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Guess what these two photos mean:





Right, we'll have another baby -- don't hold your breath, though, it's just the 5th week. Sofie and Alessa are really excited and can't wait to see their brother/sister

The Demuths' wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Here's a collection of our christmas cards for you featuring Alessa and Sofie.



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Small weekend update: On Friday I prepared the party to celebrate Alessa's school enrolment. Meanwhile Olga made tons of nice bouquets and sunflower bunchs for a silver wedding. Friday afternoon we went to the silver wedding and enjoyed a real nice party. First we went to church where the bridal couple renewed their love assurance. Afterwards we went to a restaurant in our hometown to have a great meal. Then we partyed until 3 AM and also had a fun appearance with some of our friends and neighbours.







Saturday we had to stand up early since we had to be in church again at 8 AM. This time we celebrated Alessa's school enrolment. We all had a great day in the school and afterwards in our garden with a decent barbeque (do you recall the spits, Uncle Adam?) and a campfire. Alessa is so happy to go to school and today is her first real day. Sofie is now in the 3rd class and they can go to the same bus stop, use the same bus and walk to the same school together for two more years.











So now both of my kids are in school. Am I supposed to feel old?

Last Sunday we returned home. All I can say is that we had much fun in Croatia. We enjoyed extremely clean and warm water, visited Malinska, Krk and Rijeka and read as many books as possible. Of course we also played H2O Uno and Yatzee (Olgas sister Viola always won!). One of the highlights was a trip to Venice, Dubrovnik was just too far away. And no, we didn't hear anything about the forest fires until we returned home. Below you can see some of the highlights from the Gallery.

On Thursday Olga had her surgery and it seems everything went ok. She has to wait until tomorrow when they'll take some more radiographs to check her shoulder and her knee. We still hope that she'll be able to leave the hospital tomorrow but nobody has confirmed this yet. I'll stay home next week anyways but I'll work 3 to 4 hours a day from home. Perhaps this can prove my boss that it is possible and I might do that more often in the future but somehow I doubt that.

Today was Mother's Day so we had to celebrate that in hospital with a rose of our garden and some additional guests (neighbours who visited Olga):







I'll spend the rest of the evening watching a thunderbirds episode.

Yesterday we celebrated Sofies birthday.



We took all her 10 guests and went into a forrest where we know a nice public hut. Everybody had much fun. I can't believe that she's already 8! Would've been even more fun if uncle Adam would've still been there