Sunday, August 25, 2019
All About Ennio Collage
To get a 4 - Collage is colorful, name is neat and colorful (may use beads, stickers, etc. to spell name). Pictures are colorful and touch or overlap. Several types of media are used, like photos, magazines, and advertisements. No white of the paper is showing and collage shows clear understanding of the task.
To get a 3 - Collage has name in the middle and is neat and colorful. Most pictures touch and/or overlap. Some types of media are used. Some of the white may be showing.
To get a 2 - Collage has name in the middle and has some pictures or photos. White background is showing OR the collage is late.
To get a 1 - Did not follow directions/collage is incomplete/late.
Ennio and I worked on this over the weekend. I asked him questions and showed him photos and found out that: he really loves rollercoasters and if he could have, he would have filled up the whole page with photos of him and Robbe on the rides they did in Plopsaland over the summer (see top left corner). His favorite people are his cousins, he loves to travel (see pictures of Norway) and his favorite building is the Eiffel Tower. His favorite transportation is by plane or train (see sea plane photo and bullet train clipping from a Japanese brochure we still had). Favorite foods include pizza (we used a magnet from Little Caesars) and strawberries and raspberries (Sprouts supermarket flyer in the bottom right corner). Favorite animal: little chickens! (Last year in 2nd Grade, his teacher had eggs hatch in the classroom. He also loved holding Obama, one of uncle Wouter's chickens). Ennio's quote: "I love chicks" (he does not know yet the other meaning of "chick" 😂). Other cool activities: swimming in the pool and watching fire works. And that's All About Ennio!
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
First day of school!
Lily was excited to see her friends again, but also a bit anxious about 5th grade, possibly her last year at Elementary School!
Ennio kept on saying he wished this was not the first day, but the last day of school! Oh boy!
Lily has Dr. Guanlao as a teacher, the same teacher she had in 2nd grade (but who now teaches 5th grade, obviously) and Ennio has Ms. Mittermiller. They're both known to be really good teachers, so we (as parents) are happy.
Let's hope the kids will have a happy year too!!!
| Lily with her friends Mia and Pearl |
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| Teachers line-up! |
Saturday, August 17, 2019
New washer and dryer!
| Compact, easy and eco-friendly: the best! |
Friday, August 16, 2019
Mia in L.A.!
Saturday, August 10, 2019
Friday, August 09, 2019
Belgium - the highlights!
Wednesday, July 10: Getting to Knokke!
Thursday, July 11: Knokke!
Friday, July 12: Knokke!
Saturday, July 13: Stekene!
Sunday, July 14: Roeselare! Visit Opa Gerhard!
B&B Zonnehuys
Monday, July 15: Plopsaland!
Tuesday, July 16
Wednesday, July 17: BBQ Isabel
Thursday, July 18: Train to Paris - seeing the Eiffel Tower!
Friday, July 19: Flying back to Los Angeles
Wednesday, August 07, 2019
Germany
Friday, July 5: Arrival in Munich!
We arrive in Munich in the afternoon and take the Lufthansa Express Bus to the city center (München Hauptbahnhof). From there we walk to Hotel Cocoon Stachus, which we chose because we had been so impressed with the other Cocoon hotel we stayed at last January, Cocoon Hauptbahnhof. This hotel is just as fun! We rest a bit and then it is waiting until Oma Eva and Mia will arrive at the hotel! At night, we take the S-bahn to Marius and Jenny Ruhland. It is great to see them again and see the kids play together!
Saturday, July 6: A day spent in Munich with friends!
Sunday, July 7: Off to Salzburg!
Monday, July 8: Salzburg
See next post
Tuesday, July 9: Back to Stuttgart!
Wednesday, July 10: On to Brussels!
Sunday, August 04, 2019
Norway Day 10: Goodbye and off to Munich!
| Goodbye! |
Norway Day 9: Oslo!
| Ennio got a balloon-sword from a street artist! |
| Trolls everywhere - here inside a souvenir shop! |
| The royal palace |
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| This is Ennio's favorite pose going down the slide! |
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| The Angry Boy (Sinnataggen) - reminds me a bit of a PISSED Manneken Pis 😂 |
| Rubbing for good luck! |
| The fountain |
| The Monolith (Monolitten) is 18 m high and carved from one single granite block. It displays 121 figures and took over 14 years to complete! |
| The Wheel of Life (Livshjulet) |
| Oslo Cathedral on our walk back. It's 10 PM. Good night! |










