Weekend bliss

Weekends are just wonderful! Pure family time and relaxation most of the time. More time for conversation, games, books, crafting, hugs, walks and good food. 

Moritz was having a sleepover party at a friend's house and Pauline also had a guest. And now that there were two girls and just one little boy in the house it all turned miraculously quiet - and Pink! The girls were playing dressing up and they were ballerinas and princesses - a thing Pauline normally dos not indulge into. With two boys in the house they are playing Robin Hood or Agents or something mor action-typish-boyish.

They watched "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel" - the Czech version of Cinderella. It is an all time classic from the times when I was a child. The film is from 1973 and still is full of magic. And because it was freezing cold outside with snow still on the trees it was a perfect thing to watch. Maybe some of you know this gem - I just don't know the English name for it. I love that in this version Cinderella is self sufficient and can ride a horse and help herself all the time. She is a modern Cinderella in some respencts. And when Prince Charming told her she will be his wife she answered: "I think you forgot something! You did not even ask if I want to!"

That definitely would not occur in a Disney version...

The weekend photos for the Souvenir Foto School are also ready to show:

Home for us means also a sleeping dog in one of the rooms. So I had to incorporate George somehow. So "D" is for dog!

With someone like him around you you can really relax. He just shows you how to do it: Bathing in sunlight, doozing off...

And then to "E"

When I told the children about this course they wanted to share their ideas about what to capture around the house  for a certain letter. I told them it has to be something typical, something we always live with day to day. Moritz said:  "So for "D" it is "dark chocolate" then!" I loved this idea! But unfortunately the last dark chocolate we had in the house has been eaten somehow last night with some pistaccios, cashews and a glass of red wine!

So he brought his dictionary. Having only had 1 year of English at school  his vocabulary is still abit limited in this language. The children made a list of things to photograph for each letter in the alphabet. I am happy they found something with "Q" and "Y" and "X" already!

So noe "E" will not be peaceful sleeping furry friends but the opposite: I got some drumbells recently to do some weight training due to my commitment to Cathy's class and because of my bad bone situation. I like "playing" with them and I think they are quite sexy as well. (I have to have some incentives, don't I?)

Well, enough of them! But believe me: I could go on and on like that! Who would have thought I would find pleasure in taking pictures of weights??? Come on, it is still lazy me, wanting to sit on a sofa with book in hand all day! But they got me. Now I am looking for a fancy workout mat. It just doesn't work on a Kilim. I tried for the last weeks but we keep sailing through the room, the kilim, the Hula Hoop and I!

But to not give you a totally wrong impression of the eventually new me, here are some books I am reading and I can only higly recommend: 

See, I am still on the sofa, reading! Quite an ecclectic mix but that is how our life is here... 

I will now hurry to bed and take my small library with me! Hope to see you soon again here! Sleep well!

Yvonne

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Jill Wignall]

Hi Moline, I hadn't even realised you are over here. I thought you had just taken a break from blogging! I missed out! Well, I'm glad to hear you are doing well and enjoying yourself. You seem to be attracted to books with hearts on the cover!

[Frische Brise]

Oh! This is my favorite Cinderella-film of my childhood, too!
I love the music and the girl on her white horse riding through the snow.
My husband has grown up near Moritzburg where the Castle from the movie is.

Greetings from Hamburg, Germany!

[Yvonne Stehle]

Hi Jill!
This morning I found the Today I saw- postcards I made since I discovered your blog: 3 (THREE!) not more. But it still is such a cute idea and I will try and make some more for my project life album.
And how funny you found out about the hearts - I did not even see it! So that proves the difference between the everyday woman in me and the illustrator in you! You see such coincidences and detail. And I love the cover of the Julia Child book. She always sent funny postcards of them as a couple. I remember one scene in the film where they even sat in the bathtu. I dont know f that was real or made up but it was so funny!
Thanks for popping in and telling me. Maybe I am already in the Valentine mood...
Yvonne

[Yvonne Stehle]

Hallo Frische Brise! In Moritzburg war ich auch schon und wußte gar nicht, daß es dort gedreht wurde. Muß ich nächstes Mal drauf achten! Viele Grüße nach Hamburg. Mein Mann ist gerade heute Morgen von dort wieder weggeflogen nach Seoul...
Yvonne

[D]

Hallo Yvonne!
Ich lese deinen "alten" und "neuen" Blog schon länger still mit und bin ganz begeistert. Heute hätte ich mal eine Frage: Was ist das für ein tolles Kissen bzw. toller Stoff auf dem ersten Bild? Vielen Dank! LG, Dani

[Chantale]

These photos are amazingly wonderful Yvonne! Love them.. I have never heard of that version of the movie. You're right, Disney's version wouldn't have that line in it.. it's all fluffy fluff. lol. Ah.. your cutie George really understands what life's about.. just living & finding time to enjoy doing nothing too. Your kids are too cute!