The Everyday Adventures of the Atkins up to 7/13/2011

Our lives are never dull but that isn't bad. There is always something fun or cute happening around our house.

 Elise playing with Max and the shark while Spencer and I went on our date to Isny.

 They like to wrestle the sharks.

 Max and Elise "helping" Oma pick berries. Well at least make less for her when she gets ready to pick them. The whole time the berries were on and Elise was up by the bushes she would ask for "more" and point to the berries.

 Such cute little birdies.

 Max took this picture of Elise when we were having a barbeque outside.

 Spencer's main school building.

 Another building he has class in.

 Even in her sleep she is a good mommy. Actually I was trying to get her to wake up and tried to use the baby and she just grabbed it, wrapped her arms around it and went back to sleep.

 Elise "helping" Spencer. She thinks when he is working on the computer she should be able to use him for a jungle gym.

 Elise exercising with us or trying to fly, I'm not sure which, it depended on the moment you looked at her.

 What would they do without each other to play with :)

 We went to a flohmarkt (fleamarket) and Elise found a very cute wood, pull along alligator. She tries to take it every where.

 Elise loves the clothes pins and putting them on her and us.

 Elise's fort. Apparently it makes a good place to eat crackers as well as play. Of course maybe her stuffed animals were hungry too.

 Who needs a bed when you have the floor? Why do you even buy beds for children? They climb out and end up asleep on the floor anyway.

 Elise has learned a new trick. She no longer has to ask us to open the fridge for her. She just gets a chair and does it herself. Luckily it is up high enough she can't quite reach whatever she wants, yet. Although now she has mastered opening the fridge without the chair.

 Elise pushing Pascal in the swing.

 We went to a store in Ravensburg and Elise found a pond with goldfish in it that she enjoyed watching.

 The second normal semi that Spencer says he has seen in Europe. The "normal" here is a cab over semi. And it is a Haribo candy truck as well.

 Looking out towards Reute.

 When we got home from Stuttgart Spencer and Martin were both going through withdrawals and "needed" a game of pin pong. Elise was hungry but so wanted to watch them and eat her yogurt outside. So here she is with her dinner and a show. 

 You never thought to hide in the laundry when you didn't want to get caught eating cookies, did you?

 We bought some games here to bring home with us and Elise loved helping us explore them and show them off.

Watch out for Sheriff Elise.