Saturday, August 30, 2014

Dallas Dance Fest / Dallas Tanz Festival

Katharine and I went to see an evening of fabulous dancing at the inaugural performance of the Dallas Dance Fest at City Performance Hall, a still very new theater.  We saw some great professional and non- professional dancers!

Katharine und ich sind bei der ersten Auffüuhrung des neu ins Leben gerufenen Dallas Tanz Festivals gegangen wo wir fantastisches Tamzen gesehen haben. Es hat in der noch sehr neuen City Performance Hall stattgefunden. Wir haben großartige professionelle und Amateurtänzer gesehen!




There is a picture of a marshmallow? When we got there, Katharine found a giant marshmallow on her seat. We put it away, but of course we had to take a picture because it was so funny. It turned put that one of the pieces we saw was named "Marshmallow"  and the dancers ate marshmallows at the beginning of the dance. At the end of that , some of the dancers came off stage, one of them stood right in front of Katharine, took a marshmallow out of her pocket and fed it to Katharine before going back on stage. I was not allowed to take pictures, boohoo.

Was, ein Marshmallow? Als wir zu unseren Sitzen kamen, fand Katharinen einen großen Marshmallow auf ihrem Sitz. Wir haben den erst Mal weg getan, mussten aber erst noch ein Bild machen, denn es war lustig. Wir fanden heraus, daß eines der Tanzstücke Marshmallow hieß. Die Tänzer aßen Marshmallows am Anfang des Tanzes, und am Ende kamen einige von der Bühne herunter. Eine Tänzerin stand vor Katharine, nahm einen Marshmallow aus ihrer Tasche und fütterte ihn Katharine. Fotografieren war leider nicht erlaubt, boohoo.




Thursday, August 28, 2014

Bird Feeder/ Vogelfutterstelle

The boys and I built a bird feeder in school today. Thank goodness for building sets!

Die Jungen und ich haben eine Vogelfutterstelle im Unterricht gebaut. Zum Glück gibt es Bastelsätze!




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Monday, August 25, 2014

Schultuete's For All!

The older kids started home school today, in addition to Keira's first day in Kindergarten.

All the kids celebrated the fact by opening a schultuete that Iria made for each one of them.

They looked awesome and were filled with candy and toys. 

Definitely a great way to start off the school year!












First Day of School

Today was Keira's first day of Kindergarten.

We homeschool the rest of the kids, but felt that Keira would be a better fit for traditional school at this time.

She loved it, and already made a new friend named Emma.








This was her first school project- the kissing Raccoon. 

It will give you a kiss if you feel sad or homesick.


I don't think Keira had to use it very much..

08B

08B is the name of Lennon's new team at Andromeda.

Pretty boring name, but the team is exciting to watch. 

They just finished up their 4v4 indoor soccer season, and won the final game 21-1. 

They have a number of kids who can pour on the goals as well as Lennon, and that has allowed Lennon to grow more as a passer and  play-maker. 

This Fall the team will likely move on to some competitions after the outdoor season has finished up. 

Should be exciting!




Saturday, August 23, 2014

SkypeCraft

Skype + Minecraft  = Maya and Katharine's new playdates.


3 More Points

We attended another great FC Dallas game last night, where they had one of their most impressive wins of the season.

As usual, the 3 points were witnessed by the 3 amigos- Lukas, Sammy, and Lennon.


Arboretum, Again - Nochmal im Botanischen Garten

 We had so much fun at the Dallas Arboretum and Children's Garden with our friends Charlotte, Tyler and Derek.

Wir hatten viel Spaß im Botanischen Garten und im Kinderlerngarten mit unseren Freunden Charlotte, Tyler und Derek.



Giant kaleidoscope and wind tunnel.
Riesiges Kaleidoskop und Windtunnel.





Friday, August 22, 2014

First lost tooth/ Erster Milchzahn ist raus

Keira list her first tooth. I guess she's officially school-aged!

Keira hat ihren ersten Milchzahn verloren. Ich denke sie ist jetzt offiziell schulreif!







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Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Favorite Pancake Recipe

From Bob's Red Mill a Recipe Box, gluten and dairy free pancake recipe:

  • 1-1/3 cups GF All Purpose Baking Flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/2 tsp Sea Salt
  • 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 Tbsp Honey
  • 1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tbsp Vegetable Oil
  • 3/4 cup Water +2 tbsp (warm) - if using egg replacer,  you need a little less water, check batter for desired consistency
  • 2 Egg Whites stiffly beaten (set aside), or substitute with 'energe' egg replacer

Directions

Step 1

In a bowl combine the All Purpose Gluten-Free Baking Flour, baking powder, sea salt and baking soda. In another bowl combine honey, vanilla, vegetable oil and warm water. Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients; then gently fold in the egg whites.

Step 2

Ladle pancake batter onto a preheated and oiled grill, flip pancakes over when they begin to puff and become lightly browned on the edges.

Step 3

Serve with maple syrup or your favorite fruit.

Makes 8 pancakes.

Friends minus 1/ Freundinnen minus 1

We all went swimming at our friends' community pool this morning. He roomies were reunited minus Emma who couldn't make it.

Heute Vormittag waren wir bei Freunden schwimmen. Die roomies waren wiedervereinigt, ohne Emma die leider schon andere Pläne hatte.







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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

Favorite Past-time/ Lieblingsbeschäftigung

At the moment, the kids' favorite thing to do are puzzles.

Zur Zeit machen die Kinder am liebsten Puzzle.







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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Gnomes/ Gnome

After a trip to the library, lunch, baking and a little bit of media time, we gathered around our ancient table to make gnomes with the gnome kit the kids were given by the owner of the etsy store Toadstool Forest. That was very sweet of her to do.

Nach einem Besuch in der Bücherei, Mittagessen, Backen und einem bisschen Computerspielzeit, haben die Kinder und ich uns um unseren alten Tisch gesetzt um Gnome zu basteln. Die Besitzerin von Toadstool Forest, einem etsy Laden, hat uns einen Bastelsatz geschenkt. Das war sehr nett.




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Friday, August 15, 2014

Friday Swim Class

Keira and Kassidy in swim class.

Keira und Kassidy im Scheimmunterricht







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Thursday, August 14, 2014

Texas Ballet Theater Ballet Intensive Week Two

Katharine switched dance schools this summer. She is now a registered student at Texas Ballet a Theater School at the Dallas Campus. She took two weeks of ballet intensive last week and this week, tomorrow being the last day. The students were taught by current company members for most of their classes. Katharine's new idol is Betsy McBride, on of the principal dancers. Yes, she wants to be like Betsy.
They actually learned the variation of the Cygnets from Swan Lake!

Katharine hat dieses Sommer die Balletschule gewechselt und ist jetzt eine Schülerin der Texas Ballet Theater School am Dallas Campus. Letzte und diese Woche hat sie Intensivunterricht mitgemacht, und Morgen ist schon der letzte Tag. Die Tamzschüler wurden hauptsächlich von derzeitigen Mitgliedern des Texas Ballet Theatermunterrichtet. Katharine's neues Idol ist Betsy McBride, eine der principal dancers der Balletkompanie. Katharine möchte in der Zukunft gerne wie Betsy tanzen können.
Sie haben sogar die Variante der jungen Schwäne aus dem Ballett Schwanensee gelernt!


This is a picture I got from the TBT Facebook page. Katharine is far right, first row.
Ich habe dieses Bild von der TBT Facebook Seite. Katharine ist ganz rechts in der ersten Reihe.



For my soccer players I made a home made hydration drink with coconut water, apple juice, fresh squeezed orange juice, honey and some salt. They loved it!

Für meine Fußballer habe ich hausgemachten Sporttrunk gemacht, mit Kokosnusswasser, Apfelsaft, frisch gepresstem Orangensaft, Salz und Honig. Es hat ihnen geschmeckt!


Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Random Pics

We found a bunch of random pictures on the camera. 

Based on some of the photos, I suspect the camera culprit to be Lennon...