1-year old's logic I

Leon points at biscuit and nods.
'Leon - moechtest Du einen Schuh auf den Kopf?
(Would you like a shoe on your head?)'
Leon grins all over and nods frantically...
and, needless to say, gets biscuit.

3-year old's logic I

'Suza-anne'
'Ye-es'
'Why is Spiderman called Spiderman?'
'Well, what do you think?' I cunningly throw the question back and frantically mime spidernet-throwing with my wrists.
'Because he wears a Spiderman costume'.
Doh.

Skiing and wellness in the French Alps

From les menuires ...

It was fabulous!! The four-day combination of exercise at high altitude in full sunshine, uninterrupted sleep, sauna and half-board did its trick. I came home to a houseful of suffering snotties feeling wonderfully rested and well.

The big mountain in the back ground is Mont Blanc. The picture was taken at 2820 m altitude on Mont de la Chambre near Les Menuires by Mike.

Christmas photos

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Our Christmas'06 pictures.
Noteworthy visits to Pups (see last post), Berlin Zoo, Cafe Aroma, Christmas Market in Berlin-Spandau, which is not to be attempted without a measure of rum in your mulled wine particularly in slushy winter mush weather; and the Ethnological Museum in Berlin-Dahlem .
Other worthy note: Leon walking long distances in large rooms of Grunewald Villa.

Pups Berlin

If it's good enough for Brad and Ange, it's worth a try for our boys. We only found out about the celebrity endorsement after we had been. I am talking about Pups, of course, a softplay-cum-Cafe in the centre of Berlin (Mitte), very close to where the wall used to be. It's close to many of Berlin's historical and cultural must-see's and as such easily combined with some sight seeing. We spent a jolly morning there: the boys in the ball pit, on tractors or on the slides; us growmops watching on from the cafe-part, or joining in.

Catching up

We have been busy since our last entry:

went to the Perigord to visit Auntie Jan, Grangran, Nigel and Fanny;
to Tre'r-ddol (West Wales) to meet Mike and Louise's new baby, Kate;
to St Albans (Hertfordshire) for a Christmas meal with Grandad, Auntie Neela and family;
and to Berlin (Germany) for Christmas with Opa, Oma, Barbara and Bernie.

Best broken down into bite-sized chunks, methinks.

Ashton Court Last Saturday

For a couple more pictures of our outing please click on the picture.