Leila im temp house

Hier noch ein suesses video von September:

Leila is such a tomboy

She wants for her birthday:

• A cupcake with a sparkly 4
• Legos
• Magic Cards

basically all the boy interests.

Leila said...

Leila loves to speak about what she wants to happen in the third person from the perspective of the person who is supposed to do it.

Leila:"My daddy wants to get me a glass of milk. Yes I do!"

this probably is supposed to mean something like:"I want my dad to ask me if I want a glass of milk", and me to say: "Leila, willst du ein glas Milch", to which she would respond "Yes I do".

Christmas 2012

Well this year we were up in Seattle and it was good to see everyone! Of course we hung out with the Germans and I also got a chance to hang out with Rob, who had his whole family in town. Thanks for inviting me over, good to see you and everyone.
And of course the scooter guys at the 9lb hammer and thanks Ryan and fam for coming down to visit and go to gameworks!

Here some pics from the Port Wooden house this year:

Our room in the awesome 1913 officer's home.

Ferry ride out of seattle

Taking a walk in the freezing weather and blowing wind + rain.

Leila still loved it of course.

Yep, I had to carry her after this.

Ruedie and I went for a run, the sun made a brief appearance and i got this shot of

whole place.

The kids are turning into teenagers!

But not Leila, she is just excited to see me.

Roadtrip to Seattle for Christmas

Took a roadtrip to Seattle for the Port Wooden house this year. It took 2 days each way so it's a bit long, but I kind of enjoy the slow drive up there and taking in the changing scenery.

Everything went pretty well, we spent the first night in redding, ca.

We took the pass over Sikiyou where it started snowing like crazy. Got chains in Yreka, CA, had to put them on and we were checked on crossing the border to Oregon.

Then we couldn't make it out of the valley in any direction: Grants Pass: closed. Back to Yreka - closed. Via Bend and Crater Lake: snowed in. Access to the coast: snowed in.

So we stayed in this cute town called Shady Grove, in a hotel right by the river and played in the snow:

The trip then led us to through the Oregon plains to Portland and finally Seattle. On the way, we came across Brownsville to get a coffee. This town is the filming location of the movie Stand By Me, which we later found out. We got a coffee, took some pics and went on our way:

This is the road the kids walk on back to the town and where they leave the town

in the movie Stand by Me.

On the way back, there was still a bunch of snow. We stopped over in Ashland, which is just an awesome town, Eugene for the night, and finally a small stop in Shasta Mountain, which was  a dream winter wonder land.

cool coffeshop in Eugene

mount shasta in the distance

Leila said...

Leila is currently in total daddy mode. everything I do is the best thing ever and just showing up gets her excited.

Me:"Wen magst Du mehr, mama oder Papa?"
Leila:"Papa!"
Melissa:"Why do you like your papi?"
Leila, after thinking:"Because he loves me!"

So cute.

Bilder von unserem alten Haus

Die Leila spricht oft von "ich will zu unserem alten Haus." Also habe ich ein paar bilder gemacht bevor es verkauft wurde:

Leila speaking better!

So heute ist es so weit, ein groesserer Schritt in Leila's entwicklung! Frueher hat sie immer gesagt:

Leila:"Ich will tragen Du" - was heisst, "ich will das du mich traegst".
Jetzt sagt sie:"Papa, willst du tragen ich?"

Riesen fortschritte!

Milo said...

We were doing Adventsstuff, 2nd Advent today.

Melissa reading the Christmas book:"Baby Jesus was born and the people wondered where he came from and if he was the son of god."
Milo:"But they knew who the parents were. They were right there."
Melissa:"But apparently an angel came down to Mary and told her she was going to get pregnant and have a baby without having sex."
Milo:"They must have been running some kind of scam or something"