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| Banana Cake number 1 |
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So far Noah has celebrated one birthday in Australia, one in France, and now one in Austria! Wonder where his next one will be?! It fell on Friday 13th July, but nothing bad happened! It was very low key. Not much in the way of toy shops here but we managed (or rather ‘the Birthday Bear’ managed) to get him a replica toy tractor the same as all the farmers use here, a toy rescue helicopter (doubles as a souvineer as it’s a proper Austrian one exactly like the ones we see flying around the mountains) and a puzzle. I didn’t have time to make him a fancy cake and there’s nowhere to buy one so he ended up with a banana cake, tried to make it a little bit fancy by fashioning a number 3 on the top out of blueberries but it all went a bit squishy in the oven! Nevermind, he still got to blow out his candles and it tasted nice! During the day in the Kinderkrippe they had a little party for him and Amelia was allowed to join his group to celebrate his birthday. I took in a cake (guess what? Another banana cake – without the blueberries!) and some treats for the kids to eat. And the teacher made him a crown which he wore for the rest of the day. In the afternoon we invited a few friends over for cake and coffee, so he could have a play with some other little kiddlies on his birthday.
We can’t believe he is 3 already and he’s grown up so much in a year. He is talking so much now although his pronunciation is a bit off and I do a fair bit of translating for people! Two of the funniest words he says at the moment are “Parrot Shoot” (Parachute – we see them all the time with the paragliding) and “Fwy Fwop” (fly swat – there are so many bugs here and no flyscreens, so we have three fly swats in the house and Noah is becoming quite an expert!). He also says “Glubs” (Gloves – which is funny as this is exactly what Amelia used to say!) He is out of nappies most of the time, most credit goes to his teachers, but he refuses to call his new Toy Story underwear ‘pants or jocks’ but prefers to call them ‘Knickies’ like his sister! He’s also been learning to ride a proper bike with peddles and thanks to the little run along one he had for his 2nd birthday he’s pretty good, just needs a bit more practice at starting and stopping, and avoiding parked cars and open garages!
Not long after his birthday came the wind down to the end of the school year, and my time as the kindergarten assistant. Noah’s teachers, Anna and Ann-Katrin, in the krippe have been wonderful with him. It really has been like a second home for him and he loves his little friends. There are only about 6 of them on any given day and they are all very close. Noah has had no trouble settling in with the language, due to his age I suppose and speaks German while he is there and understands everything said to him. It’s funny because when I am in the garden with my group and Noah’s group are also outside he speaks to me in German which is a bit strange! I suppose it’s what he associates with that environment. During the last week Anna gave me a photo album she had made full of photos of Noah and his friends since he started in September. She had hand decorated all the pages and also hand written notes and quotes to go with each photograph. It was lovely, such a nice keepsake of our time here, and I said goodbye on the last day with a big lump in my throat and a few tears.
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