Alessandros förste svömmeundervisning

I dag var Alessandros förste svömmeundervisning.

Han har bäde vaeret i svömmehallen flere gange og i havet sä vi vidste at elsker vand. Alligevel var vi spaendte pä hvordan han ville tage det i dag. Han elskede det og ville meget gerne vaere blevet laengere i vandet i der var tid til.

Der blev sunget og danset og leget sä det föltes slet ikke som undervisning, selv om laereren kom og sagde hvad de nu skulle lave.

Alessandro elskede hans svömmevinger der tillod ham at svömme alene men det var nu alligevel betryggende at papa var med i bassinet.





Bagefter blev der köbt vinterstövler og sä fyldte vi lidt fastfood pä vores hungrene kroppe. Tilbage i bilen kunne vandkongen aendelig sove - for traet var han.

Ale med köer og heste & Iris over det hele

Vi brugte rigtig MEGET tid i gär da vi gik en tur. Blandt andet mindst 20 minutter med at tale med to heste og ikke mindst plukke deres graes for dem og fodre dem. Alessandro sneg sig ogsä til at ae dem pä mulen inden mor noget at blive bekymret over om de ville se hans fingre som gulerödder. Hestene var sä begejstret for ham at de pä vores tilbagevej kom fra den anden ende af folden for at hilse pä. Sä mätte vi jo lige plukke noget mere graes til dem.


Dette förste billede tilegnes Lene, Samuel og Magnus. Sä kan de se hvor stor den kalv er blevet som vi sä blive födt da de besögte os.

Alessandro brugte ca 15 minuter med at tale med köerne og det var sikkert pä grund af det og alt hans muh -muh -muh at flere af dem kom hen og hilste pä os.
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Iris havde nogle venner pä besög sidste onsdag - det var rigtig hyggeligt.


Hun elsker musik - ogsä det hun selv kan producerer.


Aendelig kan hun kravle ind og ud af legeringen, og det er hun meget stolt over.


Iris elsker at tömme bestikholderen i opvaskemaskinen. Om der er brug for det eller ej.


Men hun elsker ogsä at lege med Alessandros kökken. Havde vi taenkt pä hende da vi köbte det havde vi nok köbt en mere stabil udgave.


Iris har nu laert at komme rundt om - eller over alle de ting der ligger i vejen for hende. Sä nu har vi köbt gitter til trappeopgangen sä jeg ikke skal gä og vaere bekymret over hvor hun leger. Hun har allerede vist mig at det ikke er et problem at kravle op pä det förste trin.

Chinese name

Today I've got my Chinese name. According to the person who did it, my name means "famous" and "strong". Probably they were inspired by Marco Polo... LOL!
See here...

Books

Iris and I like reading books together.
Here you see how happy she is with a book! :-)



Alessandro's 2 years birthday weekend 8 -10 Oct.

Marcos sisters had announced their visit for the birthday so the house got cleaned well and the frig stuffed with food.

Friday: Catching up

Chiara and Gianluca with Camilla arrived midday Friday. Last time Chiara saw Iris she was only around 6 weeks old, so she had a lot to catch up with her.


We picked up Ale from kindergarten just after nap time, and while he played with Camilla I went to the airport to pick up Cristina, Guerrino (Im sure I spelled it wrong - lets call him Jerry instead ;-) ) and Emanuele.

Oh what a noisy joy with 4 kids playing along in our living room.


Chiara also had to cuddle with Ale since it was half a year since she saw him last time. He enjoyed it very much.


Camilla equipped herself with false nails with the help of Lego. Preparing to make competition with zia Cri in the future?


Emanuele was happy to play with all the toys.


Saturday: The birthday!

Alessandro woke up happy on his sunshining birthday morning. After getting dressed we went down and found a living room full of balloons. Alessandro love balloons!


However cousin Camilla didn't feel safe with the long worm-balloons even after some counselling from zia Cri. So the worms was send to the garden were they died in the afternoon when Camilla went there to play.


I just couldn't think to serve a birthday cake early in the morning or to postpone the giftgiving to the afternoon, so I made a birthday-rolls-boy to go along with the brunch we had planed. Two things had to be said here. 1) According to Italian rules (or Frittajon rules - Im not sure), you can't give gift without serving the cake first (so in this case birthday-rolls). 2) Italians are not used to breakfast so in order to get people to eat we went for the brunch instead (which they are not use to either but I though at least they must be more hungry by then ).
Notice the birthday train on the table. He got that from Bedstemor Vinni on his 1 years birthday.

The kids got birthday hats which they loved.


Both Camilla and Emanuele had practiced at home on the birthday song and were ready.


Hhmm no pictures of the opening of the gift. Anyway it went well.

Ale got a tunnel and a nice carpet from his two zias. A three-wheel-bike from his nonna and nonno (whom we missed! - but they gave us a call), and a kitchen from his parents.

As a small present he also got a airplane while Camilla and Emanuele also each got a small present.

Since we served brunch we hadn't planned for lunch but those Italians.... they got hungry anyway so a quick lunch was served as well.

And then we played and played and played. Bedstefar called to congratulate Ale with his birthday but Ale was too busy playing to want to talk in the phone. However we appreciate the call.

Here Jerry are having fun with Emanauele on the Pilate-ball


And the same had Gianluca with Camilla.


Iris just had a great day with a lot of attention and kids to play with.


In the afternoon we went for a walk.


The fathers introduced the big kids to the horse. And they loved it.

Alessandro loved it so much that I already starts to worry about expenses for horse-ridding-classes in the future.



Here you see the three-well-bike Ale got for his birthday. There was a fight to use it and Camilla won it for most of the tour.


We had planned for homemade pizza for dinner, but because we did a late visit to Bad Homburg in the afternoon the votes went for ordering pizza instead.


This is Iris first pizza (or a least the first pizzabread), and she loved it and the fact that she was eating the same as everyone else.


Sunday: Going for a walk in the forest

We have access to the forest within walking distance from our home. We are very lucky because just at the beginning of the forest the "forest-kindergarten" have made a lot of things for the kids to play with and to discover the forest with.

So after breakfast we went there. The weather was sonny and the temperature nice (in the sun) but a little chilly in the shadow.

There was time to play and to watch.


There were time to be 100% with the family (Here Camilla with Gianluca and Chiara).


And it gave a little exercise as well.


Sunday: At the playground

We have a very nice playground only a few minutes walk away from our home. A nice way to get there is to bring a ball along. Then Alessandro have no problems walking all the way on his own.

Here he and Camilla are playing with the ball.


Of course there are swings at the playground. Iris love to be swung.


But so do the other kids as well.


This is the first time Ale tries to walk on the robe alone and succeeded with it. How proud not just he was but me as well.


Here is the carousel-stick (or what ever they are called). Im getting motion-sick just by watching but both Alessandro and Emanuele loved it.


Iris also loved this swing. Especially the part were she can crawl around on it and get it to move. Ale and Emanuele saw all the fun she had and came to do her company.


The rest of the day the kids played at home while the grown-ups prepared for departure during the evening (Marco), night ( Camilla+parents) and morning (Emanuele+parents).

What a nice birthday weekend we all had!

This is Iris enjoying the peace after the weekend.


Alessandro however still had some celebration left. Because he was first celebrated in the kindergarten the Tuesday after, where he brought a chocolate cake looking like a clown (candy make-up) and some juice along. Forgot to take pictures but it all went well.