month twenty-three Mar/Apr-2010

First Weißwurstfrühstück
(No, the beer isn't hers.)

Hannah literally dives into her beloved carrot salad.

Hannah is really into copying her parents' behavior. Cleaning, cooking, and now she's into making pancakes, using anti-slipping rubber duckies from the bathroom, a plastic spoon and a small dish.

Hannah is "baking" pancakes with mommy.

Hannah's hair is very long (see the photo above), and she still has the tendency to smear everything that's sticking to her fingers into her hair. Enough's enough, said mommy, and today took her to the hairdresser around the corner. Now she's all neat and tidy again. A whole new look; daddy was very surprised when he came home from work.

New haircut — very fashionable!

Hannah eats an easter bunny.

Seems like Hannah wants to learn juggling very soon!

At lunch, Hannah invented a word on her own: Schnudel. She had been using the Japanese prefix shiroi (white) for food like rice (shiroi gohan), to express that she wants it pure, without sauce. Today, she combined shiroi with the German Nudel, and soon shrunk the difficult shiroi Nudel into Schnudel. Happy about her new creation (and the funny reaction from her parents), she kept demanding more and more Schnudels!

Playing in the sandbox…priceless!

Then, we walk through the old town…

…and finally have a few rounds on the swing.

Hannah's grandparents and uncle Benni are in for a visit!

Grandpa is driving Hannah to her favorite place…

…the sandbox!

Hannah then beckons Benni…

…to help her at the slide!

Next, she's rocking back and forth on a tractor.

In the evening, we go back home…

…Hannah is very happy.

Hannah waves goodbye…

…and concludes the day with a dinner of self-made Sushi.

With marvelous sunny weather, we spent the next day at the zoo in Stuttgart.

Everybody is excited when we take the train in the morning…

…and walk to the zoo.

Hannah is already reading the directions…

…then takes daddy by the hand and walks from animal to animal.

She really enjoys all the animals (except for the real big and frightening ones).

Pausing with her grandparents.

Before heading home, we have coffee and cake in a café, and Hannah can play some more.

It's so exciting in the big city!

In the evening, we're taking the S-Bahn back home.

Time passes so quickly, and soon our guests have to leave for the long trip back home.

At breakfast, Benni is feeding Hannah.

Grandpa plays with Hannah.

Continue with month 24…