Diana Elle Blog

Six days ago, Avi turned six. This is her third birthday we celebrate in Germany and the second time we got to throw her a birthday party with a multicultural set of friends. We had the party at an indoor "playground" we had visited a couple of times before for her friends' parties. when you reserve your table you let them know how many guests you are expecting. On the day of the party you arrive, you pay for the guests and then they tell you which tables are yours. you have to take everything. Pro's and cons to thism you can decorate however you want and you can take whatever food you'd like. It is a big place with a bunch of different activities, forcing active play.  including: A sand pit, a bouncy thing, and more, here are some pictures of the party: The place The food You could say this was the first party I ever did and threw by myself. so just for fun I'm adding in the amount of money I spend on the food I bought for the party (e...

Our Oktoberfest birthday party was a success, A bunch of friends came to our house to celebrate Pablo's birthday. I had to go shopping on Friday because Saturday was a national holiday and the stores were closed .. Here's what I bought to serve during our party.. it included. 20 pretzels, 18 leberkaese slices, 16 white sausages, two obatzer, one "Brot Creme" Bread cheese, one sweet mustard, and a package of sauerkraut. I had to buy two mini kegs (because they're not as a big as a regular keg, but they still hold around 15 beers each) but  I bought one in the morning and one in the afternoon  to much stuff for me to carry in one trip. Ones the tables were set we were just waiting for the guests to arrive and the party started. Avi the photographer helped with taking some of the pictures, I should really learn how to set it correctly before handing it off to her. If you go to any Hofbrauhaus and order apple juice they will serve it in a beer mug (...

I  talked yesterday about how my family spends  Christmas , and like we found out their are tons of different  Christmas  traditions around the world. Just like that there are also different birthday celebrations! One of my favorite birthday traditions is taking pictures of "das Geburtstagskind" the birthday kid*. Anyways, twenty-six years ago today, between one and two in the morning  central time, a cute little girl was born , there were probably others, but today we will be celebrating this special one, ME!   While taking birthday pictures is one of my favorite traditions I don't have pictures from all my previous birthdays. Maybe I do, I just wasn't able to find them anywhere. I am thankful for another year. I am thankful to be surrounded by my family. I am thankful for the opportunities we take advantage of. Today I will be spending the day with family. it's all planned out, starting with breakfast with my in ...

Last year for my daughters 4th birthday she decided on a Hello Kitty themed party. This was her second birthday to be celebrated in Germany, but at the same time the first time we would celebrate with friends. so I wanted it to have a touch of home, there was going to be kids from different cultures and I figured it'd be col for them to experience a "Mexican" Fiesta.  I started doing a Piñata. but it was coming out too small  so I did not finish it. :/  But I did make my the goodie bags from scratch.  Materials needed: Moosgummi,  Glue,  string or ribbons, a nd candy. I bought some candy here but the rest I had sent from Mexico and USA  Shout out to my brother in law for bringing them to us! We ended up choosing a McDonald's location for the party since the nearest Burger king only had an outdoor play area and it was raining that week. We invited friends from her kita (kindergarten/daycare) and friends I made via Facebook (this is how ...

[This was meant to be posted on Oct 21st.] I've been waiting two weeks to write about Avi's 3rd birthday party, it is the first one where we got crafty with almost everything.  When she was two she liked watching Pocoyo; her favorite character was Elly the Elephant. She said she wanted an Elly party, so an Elly party we threw.  I love this chick so much! I had scheduled everything for Avi's party at Pablo's aunts pool like the previous two years. I made the invitation using Photoshop for the first time, I think it came out good, you? Since we knew it would be the last party with family for at least two years, I had splurged a little and rented a bouncy house that included some 'icees'.   A day before the party the weather was not good for an outdoor party, it was raining almost non stop and the grass would still be wet the next day.  So instead of going grocery shopping (for food for the party) I went all over town looking for a pl...