the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round...

Right around Thanksgiving, Charlotte discovered the fun in singing... and has added a steady repertoire of songs ever since:

Her first tune was  

Old McDonald had a farm... EE-I-EE-I-O! 

(which must have been a milk farm, judging from Charlotte's favorite animal to include in each verse ;-)

... and was quickly followed by many more:

The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round, round and round...  (which Oma & Opa would call quite an "Ohrwurm" -

having had to sing it a **few** times during their visit)

Schlaf Kindlein schlaf

 

Twinkle twinkle little star

 

Kling Glöckchen klingelingeling

 

Schneeflöckchen Weissröckchen

 

Ich geh mit meiner Laterne... rabimmel, rabammel, rabum BUM BUM

Itsy, bitsy spider

Grosse Uhren gehen TICK TACK

Backe Backe Kuchen

 

Row row row your boat

5 Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed - JUMP JUMP

Häschen in der Grube

and, of course,

Happy (birthday) TO YOU

♬ ♬ ♬

we've got news, lots

Many of you already know, or could guess from our lame presence here on the blog...

We've been busy with a few things lately:



Daddy is wrapping up his PhD, and found himself a job that will take the family (back) to DC this summer.

Mama has been growing a new belly, for a new baby ;-)

And Penny has been hard at work teaching Charlotte the basics of how to be a good big sister...

...leaving Daddy to wonder if he'll be a lucky guy again that can welcome another girl into this life, or whether he'll get some male support in the pack come August...

 Stay tuned!

the view from Penny's sand-covered snout