December 2009 31 Dec 2009 New Year's Eve party [video] 31 Dec 2009 Celebrating New Year's Eve on Bali together with Andrea's holiday friend Amaya 31 Dec 2009 On Bali, visiting the sacred monkey forest sanctuary and Ubud 30 Dec 2009 Portraits 27 Dec 2009 Fooling around with Papi at Singapore airport on our way to Bali 19-27 Dec 2009 Singapore scenes with the Piel family - Tony's godson Arthur, big sister Charlotte, parents Valerie & Laurent, and grandparents Martine & Francois 26 Dec 2009 Dinner at a hawker centre with the Piels on our last evening in Singapore 26 Dec 2009 An exciting day at the Singapore Zoo with Arthur and Valerie 25 Dec 2009 Meeting with another Singapore expatriate: Joce and Wehda and their pretty baby girl Alya with her granddad Chafic 24-25 Dec 2009 Christmas Eve (when the adults exchanged presents) and Christmas morning (when Santa Claus brought presents for the children) with Tony's godson Arthur and his family in Singapore 23 Dec 2009 Meeting up with a couple of Tony's former work colleagues, who now live in Singapore: first Denis, then Alastair and his wife Tracy 23 Dec 2009 Enjoying a world famous Singapore Sling at the Long Bar of the Raffles Hotel 22 Dec 2009 A visit to the Sentosa island resort in Singapore 22 Dec 2009 At the Sentosa Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom in Singapore 19-22 Dec 2009 Escaping the cold in London at the Piel family's swimming pool in Singapore 15 Dec 2009 Maren & Andrea rocking [video] 15 Dec 2009 "Jingle bell rocking" with Maren 5-8 Dec 2009 Gudrun & Laura visiting from Vienna 5 Dec 2009 Glühwein party / Mulled wine party [video] 5 Dec 2009 Our traditional Glühwein party with the Treblemakers and St Nikolaus 3 Dec 2009 Peques Nursery Christmas party [video] 3 Dec 2009 Christmas party at Peques Nursery 1 Dec 2009 Decorating our Christmas tree 1 Dec 2009 3 years & 4 months old

November 2009 28 Nov 2009 A weekend visit from Ulli & Sir 24 Nov 2009 Maren & Andrea in Santaland [video] 24 Nov 2009 With Maren & Ute at the Winter Wonderland fair and Zippo's Christmas Circus in Hyde Park 22 Nov 2009 Meeting Isabella & Alexander, Vicky and Dan's new twins, and catching up with Polly 20 Nov 2009 With Markos at the Eddie Catz Christmas Party 17 Nov 2009 Little Red Riding Hood bringing flowers and then reversing the roles 15 Nov 2009 With Maren at the St Martin's Day lantern parade in Hyde Park 13 Nov 2009 Portraits 7 Nov 2009 Watching the Guy Fawkes fireworks in Ravenscourt Park 5 Nov 2009 The ice skating season has started 5 Nov 2009 Tiny Tots Sports Academy 1 Nov 2009 Nina & Amélie's joint 3rd birthday party at Gambado 1 Nov 2009 3 years & 3 months old

October 2009 31 Oct 2009 Jesus, Ursel & Diego are in town! 31 Oct 2009 Halloween in the Mews 31 Oct 2009 Siena's 3rd birthday party for wizards and witches 27 Oct 2009 The Mudlarks play area of the Museum in the Docklands 26 Oct 2009 Austrian National Day celebrations at the Austrian Embassy 25 Oct 2009 Daniela's 4th birthday party 24 Oct 2009 Party for Markos's 3rd birthday 20 Oct 2009 Coffee with Johanna 2 Oct 2009 10-year anniversary party of Peques Nursery 1 Oct 2009 3 years & 2 months old

September 2009 27 Sep 2009 A family boating trip on the Serpentine 24 Sep 2009 Our little ballerina 20-22 Sep 2009 Andrea is brave despite her dislocated elbow 10-13 Sep 2009 In Brussels 13 Sep 2009 In the Musée des Enfants in Brussels 12 Sep 2009 A visit to the Brussels Aquarium 11 Sep 2009 Enjoying a super playground in Brussels 3-8 Sep 2009 Scenes from our visit to Cindi, Neil and the Tiger Twins in Charlotte, North Carolina 4-7 Sep 2009 Three happy girls in North Carolina 5&7 Sep 2009 Gymnastics lessons from Anna and Grace 6 Sep 2009 Viewing the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, with the Glenn family 5 Sep 2009 At the Tweetsie Railroad theme park in North Carolina with the Glenns 4 Sep 2009 Splashing about in the Piper Glen swimming pool in Charlotte, North Carolina 26 Aug - 3 Sep 2009 Visiting Abuela, Tia Cristina, Tio José and Tio Luis in Cary, North Carolina 1 Sep 2009 Taking Abuela to the "Marbles" kids museum in Raleigh, North Carolina 1 Sep 2009 At the playground in Cary, North Carolina 1 Sep 2009 3 years & 1 month old

August 2009 30 Aug 2009 At the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro with Tony's family 26 Aug 2009 A talented pianist [video] 26 Aug 2009 A visit from Isabel 22 Aug 2009 A picnic concert at Kenwood House to celebrate Mami's birthday 21 Aug 2009 On the eve of Cornelia's birthday in Brussels 20 Aug 2009 Meeting Florian, Nina & Julian at Tante Lea's in Salzburg 19 Aug 2009 The traditional family coffee chat at Café Stein in Salzburg 17 Aug 2009 At Oma & Opa's in Salzburg 16 Aug 2009 Peter's 50th birthday party in Vienna 15 Aug 2009 At the Heurigen in Maria Enzersdorf with Günter and the Mancusi family and meeting Miranda & Harald's new baby Gwendolin, Matteo's little sister 14 Aug 2009 At the Schottenheurigen in Giesshübl with the Sucher/Edelmann clan and Herta & Günter 13 Aug 2009 Staying overnight in Frankfurt at Karin & Christian's 13 Aug 2009 Meeting Ursel & Jesus and their sweet baby Diego in Frankfurt 13 Aug 2009 At Heribert & Regine's house in Bad Homburg, Germany 10 Aug 2009 Birthday dinner for our neighbour Joan, with Christobel also in attendance 2 Aug 2009 Nerea's 3rd birthday party 1 Aug 2009 3rd birthday party [video] 1 Aug 2009 3rd birthday party 1 Aug 2009 3 years old

July 2009 27 Jul 2009 Heidi Höbart in memoriam 1962 - 2009 26 Jul 2009 An Elmwoods Singers outing to the Nunhead pub and cemetery 25 Jul 2009 At the "Do Something Different Weekend" at the Barbican 24 Jul 2009 Andrea is outrageously flirting with Emmanuel, Tony's boss 22 Jul 2009 Mamis, Papis & Babies on the Bus [video] 21 Jul 2009 With Maren at the "Mini Mozarts" music workshop at Fulham Palace 19 Jul 2009 Bongo dancing [video] 19 Jul 2009 At the Colombian festival "Colombianamente" on the South Bank 17 Jul 2009 Cultural Day / Carnival at Peques Nursery 17 Jul 2009 Two Austrian girls 16 Jul 2009 Tina and her children, Anna-Maria and Fabian, came for a drink 12 Jul 2009 Tomas's Birthday Party 12 Jul 2009 New sunglasses 11 Jul 2009 Peter Pan Treasure Hunt in Kensington Gardens 11 Jul 2009 Giorgia, Andrea's beloved swimming teacher of the last 2 1/2 years, is moving to South Africa and will be sorely missed 9 Jul 2009 Football training in Battersea Park 2 Jul 2009 At the Earl's Court Music Festival, with Maren and her family 1 Jul 2009 35 months old

June 2009 30 Jun 2009 Andrea's new reading glasses 19 Jun 2009 Having great fun with Maren 19 Jun 2009 Maren's 3rd birthday party 15-17 Jun 2009 Visiting Papi in the hospital after his foot operations 16 Jun 2009 At the Gymboree music class (for the last time held by Janine, who is moving to New York) 14 Jun 2009 Andrea and her girlfriends at Baby Loves Disco (and the parents danced too!) 6 Jun 2009 Karin & Dieter and Martin came for dinner on the occasion of Herta's visit 4 Jun 2009 Portraits 1 Jun 2009 34 months old

May 2009 31 May 2009 A pool party on the terrace! 31 May 2009 Tony sold his beloved motorcycle 30 May 2009 Lola's 3rd birthday party 29 May 2009 Mami & Papi's 5th wedding anniversary 24 May 2009 At the Horton Park Children's Farm with Nerea & her parents Maria and Yecel 22 May 2009 Tender moments with Papi [video] 22 May 2009 Eva's 3rd birthday party 19 May 2009 I'm forever blowing bubbles [video] 16 May 2009 Dinner in honour of Anu and Nandita's visit 13 May 2009 Ute's Birthday 13 May 2009 At the weekly art class run by Sofia 11 May 2009 At the Battersea Park playground 11 May 2009 Andrea riding her beloved scooter 10 May 2009 Splashing around on the terrace 4 May 2009 Nerea and her parents came over for cake 3 May 2009 Lunch at Susan & Amit's 1 May 2009 33 months old

April 2009 29 Apr 2009 Meeting Tiina's new baby Miles 20 Apr 2009 Andrea's new bench 18 Apr 2009 At Battersea Zoo 15 Apr 2009 Sharon and Graham came for dinner 31 Mar - 12 Apr 2009 Enjoying family time in Cuba 31 Mar - 12 Apr 2009 Cuban beach scenes 2-12 Apr 2009 In Las Terrazas and Guanabo, Cuba, with Puppy & Pepe 10 Apr 2009 Andrea with Pepe and her favorite toy (and dancing partner) "La Escoba" in Guanabo, Cuba 9 Apr 2009 The "Little Yellow Dress" (courtesy of Tia Cristina & Tio José) 8 Apr 2009 In Guanabo, Cuba 6 Apr 2009 In Viñales, Cuba 6 Apr 2009 At the Indian caves in Viñales, Cuba 5 Apr 2009 At the Soroa Waterfalls in Cuba 4-5 Apr 2009 Rustic eating in Cuba 4 Apr 2009 Portraits 4 Apr 2009 Tony went on a canopy tour over Las Terrazas but Andrea got cold feet 2 Apr 2009 Portraits 31 Mar - 2 Apr 2009 Meeting Tony's colleague Felix and his fiancée Sophie in Maria La Gorda, Cuba 1 Apr 2009 32 months old

March 2009 31 Mar 2009 Nodding off after a hard day on the Cuban beach 31 Mar 2009 Playing chess in Maria La Gorda, Cuba 29 Mar 2009 At Gatwick Airport on our way to Cuba 25 Mar 2009 Portraits 22 Mar 2009 Mothering Sunday lunch at Café Strudel in London 18 Mar 2009 Matteo is showing off his new walking skills 3-9 Mar 2009 Scenes from our trip to Dubai 7 Mar 2009 Dolphin and seal show at the Dubai Dolphinarium 6 Mar 2009 Portraits 6 Mar 2009 At the Atlantis Hotel aquarium and Aquaventure park in Dubai 5 Mar 2009 Lunch with Alise in Dubai 1 Mar 2009 An afternoon spent with Nerea, Andrea's friend from nursery (and it was her Cuban Papi's birthday!) 1 Mar 2009 31 months old

February 2009 27 Feb 2009 Portraits 19 Feb 2009 Teaching Papi a song [video] 14-15 Feb 2009 In Werfen (where Mami's parents met) 14 Feb 2009 Papi's birthday dinner at the Obauer restaurant in Werfen 13 Feb 2009 Horse carriage ride in the Kötschachtal 10&12 Feb 2009 Skiing lessons with Anna 11 Feb 2009 A romantic dinner at the Bellevue Alm in Bad Gastein 10 Feb 2009 Dinner with Onkel Sepp at the Westend restaurant in Bad Hofgastein 9-14 Feb 2009 Winter holidays in Bad Hofgastein 7 Feb 2009 Meeting new-born Julian at Tante Lea's house: he is Andrea's 2nd cousin once removed 7 Feb 2009 Speaking with Papi on the telephone [video] 7 Feb 2009 Playing around at Oma & Opa's in Salzburg 2 Feb 2009 Snow in London! 1 Feb 2009 2 1/2 years old

January 2009 27 Jan 2009 Ulli & Carolina are over from Dublin and brought a super doll with a buggy 22-28 Jan 2009 Chicken pox! 19 Jan 2009 At the weekly gymnastics class 18 Jan 2009 Portraits 17 Jan 2009 Portraits 11 Jan 2009 At the Polka Theatre with Maren 6 Jan 2009 Andrea was "Queen" for the day after finding the lucky charm in the Galette des Rois on Epiphany 1 Jan 2009 29 months old