How we failed at Germany’s favorite fall tradition
Around the 11th November – the St. Martin’s Day – German daycares and schools prepare for an event called Laternenlaufen or Laternenumzug, roughly…
Screen Time, Batman Unlimited, and €100 Amazon Giweaway
Have you ever heard the German saying: “give the devil a finger and he’ll take the whole hand”? It is a fairly fitting tagline…
Nepalese Dhal Baht – a Global Table Adventure
When was the last time when you cooked a food from a country other than your own? Many of us do from time…
Of “right” and “wrong” languages
Over the past month Birdy has been adding new words to her vocabulary almost daily and her language is currently an adorable mix of Latvian,…
The Family Dinner Experiment
Today, exactly a year after posting about our little one’s first spoons, let me tell you about the family dinner experiment that we started…
Our Favourite Pasta Recipe
This pasta recipe is simple, quick, and easily adapted to what you have in the fridge. These days I make it almost every week…
The Bilingual Toddler
This month I have the honor to host the Multicultural Kid Blogs monthly blogging carnival about a topic that is very topical in our household…
Grandma in the Box
Birdy has two grandmothers. One grandma lives nearby and she meets her every Sunday. The other grandma lives in a box and talks with her…
“Does she understand German?” – First Multilingual Troubles
The other day when I was picking Birdy up from the KITA (i.e. the kindergarten) one of her group’s teachers used the relative…
