Advent calendar

For Christmas 2012 I made my first DIY advent calendar! It was a great success with the kids. Little cards for each day wrapped in lovely wrapping paper and twine, fixed to our hallway mirror with washi tape. Each card had a little note written on it, an activity to do as a family our a topic to discuss.
The main idea was to stay away from material rewards and to encourage family time, sharing and being thankful for our life together. It was also portable for our weeklong holiday in Belgrade, Serbia.
I'm keeping the details for a repeat next year. I think this one has to become a family tradition!

Teacher's Christmas presents

Ines and I made these great wine glass charms for her teachers for Christmas. So no one will loose their glass!

I also made these gorgeous origami gift boxes out of a square piece of paper. Useful skill!

Cute socks

I love these barbapapa socks that Jad inherited from Kai. So cute...

Baby jad

Look how tiny he was. One of the first pictures...

Sewing skills

Ines has been learning how to sew a button at school in her life skills class. I love it! She is so proud, she even made a booklet about it. I'll get hold of it and post it.

Indian summer outing

The warmest october day on record. We had highs of 31deg. Even better summer!

And then there were 4

Jad' 1st taxi trip, on the day we went to register him. It took us a while to agree on his first name. But he is definitely: Jad.

Good work!

I know we are now on holiday, but still feel like I want to share Ines' good work at school.

Well done baby.

Climber girl

Cool afternoon at the castle! Ines reached the top and earned herself her first pair of climbing shoes aged 5. Well done dudette!

New arrival

Jad was born on a sunny day on the 6th July 2011! The birth was an amazing experience, as nature intended, intimate and gentle.

Jad was born at 13.00 and weighed 3.460kg. A helthy and beautiful baby boy. Ines is so happy to finally meet him (as are we).