Two worlds collide.....

While J was out kickin' it with his soccer buddies...



S was at home preparing for the family's end of season party...



J finished his game and the season...



and we had a cozy little tea party with homemade pumpkin sugar cookies decorated by S.

Happy faces!!!!

Harry Potter and Darth Vader meet - could be an interesting duo?



Harry needs reading glasses..



S's birthday party...



God, Country, Boy Scouts... where's the apple pie?



All I want for Christmas is my two front teeff, my two front teeff, my two front teeff..

Double Decker Carousel and Crashing Dragons...

We went to Phantasialand - just north of Bonn / South of Koln - like a small version of Disney land. Rode lots of roller coasters, visited different countries and rode on..

a Double Decker Carousel ...



and saw a dragon crashing through the wall...

Yo! Yo! Meow! Hoo! Hoo! Excuse me... Ooooh!

J "in the hood..."



S searching for her kitty...



An owl at a Bird Sanctuary... looking for a date with Ebie's owl...



A majestic Eagle (we went to Schloss Gutenburg and the owner is an expert on birds of prey)



And another Bird of Prey warming his wings in the sun..

Cheetahs and Elephants

S was in a two-week theater camp and had lead roles as a cheetah.....



and an elephant....



This is part of the finale...



and this is a picture of her in dress-up ..



and when we went to the local theater..

The Beauty Queen....

S designed this headpiece..

the many faces of Eve...

S and J have been playing dress-up...

J 2nd day on roller blades.. he's doing quite well..

J's teacher from last year and this past summer school...

S's Summer School Teacher...

S came up with this idea...

Happy Birthday to You ...

J was convinced that he was just going to have a "Ho Hum" party with just family. So when he turned around to see a crowd of people singing Happy Birthday ... he was speechless!!! He received a Lego Jet Fighter, Roller Blades, and a Dragon and Knight. And we had the traditional Train on the Ice Cream Cake. A good time was had by all for the 7 yr old..

Giant Crocodile Eats Children

The kids and I took a set of twin girls to Jolos as their birthday present. They had a blast.. It's Chucky Cheese without the Chucky!!!! They have this Giant Crocodile that kids can climb into from behind and come out the mouth but, as the 2nd photo shows) the mouth closes up and "eats the kids".

J is sitting in front of the Crocodile to give you a sense of how big this thing is..

And S really enjoyed going down this bumpy slide..

The Hills are Alive....

If you watch "The Sound of Music" you might see snippits of this lake - The Konigsee (the King's Lake) - you can just barely see it for the mountians she is surrounded by.... the rest of the photos are views from Eagle's Nest, driving back from Salzburg, and the mountains behind the lodge we stayed at. We had beautiful clear skies the entire weekend....

Mr. Helperman / Mr. Dinosaur Man

We just got back from a BS Camp weekend on the Austrian Border. Mr. Helperman - is lugging my original dufflebag (from 1978). Went to Salzburg and visited a fabulous, very child-oriented, Natural Science Museum - thus J's hand in T-Rex!!!

Bird's Eye View of Austria... ain't it something!!!

All of these photos were from a trip to Austria.

This first picture is from the most recent Sock Hop - We had a fabulous facepainting artist volunteer her time... I could hardly recognize the kiddos...

J was so proud of dressing himself... I just had to capture the proud moment.

The kids went to a German Kindergarten when we first arrived in Germany. This is from the Fall Lichtenfest

One of my favorite pics of the kids.. Such World Travelers..

Such the handsome sailor...