New words

We've been in Canada for about 3 weeks now and Kaya has picked up a bunch of new English words, here's a partial list, let me know if you can figure out where (or in what for that matter) we've been spending a lot of time:

highway

another highway

freeway

parkway

speed bump

merge

speeding

parking

seat belt

head lights

Since we have been spending so much time in, yes you've guessed it, the car and I've subsequently gained a small elephant (I look like I'm pregnant for the 3rd time - with twins), I have taken to parking as far away as possible from building entrances, while of course remaining in the associated parking lot. So, naturally, the others (the suburbanites) give us that youmustbecrazy look and nudge the one they are with to say: look at those, erhm people, they are doing that, uh whatchamacallit step, you know the one where you put one foot in front of the other at regular intervals, what's that called again (tune in the psycho music) they are WWWALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway, as many of you have been asking, the trip has been good, all that was needed was a few minor (stuff that urban legends are made of) tantrums and a bit a bahaviour modification (the car is not our number enemy) to get the kids settled in. Another month to go and I might not have such a sunny response to your questions.

Omi and Oma

.We are now in Canada for the summer, but here are a few snap shots from the days before we got here. We spent some time with the Austrian side of the family and gave them a good dose of their granddaughters before we took them away for 2 months.

Mother's Day Picnic

Mother's day was glorious, I slept in until 2.30 PM ( I didn't even know that I still had that in me!) and then we spend the day in park at a food and wine festival.

our little devil and her best friend

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wordless - Easter Weekend

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Sorry, I'm all out of words and so lost without them (can you hear Air Supply in the backgroud), but I'm just too tired to even have any thoughts other than...uh, actually to have any thoughts at all...but a picture is surely worth a few words - gotta give this tired mommy a break, hopefully by summer solstice the thought centre of my brain will be back in action.

Our 2

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Costume change

.Ok, well this is embarassing, but I thought, hey, why not let others laugh at my expense? So this is what I try to change out of before I fetch Kaya from nursery school, at 3pm