China girl

This girl means the world to us.
And right now our world is China.
Happy birthday, bao bao!

 

 

"I hear her heart's beating
loud as thunder."

My little China girl.

 

生日​快乐  

First grader

On August twentyfirst our six-year-old turned into a
sharp looking and sharp thinking schoolboy!
And we were celebrating this special day with a German custom -
with a big surprise-filled cone for our big boy,
who is bringing so much joy to our life.
Ben.

 

Third grader

It's hot, it's humid, it's exciting, it's new. It's China!
And, it's Lia's first day in a new school that is only a five-minute-walk away.
Still, we cannot simply run there,  we have to stand still first, so that we will be able to remember this day properly and forever, blogstyle.

 

Our beautiful eight-year-old-Chinese girl.

Have a great start into a new life, Peanut!

Welcome to your oversized, extralarge, supernice new school.

你好

Sparkly city nights. This is our new home town.

Foggy, smoggy, beautiful Shanghai.

Goodbye blue sky

Goodbye Germany!

 

 

time to say

goodbye.

Bestest teacher.

Rausschmiss

So this is it.
Last day of preschool for our baby.

There he goes.... Through a window, into a plane, half way across the globe.

Bronze

And while we're at it .... achieving things last minute before our takeoff to Shanghai....

 

Bronze for Ben.

greatest moments

We are spending our last days in Hannover busy as ever.
China will not be conquered in orange, but in green.

Tying the knot: Max & Ben

So happy!

And so proud...

Kisses (and spit for good luck)

Yeah!

Two days later the world champion Enis Imeri was back for his little champ Ben:

An extra special hour for Ben and his Chinese friends!

Aiming high...

stretching low....

spinning round and round and round.

 

HIYAH!