Rock band

Another one of the fun wii games. Everyone, including Nana, got into Rock band!

Nana's class

As if we didn't have enough fun stuff to do, we also get to go into Nana's class at school. She teaches a multi-age 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade. Matthew loves it. He can do a lot of the first grade stuff and the kids love helping him. The other boys like to go in and play with the different toys, chalk boards, read books, etc. This year Matthew even went with the kids to specials so Nana got to hear from other teachers how much they liked her grandson. Good job Matthew!

Megaplay!

Everywhere should have a megaplay! There is a huge warehouse near Nana's that has racing tracks, huge climbing things, big blow up obstacle courses, trampolines, basketball hoops, etc. We would go for hours. I think I liked it as much as the kids. THeir favorite thing to do was play on the trampolines, though, so I think I know what we will get when we move to TN!

More fun in Germany

The PX in Graf!

We got to do a lot of fun stuff in Germany. Here are a couple fun pics of the Graf PX and meeting friends in the Graf PX (Matt Caldwell, Ms. Clayton/Caldwell, Michelle Runyon). Ms. C was one of my favorite teachers, but also our student council advisor both my junior and senior year. My senior year I was the Student body president so we spent a lot of time around eachother. It was great to see her and her son again. Michelle was an old high school friend who never left the area (the only one!) Also, there are a couple of pics of downtown Weiden where we went to walk around for fun and remember the old shopping days at C&A, H&M, K&L, The New Yorker, Orsay, and of course Deichman!

Christmas morning at Nana's

Christmas is so much fun. The kids are old enough now to make it really interesting. Andrew had the best reactions both in Austria and at Nana's! I luckily got him on camera. There were so many presents and such a big mess, but we all loved it. We must've been really good this year because Santa brought us TONS. One of the big gifts was a Wii- and 13 games to go with it- something for everyone (even a wii fit for me). Matthew's favorite was a DS and the 5 games that came with it. Matt really liked the iphone the boys and I got him. Andrew really liked a blue scooter and the leapster lmax that his brother gave him (he gave him his because Drew really wanted one. Matthew had asked for a DS but wasn't sure if he was going to get it and still gave his leapster to Drew!) Owen's favorite was a rocket from aunt Jenny. I got too much to pick a favorite. I really liked the clothes, clearplay, wii fit, everything! I'll blog about the calendar Matt made me another time...

Christmas story

We try to act out the Christmas story every year. I think a lot of people have this tradition, but it is fun. It is a great photo op and Jenny and Nana are such great sports to go along with it! This year Matthew wanted to be the angel. Andrew and Owen were sheppards. Then Matthew later filled in as a wise man. Matt and Jenny were Mary and Joseph. Nana was a wise man. I get to be narrator- lots of fun for everyone!

Christmas is work! (Sweet, sweet work!)

Let it be known that Christmas is not all play. It also includes some work! The kids took their work very seriously this year, and even enjoyed it. They worked very hard on the gingerbread house before we left for Austria. When we got back from Austria we worked very hard to get everything ready for Santa. We wrapped our presents, cleaned up, decorated sugar cookies, made a plate of cookies and celery for Santa and the reindeer, and wrote a letter to Santa thanking him for coming out of his way on his day off. This year we were wondering if our family had an elf assigned to watch over us (some of our friends do), and if we did what his name was. In the morning we found that Santa answered our letter. Our family's elf is named Buddy- just like on the movie Elf! We were really excited. No matter what we are doing, though, we just LOVE Christmas!