Happy Mother's Day Mamilein

Alles Gute zum Muttertag. 

 Du hast mich immer gelehrt, mich beschützt, mich ermutigt und mich so geliebt wie ich bin. 

Ich werde dir immer dankbar dafür sein.

Ich Liebe Dich Mamilein

Summer Time Chills

We've had a lovely time chilling out with mamein and papichen.  Just hanging around and making a nuisance of ourselves.

Close enough for government work

Chillin' Manillin'

That sofa is a bit small!

"Look at these Doh!nuts!"

Sunbathing on the deck 

Moscow Gingers!

Mum checking out her new virtual magazines.

Corrina I need some help!

Corrina, can you just come here for a moment?

Big kids sorting out their Kinder Egg surprises.

Stuart the Minion handler!

Not Mamilein too...

I was planning on visiting my parents in Germany toward the end of summer, it's a lovely way to wind things up before going back to school.  

After not working, due to clerical issues, money was tight, very tight.  Then I got a What's app message. Almost exactly four weeks after my papichen had fallen over while testing an electric bike, breaking his hip and left collar bone.  

My Mamilein had passed out (still not sure if it was a stroke or just sheer exhaustion) and was in pain. A quick visit to the Lukas hospital and she was diagnosed with a broken left shoulder and was covered in bruises.  

Mamilein felt guilty because she wouldn't be able to look after papichen.  I reassured her and then made plans to visit her.

Mamilein has a Blog too!

I decided to gift my Mamilein her own blog.  For years she has shared storied of her childhood with dreams of everyone being able to share it.  So I have started to put everything together on a blog site.  It has some posts that are finished, but it is still a work in progress.  Introducing The Kleine Hexe

Mamilein's Blog is almost finished

A visit from Deutschland

I have had a lovely weekend,  it's been a lovely autumnal weekend sunny, fresh and not too cold.  And to make matters better my mum and dad popped over (from Germany) for a quick visit.  We spent the time bimbling around Oxford and doing some big supermarket shopping (Costco and Asda).

It's always great to spend time with them, I love them to pieces they are a pair of nutters though.

Happy Birthday Mamilein

 

Happy birthday to the best mama in the whole world.  65years ago in a little village outside of Rheidahlen 'Die Kleine Hexe' was born, my kleine schluntzi.

Mama is always a good sport and loves to have fun.  The biggest insult to her would be for someone to call her boring.

Mama has been a dutiful army wife for over forty years, she has travelled the world and made many friends, who all adore her.

In her younger years, she loved clothes and fashion and would often volunteer to model for friends and colleagues.

 Mama is an animal lover, always finding waifs and strays, but she never wanted any pets.  It was the hair and dirt, too much for her OCD.

Mama can always be relied upon to take or pose for a cracking picture.  She has begun writing a memoir all about her life growing up in a family of eight children.  Keep an eye out for 'The Kleine Hexe'.

 Mama has relished being a mum, and is without a doubt the loveliest, funniest, craziest mamilein in the whole world and we love her to pieces.

Happy Birthday Mamilein, Ich liebe Dich xxxx