Finishing Individual Competition (under construction)

Daniel, Ronnie and Davina went to Paris for a Bat Mitzvah but Talia and I stayed behind because of Talia's last competition in Belfort. A few days' prior, I went to get a rear light changed on my car and mentioned that my breaks squeeked. Thought it needed some oil... wrong! Pads and disks needed changing to the tune of almost 500 Euros. Worse was that I had to take it to the dreaded, always more expensive, Toyota garage since only they could get the parts in time. Ugh!  

At least I was ready for the drive, which was about an hour and a half away, in pouring rain, while trying to follow another parent (who had GPS) in a very small aqua car which blended in a bit too well in the rain...

Here she is warming up....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyiYj7Nj1Bw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHnrgr8jXpY&list=UUbaoc3SwgM6WMXy3JwTnkxg&index=1&feature=plcp

Talia's 10th Birthday (under construction)

For Talia's birthday, we made two cakes; one for the family and the other for the gymnastics group.

Present opening at home.

The card.

 Earings and a necklace.

Hat.

House renovation

Scaffolding! We were well overdue for a repaint.

The end result. We kept the same colors.

It was hard to get these photos due to the bad weather and the short day right now.

Christmas in Strasbourg (under construction)

Just some random photos of Strasbourg at Christmas.

  

Christian Pastry shop is supposedly the best in Strasbourg. They did an owl theme (which isn't that clear in the photo on the left). The building on the right is near the Cathedral and Place Gutenberg and they did a polar bear theme.

I love the Blue Tree at Place Gutenberg.

Grand Rue.

Davina at the Hilton.

 Barbie football game at Ikks on Grand Rue.