...
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Oskar goes upside down
Just a few minutes before we go to church… … and Oskar’s upside down. Not to worry, though: he will stay home with Maman, will get a bath and be nicely put to bed while the rest of the family is going...
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Gift giving
We did agree upfront this year’s gift would be that we all can celebrate Christmas together. We had the same guiding principle last year and with all the traveling and taking care of a baby it’s indeed...
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There’s a big fat goose, ready to be eaten
And gosh this was a good one! Thanks to mom and dad for arranging this delicious beast :)
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Merry Christmas!
After the goose I had the family gather for another Christmas photo, this time using the many, many Christmas hats I have bought over the years…
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Gift giving (part 2)
Yesterday night’s gift giving was exclusively for the adults, so we had another session for Oskar today, of course. He was showered with little presents, of which these ones here were the most scary on...
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Fresskorb
So that was it with the Christmas gifts for this year? Not quite. There was still a present that the Californian part of the family had arranged for my parents: a very nice gift basket with Italian...
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German Christmas tradition: a trip to the ER
Oskar started to have fever already yesterday, which we treated with the usual: I got paracetamol and also some cough syrup to help with the mean coughing he developed and which kept all of us awake at...
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Heavy clouds, no snow
This noon I drove together with dad to Frankfurt airport to pick up Tatjana, who will be one godmother for Oskar. We arrived a little late and found Tatjana at the arrivals. In fact she had been...
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