Doggy anniversary!

Three years since Klara moved in! I can't even remember life before she arrived and forced her active lifestyle upon us though. We went on at least 2100 walks together so far... And we're looking forward to many more! 
We love you, Klaki Doki. 
And you will hopefully realise soon that M's also just expressing her love by pulling your ears and stabbing you in the eyes.

Party night

11:05 p.m. It's lovely to listen to J and M chat and laugh out loud... Less so at 11 pm though.
11:07 p.m. There's some serious negotiating going on. Judging by J's laughter and M's insistent chatter, I'm afraid M's winning.
11:12 p.m. We're all about to watch Peppa Pig.

Tragic events, according to M

We were finally calmly enjoying the sun and pretzels after a few tragic events, according to M: a) her fruit bar broke in half, b) I wouldn't let her take some tissues out of the garbage bin in the park, c) she wasn't allowed to play with the paracetamol tablets which she found in my bag, d) her shorts didn't cover her legs. 

A very emotional blog post

They say the best feeling in the world is the feeling of love you feel for your child. But there's something even better. There's that moment when you're putting pajamas on your child, getting her ready to sleep and she's all warm and soft and smells incredible and she's babbling away, thinking she's helping by trying to put her socks back on and you're watching her, full of adoration, thinking: "You're amazing. I love you so much". And at that moment she stops what she's doing, goes completely silent, looks straight into your eyes, a long, deep stare, and you just know she's thinking exactly the same. And then she leans forwards and gives you a kiss. Not even winning a Nobel prize compares (and I can say this after winning three Nobel prizes).

Helping with chores

M's very helpful in the kitchen. If you really need someone to take everything out of a basket and put some of it back in.

Sunday afternoon at the Zoo

J managed to convince me to sit in a Biergarten to calm down a bit while he and my mother-in-law walk around with M and try to enjoy life without my negativity. So now I'm eating awful greasy fries, listening to horrible kids screaming at the turtles and imagining different ways in which I could physically hurt every single person around me because they're all incredibly annoying. I'm feeling a lot calmer. A lovely Sunday afternoon at the Zoo! 

Be careful when swimming!

When you're jumping around the public pool, while holding a baby who can't swim, and the top of your bathing suit falls off, it's very useful to have your kid hug you on demand and hold on tight until you get dressed elegantly under water. Good thing M was in a hugging mood just now, I would have shocked all the Turkish men standing around the pool.

Meeting the farm animals

We read about them in lots of books, but today at Lara's birthday party, M finally got to see some of the farm animals in real life. 
She was not very impressed. 
Time spent petting a goat: 30 seconds. 
Time spent opening and closing the gate next to the goat: 6 minutes.
It would have lasted forever but she was chased away by a long haired naked boy who probably just went around naked so people wouldn't mistake him for a girl.