Hello There & Happy New Year.

I'm so sorry I haven't been bloggin in such a long time.

We had the in-laws here for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time, and then after that my two girl cousins came to visit - they stayed through Christmas. I really enjoy having visitors here even tough it is kind of exhausting too. My mom sent cookies with my cousins - hmmm, what a wonderful treat to get "real" Weihnachtsplaetzchen (xmas cookies) all the way from Germany.

Yummy! They were gone in no time - LOL

I took the cousins for a drive to the Skywalk on/over the Grand Canyon West Rim. Man, was it cold that day, but what a view! Camilla and I went onto the skywalk, it wasn't all that bad, but none the less, I was glad getting off it too!

Anyway, so I'm looking/reading through all these new years superstations and am depating if I should be doing anything at all today?! I wanted to take a nice bubble bath and wash my hair, take the christmas tree and decorations down, and so on. Maybe I'll just wait until tomorrow!

I'll just grab a book and let the day be!

Tut mir wirklich leid, dass ich so longe nicht geblogged habe. Meine Schwiegereltern waren hier auf besuch fuer Thanksgiving und dann kamen meine beiden Kusinen aus Deutschland auf Besuch. War schoen mal jemand hier zu haben, auch wenns einen ganz schoen mitnimmt. Hmmm, die Maedels haben uns Weihnachtsplaetzchen von meiner Mama mitgebracht. Was fuer ein Genuss! Einfach Lecker, leider waren die viel zu schnell aufgegessen.

Ich bin mit Corinna und Camilla zum Grand Canyon Skywalk gefahren, Camilla und ich sind sogar drauf gelaufen! War gar nicht so schlimm, aber ich war trotzdem froh wieder auf "richtigem" Boden zu stehen. Und mann war das kalt an dem Tag!

So, heute hab ich mir mal durch Neu Jahrs Aberglauben durchgelesen, ich werde heute wohl doch nicht baden und Haare waschen und die Weihnachtsdekorationen lass ich wohl doch auch noch bis morgen haengen. Ich setz mich jetzt in die Ecke und less ein Buch!

christmas receital

My little girl had her dance receital for this season. So cute!

another trip to the ER

well, two days after I took J. to the ER we had to go back again. He stuck a tic-tac up his nose. While M. was at Dance and we were waiting for her to finish he found them in my purse and asked if he could have one, the next thing I know he had it up his nose! And I couldn't get it out. When I called the Pediatrician the nurse said they usually just send people to the ER with this problem - GREAT! UGH!!!! Well, when the Doc look at him there, it had already gone. He said it either went all the way up and then he swallowed it back down, or it just dissolved!

I made a finished my girls xmas Dress (used the oliver + s playdate dress pattern) now I still have to get the boy some dressy clothes. And then we can head out for the holiday pics and some pics with Santa.

letzte woche war ich zwei mal mit meinem kleinen Mann in der Notaufnahme. Er hatte eine Halsentzuendung, und als er in der zweiten nacht mit extremem schmerzen aufgewacht ist, hab ich ihn da hingebracht und dann mussten wir zwei tage spaeter wieder hin, weil er sich ein Tick-Tack in die Nase geschoben hat! Ugh!

Hier ist noch ein Foto von meinem Maedel in ihrem Weihnachtskleid, dass ich genaeht hab (ist ein schnittmuster von Oliver + s)

a trip to the ER

my little boy started having a fever Monday afternoon, and we had a very bad night Monday. Well Tuesday night at 11.30pm he wakes up and freaks me out, about his mouth hurting and his fever. Anyway, it's very hard to get a look at his throat, and I just wanted to make sure he's ok, so I took him to the ER. I was amazed at the Dr. who saw him! Dr. Nelson was AMAZING! He cheered my little boogie up and got a good look into this mouth/throat with a little trick. Well, it took him about 5-6 looks until he saw what was wrong, but he did get him to open his mouth wide enough. Anyway, boogie is ok, he's got a strep throat and got antibiotics. All should be well in a couple of days. I will miss out on my water excercise, but oh well.
I've been making some scrapbook pages again, and I also made a couple of doll outfits for Rosie.
check out my galleries at twopeas and flickr.
I sold some things on ebay and can't wait to spend the money earned on more supplies!
I already decided what to get the kids for christmas and will make the purchses in the next couple of weeks. Already bought a tea set & some play cupcakes for my girl. Can't wait to see the beautiful Waldorf Doll that she'll be getting from her Oma. And the reaction Jakob will have over his "park tower"

super Jakob

I know the video is sideways - I just don't know how to fix it!

Jakob is so cute when he dose this - I saw him do it the first time a couple of days ago. I don't know how he came up with it. But I love it, so cute! I really don't feel like blogging lately - lacking inspiration or just lazy. Not sure. I read all these great blogs and feel so bummed out, that I'm just not as good as some of these ladies. I can't figure out how to add all these listings to the sidebars, how to add music etc. Oh well, I don't think anyone is really reading my blog anyway. I am making a pair of pants for Mina and maybe I will pick up my knitting needles after that. It's starting to really cool down somewhat and it'll be nice to have a cute sweater that I made myself. Oh, almost forgot - I finally finished Mina's quilt! It's not perfect, but still quite nice!

Ich weiss, das Video ist seitwaerts. Weiss leider nicht wie & ob ichs drehen kann. Jakob ist so suess wenn er "super Jakob" macht. Laetzte Woche hat er damit angefangen, weiss nicht wo er das gelernt oder aufgegriffen hat. Zur Zeit hab ich einfach keine motivation und/oder lust zum bloggen. Ich lese so viele super blogs und bin dann immer ein kleines bisschen niedergeschlagen, weil ich da einfach nicht mithalten kann. Liest denn irgendjemand meinen Blog??? Im moment naeh ich 'ne Hose fuer Mina und dann will ich mir vielleicht nen Pullover stricken. Langsame kuehlt's hier wirklich ab, und waere schon 'nen Pulli zu haben, den ich selber gestrickt hab. Ach, hab ich fast vergessen, hab endlich Mina's quilt fertig gemacht. Ist leider nicht perfekt, aber trotzdem schoen.

temperature drop

One day I have the AC running, and the next I'm ready to turn on the heat. It's crazy!

I took the kids to the Disneystore yesterday morning, and I knew it'll be a little bit chilly outside and dressed them in long sleeves (and myself) but man, we could have so needed a warm Jacket. Didn't even cross my mind that it got that cold! Anyway, we got Jakob his Halloween Outfit, he's going to be Pit Crew for Lightning McQueen. He wanted to be Lightning McQueen from the Cars Movie, but I just don't like the costume. This one I can live with. I offered Mina to buy her a "Belle" (from the disney movie) Dress and she declined, I guess she's not into dressing up anymore. Anyway, not much else going on here. I made a little clutch purse, you can see the picture in my Flickr gallery. But I just finished this Shirt for Mina today, love how it came out - she picked the fabric. I wasn't sure about the bright yellow, but it actually looks very nice.

Temperatur Sturz - Am einen Tag hab ich die Klimanlage an und am naechsten (fast) die Heizung. Die Kinder und ich sind gestern frueh schnell zum Disneystore und ich wusste dass es kalt ist, und hab uns langaermelig angezogen, aber wir haetten 'ne warme Jacke gut gebrauchen koennen. Mann war das kalt! Wir haben da Jakob's Halloween Kostuem gekauft. Ein Lightning McQueen Pit Crew Outfit. Er wollte eigentlich Lightning McQueen vom Cars Film sein, aber das Kostuem gefaellt mir viel besser und ihm gefaellts auch! Ich hab Mina angeboten ihr das "Belle" Kleid zu kaufen, aber sie hat ABGELEHNT! Kaum zu fassen, sie ist schon aus dem Prinzessin spielen raus. So, sonst gibts hier nix neues. Ich hab 'ne kleine Tasche gemacht, koennt ihr auf Flickr sehen und dann hab ich das Shirt hier heute fuer Mina gemacht. Sie hat den Stoff ausgesucht, war nicht so von dem grellen gelb begeistert, sieht aber doch ganz toll aus.!

feeling

kind of depressed today. It's not been a good week. Just feel like lying in bed and sleeping and crying, of course I can't do that - two little kids to take care of. Oh well, maybe tomorrow it'll be all better.

Fuehl mich etwas depressiert heute. War keine gute Wochen. Moechte am liebsten den ganzen Tag im Bett bleiben, schlafen und heulen. Geht aber nicht, hab ja zwei kleine Kinder auf die ich aufpassen muss. Na ja, morgen ist vielleicht besser.