Bike with pedals...

Every Friday Konrad goes to a playroom with another neighbor boy. We usually drive together with his mother, however, last Friday it was warm and sunny so we decided to ride bikes. I thought I would take Konrad in the bike trailer, but when he found out his friend who is 1.5 years older than him was riding his bike Konrad wanted to ride his as well. The other little boy has pedals on his bike and Konrad just had his running bike (little bike without pedal...you can see Lara on one in the previous post). The Playroom is 1.7 miles away and Konrad rode his bike the whole way! The other little boy and his mother ended up being faster than we were with their pedals....The next day Konrad asked if pedals were faster and I said yes. Then he said he wanted his pedals put on his bike. Last summer Grandma and Grandpa bought Konrad a bike that could be used without or with pedals and he has been using it without the pedals so far. I took the bike to the bike store and got the pedals put on it on Friday and Saturday he learned how to ride it...He likes to have help getting started, but once he is riding he is fine. Here are a few pictures ; )

German Carnival....2011

Thought this would make a nice first post for 2011. The first week in March was Carnival week here in Heidelberg and all the kids dressed up in costumes for school the whole week. We have a few different costumes that Konrad, Lara and Liliana switched back and forth during the week (one time that it comes in handy they are less than 2 years apart ; )....I also got out our face paints and everyone wanted to paint their own faces...

One last post for 2010...

More fun in the snow! Konrad loves the snow this winter and luckily there is lots of it at Oma and Opa's house! We spent a week there for Christmas and will go back there 6 January for Opa's birthday. The kids got a sled for xmas (actually 2 sleds) and Konrad loves it! He and Liliana have really enjoyed riding it down the hill next to Oma and Opa's house...Lara prefers to climb on the Igloo that we built.

Below are a few last photos of 2010.

All the best for 2011!!

Jaenisch Family...

PS No Liliana in the photos...will have to wait for next year...

Let is Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

We are at Oma and Opa's house to celebrate Christmas and I have a few minutes to do a quick post! We arrived Wednesday night to streets full of snow. There must be at least a couple of feet of snow already. Yesterday we spent most of the day shoveling off the roofs of the garden sheds and the carport preparing for more snow today! I had Thomas take a few pictures of the snow that was piled up on the streets from people shoveling their sidewalks and drive ways. For now there is no parking on the street...

The kids are having a great time in the piles of snow and want to build a snow house today!

I will try to do one more post before the New Year. For now Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!!

Lara and Liliana Christmas 2009

This is a video of Lara and Liliana from Christmas Eve (in Germany they unwrap presents on Christmas Eve instead of Christmas Morning). The bouncy horses were presents from Oma and Opa!

Liliana getting dressed for winter…

Konrad working...

Konrad is fascinated by cable and computers, even though he has never really used a real computer, except during Skype chats with Grandma. He recently started setting up his workspace (machines) wherever convenient for him to get his work done ;). He always manages to find a place to plug in the cords as you can see from pictures and video below. I haven't figured out how to turn the video yet so you will have to turn your head sideways...The video is just a few second long so hopefully you won't get a neck cramp ; )