Christmas Day with Ben Ben and Ella

Cousin Yilei had invited us to spend Christmas with her family in Clarksburg. We drove to their place and Christmas evening and had some nice Chinese dinner.
The next morning the three cousins were pretty excited before heading down to the living room in the pajamas.

 

Santa Claus showed up after some waiting as well

Ella's favorite gift was a princess umbrella and Mia got some games and a ski helmet

After that we spend a nice sunny afternoon at the playground

 

Weihnachtsfeier an der deutschen Schule

Also the German school had a little Christmas performance. All the children from the blue class dressed up as elf and were singing a few German Christmas songs

Mia, Larissah, Camila and Kross had to pose for a picture together

After a little snack it was time to play

Baking cookies with Mama

Mia and Mamma tried out some German hazelnut macaroons that turned out really well

Christmas Play at School

For the last day of school before the Christmas break the children had practices a Christmas play. Like last year Mia had the role of the rooster

Now she feels quite comfortable in that role

After the performance it was time for a little snack with cookies and juice.

Baking cookies with Sylvia and Luca

Like last year Mia was invited upstairs to Sylvia's place when she was baking cookies and ginger bread men with Luca

It was lots of fun

She could even try the results

Different from last year she could also play with one year old Nico - whom she really likes

A winter day in New York City

After arriving back in New York City on a cold winter day we spent one day in the city to experience the city during Christmas time.
First Mia had to check oyr Christian;s boots

 After a fabulous sunset we headed uptown to the Rockefeller center

Unfortunately it was very crowded

But it was still a nice evening walk

Cruise Day 4: Nassau, The Bahamas

Day four was a stop in Nassau on the Bahamas.

 Christian had booked a food tour by foot and also had gotten a ticket for Ji as a birthday gift

Back on the ship we enjoyed one last day with warm weather before heading back to New York City

Of course we had a cocktail again before heading for dinner in the Manhattan Room

Of course Mia knew how to butter her bread

 She also enjoyed the band an always wanted to dance with mama, papa or Christian