Bye Bye 2008!

Today is the last day of 2008. I have to constantly remind myself that it's only a matter of hours before the year is over. Actually, it's already 2009 in Australia.Having an active Golden Piglet means 2008 has flown by doubly fast for Mama Pig and Papa Pig.

The 3 Lil' Pigs are staying home this freezing new year's eve.

No parties, no countdowns, no firecrackers. Just a simple early dinner at home and playing with Piglet before hitting bed.

Happy New Year 2009!

Oink Oink oink,

Mama Pig + Papa Pig = Golden Piglet

Marlen + Philipp = Liselotte

The 3 Lil' Pigs were thrilled that Marlen + Philipp = Liselotte visited them this afternoon. The last Stephan and I saw Marlene and Philipp was a little more than 3 years ago in Paderborn when we just got married.
How time flies and now the 4 of us are parents to 2 adorable toddlers! Liselotte is a real sweet heart. She is almost 2 months younger than Midori.Midori was glad to have Liselotte around, otherwise she might have felt left out and bored by us. The film below shows Midori showing Liselotte her treasure aka mommy's trash.

Thank u for your visit, Marlen + Phillip = Liselotte. Hopefully we'll see u in France!

Oink Oink oink,

The 3 Lil' Pigs

Expats In Görlitz

Mama Pig brought her Precious to meet other lady expats and their kids in Cafe Oriental this afternoon. Too bad most of them have left town by now, the 2nd Advent Sunday.

Above: R (Indonesia), Mama Pig (Indonesia), Golden Pig (Germany), J (Peru), J (USA)

Below: A (China), Mama Pig (Indonesia), Golden Pig (Germany), J (Peru), J (USA)

Hopefully, the turnout will be much better at the next meet.

Nikolaus Tag

It's Nikolaus Tag (St. Nicholas Day) today. Kids in Germany love this European festival because Santa will put gifts and sweets in the boots (Nikolaus-Stiefel) which the kids have left outside the front door the night before.We wanted to get our Sweetie Pie acquainted with Santa, so we went "hunting" for one in the local supermarket.

Now, doesn't it look like Mini Mrs. Santa was out doing Xmas shopping with her not-so-dwarfish black elf? Ha ha ha.

Unfortunately, we missed Santa because he had "Feierabend" (knocked off) some 4 minutes earlier than stated, so Mrs. Santa Jr. had to call Rudolph on Palm Centro to pick her up.Luckily our Piglet was too young to realize what she missed, but Papa Pig was very disappointed and chided Mama Pig for not remembering Santa's office hours.
Sorry Precious, Mama Pig will do better research and planning so you won't miss Santa and will get lots of sweets next year.

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Liebe Oma!

Heute hat die liebe Oma Geburtstag.

Zum Geburtstag Viel Gluck

Zum Geburtstag Viel Gluck

Zum Geburtstag Viel Gluck

Zum Geburtstag Viel Gluck

Schade, dass wir deinen Geburtstag mit Dir nicht feiern konnten, weil wir zu weit weg von euch wohnen. Trotzdem denken wir immer an Dich.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag, Oma!

Alles Liebe aus Görlitz,

Lily + Stephan = Midori