Ana's 6th Birthday Fairy Party

Dieu-Dohne, Ana, Carmen, Shannah and Leanne happy with their tattoos.

Belina decorating her cupcake.

Makayla decorating her fairy wings and wand.

Ana after decorating her cupcake.

Seabirds at Walvis Bay Lagoon

... the pelicans go marching two by two hurrah hurrah...

"...Sara, are you sure it is safe to get that close?... they are veeery large"

Eastern white pelican (Pelecanus onocratalus)

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber)

Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

Kelp (Southern Blackbacked) gull (Larus dominicanus)

Hartlaub's gull (Larus hartlaubii)

First Day of School 2013

Ana's first day at Primary School.

Ana - super happy with her "Schultüte" (handmade with love by mom).

Grade 1E classmates and Mrs. Jans.

@ Grade 1E classroom.

Ana and her "Schultüte" survived the first day of school :-)

... and of course, Sara also had to get her own "Schultüte" (made with love by mom ;-)) for her first day in Middle School (Grade 5E!).

@ Solitaire

On our way back to Swakopmund

Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) @ Aus

Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) flying over the road to Helmeringhausen.

Sara's 10th Birthday Party @ Luderitz

... busy decorating their cupcakes...