April 2003

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My first time skiing and other stories

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One of my favorite things is when Daddy tells me stories Sometimes the stories are scary and sometimes they make me think a lot.
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But my real favorite stories are the funny ones!
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Can you tell me that story again, Daddy?
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For my birthday, Nanny and Poppy sent me... ...a Golden Gate Bridge for my Brio trains.
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I love it, even if I sometimes make a fake smile. This is my first day ever on skis My teacher, Kiro, is trying to teach me how to do a snow-plough
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This is my private lift: Kiro pushes me up the mountain! My favorite part of skiing is apres-ski
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with Daddy and Mommy in the mountain restaurant As usual, there's a band here with trombones and trumpets
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Is that really me skiing?
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Can you tell that Daddy lost a lot of weight recently? In case you're wondering, we're staying at the Edelweiss Hotel in Grossarl, Austria
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It's Easter time and Mommy and Daddy went to Amsterdam for a four-day weekend That's Mommy in her cool hotel room at the Blakes
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Mommy looking beautiful Getting ready for a night at the Supper Club
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Visiting the Begijnhof
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Trying to blend in with the locals, we rented real Amsterdam bikes for the day A real one-speed bike!
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At the shipping museum
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What a party! Here's Mom with Jon Bon Jovi, Madonna,
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and her real favorite, Nicholas Cage. Sean Connery's high up on Mom's list, too.
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A few friends of Dad were there too. Did you catch this on Oprah's latest show?
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Don't get too close, Dad. He might bite! Having recovered from the party, Keith and Regine toured the tulip fields of Holland by bike
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They even made it all the way to the North Sea...
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...where the tide was too strong to swim. But the weather was just right for an ice cream Relaxing in the stylish hotel lobby
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The last morning in Amsterdam- touring the canals
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Meanwhile, I was in Arnstorf at my Oma and Opa's house, playing in my new tent. The Easter Bunny brought it
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But now I'm happy to be back in Munich with just my own family
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See you next month