Linzertorte

Papa had watched Oma make Linzertorte. He sure learned from the best. A few years later, he decided it was about time to revive the tradition and rolled up his sleeves again. Oma would be proud!

Gretl's hand-written recipe

with creative spelling and all!

Saturday is for baking

Press dough to the bottom of
a large spring form pan

Spread raspberry jam

Roll the dough for the top

Pretty trellis

Roll the edge

Finish the edge

Brush with egg wash for a pretty shine

Oma's tools: rolling pin, flour duster, rolling cuttter

Bake in the oven

Voila! Master baker at its best!

Talent Show

The school talent show was a success again. This year, Sophie's got the courage to play in front of her friends. It's a little bit different than playing at her piano recital. They both did awesome as usual!

3rd graders waiting for the show to start

Sophie was 2nd to play, way to put the butterflies away!

"Fallen Leaves"

Alex was 2nd to last encouraged by his friend Josh

"Moonlight Sonata"

Glasses

Guess who got glasses now? Sophie is so excited to have glasses just like her big brother. Maman doesn't recall that she was so happy about it at her age though. Glad they make pink and purple frames nowadays!

Smarty pants

Parade

We volunteered to help with the Brookside St Paddy's Day parade. Evidently, they even let the French in... Although we didn't find a pot of gold, the kids had fun handing out candy. A beautiful day which hopefully signals the start of spring!

Are we going to have enough candy?

One bucket per street only

Getting ready to have these puppets be the star of the show

I'm ready to get this show on the road!

Maman is moving St Patrick's left hand

I want some candy too!

Great time being part of the parade for the first time.
Maman, can we do this again next year?!?

B-Day Party

Our friend Tyler Jae turned 10 and came to KC to celebrate with us. We started off eating Japanese and then off to Urban Air to release some energy.

Sushi train for lunch

Happy birthday, Tyler Jae!

Warrior Course

Competitive Alex

Band

Alex enjoys performing with his honor band buddies.

East Area 7th Grade Honor Band

Found my friend Cyprian who plays the trumpet

It's great to have a few high schoolers help us

"Irish Dance" by Laurie Lafferty

"Ten Marches in two Minutes" by Timothy Loest

These band concerts drive me bunkers!

Cars

The kids (big and small) started their spring break with the auto show.

Stuffies

Apparently the family blogger took a break and no one volunteered to take over... Let's just say it's been a long winter. So we're back with a few pictures and updates.

When it's cold out, time to count how many stuffed animals one may own. That's not even all of them, I'm afraid...

Yes, we know, we're a little spoiled...