Can't believe she's four already!

This will be quick post: Our cute little baby girl turned four and we threw her a little princess party! I'm so relieved we don't know many people here yet and that she's not even in preschool yet! Here are some impressions...
Ein schneller Post mit vielen Bildern: Unser süßes kleines Baby ist 4 geworden und wir haben ihr eine Prinzessinnenparty geschmissen! Ich bin so froh, dass wir hier noch nicht so viele Leute kennen und dass die Kleine auch noch nicht in der Vorschule ist! Hier ein paar Eindrücke...

Gifts from Germany and Mami & Daddy
Geschenke aus Deutschland und von Mami & Daddy

This is real work...
Das ist ja echte Arbeit...

A Card from Germany!
Eine Karte aus Deutschland!

It's Connie!
Connie!

What's next?
Und jetzt?

Die Maus!
Die Maus!

And an alphabet game!
Und ein Buchstabenspiel!

Now for the pink one...
Jetzt das pinke...

Oooooohhhh.....
Oooooohhh....

A princess dress for our little princess!
Ein Prinzessinnenkleid für unsere kleine Prinzessin!

And then for the princess party!

Und weiter mit der Prinzessinnenparty!

More gifts!
Noch mehr Geschenke!

All decked out in my new princess stuff!
Ordentlich aufebrezelt...

Can I finally eat that cake?
Darf ich jetzt endlich?

And now the royal family needs some sleep...
Und jetzt braucht die königliche Familie etwas Schlaf...

WIP Wednesday

I think I mentioned last week that one of my husband's old friends had a baby without giving us prior notice of the event... How dare he... ;-) Now the little guy is already two weeks old and hasn't yet received his gift! I'm almost done, though. Part one of his gift is this awesome Aviator Hat, designed by Bailee Wellisch (available via Ravelry).

By the way, this is Jolanda modeling the hat for us. Her head is more of a preemie size and yes, she does have some clothes... Well, they would only distract from the cute hat, right?


Part two of the gift are these Boy Striders by CrochetDreamz and they are almost finished, just need to sew on three more buttons. 

 The soft wool (it's a wool-alpaca blend) makes it hard to see the shape, but I'll stuff them with newspaper for the final pictures.

Once these are on their way, I'll make some much needed slippers for my daughter. I even bought the latex for the soles! These are going to be the colors:

And after that I'll make a quick gift for my Dad, whose birthday I forgot... But I have lots of red cotton and likes to relax in the tub, so it'll be something bath-related.

But what I'm really truly itching to get started on is my new woolen skirt for the coming fall/winter! More on that next time, but here are the colors:

Visit Kristine's WIP post and check out what everyone else is working on:

Elbe River Boat Trip

My husband's bosses love to sail. And this year marks the 10th anniversary of the company. So they decided to take everyone on a little boat trip on the Elbe river. It was a really long and stressful day for the parents of a very lively 3 year old, but I suppose everyone else got to relax... Still, it was an adventure for Littles and the weather was perfect. Here are the pictures:

They even had us solve some navigational quiz with a compass and everything. Way out of our league...

a huge freighter passing us with ease

sailing past the homes of the rich and famous of Hamburg

passing the Airbus plant

if you look closely, you can see the plane (or part of a plane...) inside

This was our second boat trip with the company and even if it was stressful for us as parents, sailing is really special and it has the power to take you away from everything else. I wish we had the funds to do something like this more often... I know, it wouldn't be as special anymore...