Sunday, September 28, 2008

German Kinder

Did you know the word Kindergarten is German? Well it is, and boy are they serious about it. Kids start here at 3 and go all day all week and everyone goes. We have a darling and very developed Kindergarten next to our house and decided we'd check it out. Elli has been going 2 weeks now and has been such a trouper about it. Although the teachers all have some English they speak in German as do all the kids. Elli goes for just an hour and a half in the morning and she is just doing great! Boy are we proud of our little Kindergartener!

A couple of her cute Kindergarten quotes were:
"None of the kids there know me, but I'm Elli Holzer"
"Will Mom and Dad be sleeping there too?" (During our initial tour they showed her the napping room and she thought she was going to be staying during the night too. What a trusting girl.)

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

England video

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Trip to England

We spent Wed-Sat last week in London. The girls did great and we had a good time. It was a lot of work for Sally - preparing and packing Elli's food and scale, then weighing it all out. One of the most notable food preparation/weighing spots was the floor of Victoria Train Station in London.

Hyde Park - where Pres. Hinckley and many others have preached on their soap boxes. Sunday is the official soap box day here so we missed the hoopla. It was nap time - the girls slept for the next 2 hours on our laps while did a tour on the top deck of the red double decker bus.


Westminster Abbey - where all the royalty get sworn at - I mean in. This is the top of the bus and our tour guide.


King's Royal Palace.


One of the royal guards. He was kind of grumpy - I guess they have an image to uphold.


Two cute Americans we found in England. They followed us around the whole trip. This was our second hotel. It was an old school from a couple hundred years ago. We had the Presidential sweet (not very sweet), the room right about the entrance was with four windows. Dorm style (only updated as absolutely necessary along the way) rooms, one restroom per floor. A good experience though.


Big Ben (actually the bell inside was named after Sir Benjamin EnglishPolitician, not the tower) This is the English Parliament building - built around 1830.

Sunday, September 7, 2008

Temple trip - Frankfurt

We went yesterday up to Friedrichsdorf. It was a good trip again.


Incidentally we heard from the doctor that we need to up Elli's Ketogenic diet to 85% fat. Sally and Elli have both been amazing is making this diet work so far. Once Elli's ketone levels reach the right percentage we can start working on the correct caloric intake and hopefully drop a few lbs for Elli.