Nia is 2 years old!

Fall-Winter 2009

The news:

• In the last year Nia grew 14 new teeth, 10 cm, and gained 3 kilos. Now she has 15 teeth, measures 85 cm, and weighs about 11 kilos. She is a big girl now!
  

• Nia goes to pre-kindergarden. It a beautiful "forest-kindergarden" in the Wienerwald. 15 sweets kids and 4 great teachers. They have a huge garden and their own forest. Nia enjoys it and learns a lot every day. Fingerplays, songs, pottery, painting, and cooking. The beginning was a little tough, and lots of tears flew. Now she is cool with it.
  

• Nia talks so much. All day. Nonstop. Sentences, some of them already grammatically correct. German. English. Even jokes. And lies.

Fun at the end of summer:
Nia loves funfairs. Carousels, trains, bouncy castles...


And she loves jewelry. She calls necklaces "elegant".


The fall:

Nia wants to do everything alone now. She will loudly announce "alleine" or "alone" whenever she wants to accomplish something all by herself. She loves getting dressed herself. Not that easy. Mama and Papa have to be very patient sometimes. (those are pants in the picture - 2 legs in one trouser leg)



Halloween: Nia's first horror flick....



On November 11th, Nia celebrated her first lantern fest at kindergarden. All the kids make their own lanterns and have a little march singing lantern songs. Then they share a piece of bread with other kids. Super cute. And exciting. Mama did it too as a little kid.

Nia has become a very good eater. She especially loves sour food, such as grape fruits, olives, pickles, Sauerkraut, and of course salad...with lots of vinegar...



People who eat a lot have to burn a lot of calories. Nia loves running. Not necessarily running to a destination, just running itself. For the sake of running.



And dancing of course. Every day. Alone. With Mama or Papa. With her babies. With Jesus. Shaking her booty.







Nia is such a girl. She loves her baby (called "Baby"). She covers it at night. She takes it for walks in the little stroller. She feeds it. She burps it. She hugs and cuddles and kisses it. She takes it to kindergarden every day. She talks to it. She disciplines it when it doesn't listen. She changes it.



What can you do on a cold Sunday winter morning in Vienna? Exactly. Sledding!



And then, on December 21st Nia turned 2!!!

Terrible two ;)

And sweet little sunshine two...


Mama and Papa picked Nia up from kindergarden on her big day. At home a lot of gifts were waiting for her...


Good night, birthday girl. Blow out your candles.



Nia had a very intimate birthday party this year. Nearly all of her friends had fallen ill, so Nia shared her birthday cake with her family and her loyal friend Liam.




A real party also has a busy dancefloor...





Nia had another birthday party in kindergarden. Another cake, more candles and songs, and a crown on her head. Too bad Mama and Papa weren't invited.