How We Deal with Our Beloved Neinhorn

This book is one of Aidan’s favorite, about a Neinhorn (a pun on Einhorn, meaning unicorn) that always says “Nein”. But I’m not going to talk about the book. I’m going to talk about the Neinhorn in our household. Since he was born, I’ve always felt that Aidan is… difficult, strong-willed, or, the term I came across recently and liked the most, spirited. I’ve been wanting to write about this since a year ago, here’s READ MORE

Interview With The Toddler #1

During bedtime, right before Aidan fell asleep, he likes to have a conversation and a snuggle session with me, usually after a book reading session with Papa. Sometimes we invented stories about “der Eisbär, der Pinguin und der Affe” going to places for their vacation. Sometimes we recounted events and activities from the day. Last night though, I decided to interview him, then found interesting facts and unexpected answers from him… We talked in German, READ MORE

Another Little Big Change

We’ve always known that we want two. One is too lonely, three would be too much. We just didn’t know that the second one will be around so soon ;). Aidan was just 18 months, when his little sister was born 4 months ago, so we were in the dreaded two-under-two situation. We knew that it’s going to be challenging, but we thought “alright, let’s have a crazy and chaotic three years, then get it READ MORE

Why is he so cute??

Our 16-month-old Aidan, unser kleine Mann It’s usually 10 pm, when Aidan is finally in his dreamland. He’s punctual like that, no matter whether we start the bedtime routine (change his diaper – put on a pajama – brush teeth – read books) earlier at 8 pm or at 9:30 pm. Most of the time, he would insist that both parents must be present at the book reading session, “Papa… da (there)! (pointing to the READ MORE

My Little Big Change

We did this photoshoot to celebrate one week together, kudos to our awesome friend @sreyasi_nc Today, April 17, was the estimated ‘finish line’ of my pregnancy. But… it turned out the little one got too impatient inside my belly and decided to greet the world exactly 2 weeks earlier. Not that I complained 😉 At that point I was actually urging him to come out ASAP because, my belly looked like it was about to READ MORE