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• Well, you can tell Dagny's settling in... the bickering's started. One thing about having three kids: two are always ganging up on the third. So far, we've had Dagny and Camden versus Curran, and Curran and Camden versus Dagny. We told them next time it ought to be Dagny and Curran versus Camden, just to be fair. The nice thing is, it usually doesn't last long.


• Mostly, this week, Dagny's been sleeping a lot. Her room's in the same room as the computer, which explains why I haven't been around much. On the plus side, I've gotten a lot of wrapping and laundry done. The Christmas wrapping is finished. The laundry... never.


• My birthday on Thursday (thanks everyone for the birthday wishes!) was very nice. We went out to our favorite Thai-Vietnamese restaurant for dinner--I had beef & fruit in a coconut-curry sauce, which I thought was nicely festive. The owner gave us a little bottle of lychee liqueur--their Christmas gift to regular customers--but I decided to consider it an extra birthday gift. Then back home for cake (marzipan cake--yum) and presents: an e-book reader and stone schnapps glasses (can you call them glasses if they're made of stone?) from Carl, a BookMate from Dagny, and a Polish cream and sugar set from the boys.


• Friday we went to the Christmas Market in Michelstadt with Oma & Opa, and Carl's brother and his family. It was seriously cold (about 23 F when we got there, and got down to 17 on the drive home), but we had a great time anyway, and the Bratwurst and Glühwein helped keep us warm. We took a lot of pix, but I think there are enough for a Thursday Thirteen, so I'll just give you a taste now:


• Saturday we went shopping in downtown Kaiserslautern. It was still icy cold. I was still missing two packages, so I needed to get substitutes: lounge pants for Carl and a sweater for Camden, both of which I'm pretty happy with, though I'm still annoyed that the shirt & tie I'd ordered for Camden didn't show up. We found just the right thing for Carl's mom at the Christmas market, but I must say, Kaiserslautern's Christmas market doesn't hold a candle to Michelstadt's. It really lacks the atmosphere.


• Then Saturday night we finally went to the Italian restaurant in Miesau for pizza. We've lived here for 3.5 years, and this is the first time we've been there. The pizza was good, the service was friendly, and they gave both Dagny and Curran the after-dinner liqueur (Ramazotti, or something similar), which made their day. My kids tend to look younger than they are, so it was a novelty not to get the kiddie after-dinner treat. We'll be back, I think.


• Today was the final (for me, at least) pre-Christmas shopping at the Commissary and PX. As a novelty, we went to Ramstein instead of Vogelweh. Mostly because they're close together there and you can park once and go to both. They were pretty much as crowded as you'd expect, but we found everything we wanted. Well, except for squash, which necessitated a quick change in the Christmas menu. And we ended up forgetting the ham. So Carl will be going back again tomorrow, poor guy. Or maybe we'll just scrounge around the freezer and find something. LOL


• Tonight we introduced Dagny to Mork and Mindy, then played Simpsons Monopoly, and Dagny kicked all our butts. It might have been in retaliation for Mork and Mindy, I don't know, but she started out with the reds and ended up with 2/3 of the board.


• Hope you're all enjoying the holiday season as much as I am.
  

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// posted by Darla @ 12/23/2007 10:33:00 PM