Brand, Austria

Joseph has been showing off his sporty side of late. He attended a 2-hr tennis placement session and took part in his first tennis tournament. He was a last-minute replacement for someone who had withdrawn. He managed to place fourth out of 8 participants and has a medal to show for it.


Jo and his tennis medal

After Joseph's successful first taste of skiing, we decided to try for one last attempt at the slopes for this season. So it was off to Brand, Austria for a few days. There, we stayed at a Kinderhotel, which is a group of hotels that offer extensive babysitting and activities for kids. Benjamin enjoyed the playroom and the boys got to enjoy horse-riding, 4-wheeled dirt-riding, and a range of other activities. Jo spent a good bit of our time there skiing. He was at first discouraged by the little bit of snow that was left at the foot of the mountain but he soon picked up quickly enough to be taken up to the mountain by the ski instructor. He spent 3 hours up there and Mummy and Daddy hiked up to catch a glimpse of him taking on the slopes. He had a blast. He's already looking forward to next season when he hopes to go on the red slopes.


Sheldon at part of the Brand Golf Course. The golfing sesaon hasn't started yet. My husband hopes to be back in Summer :).


Benji on his horse.


Joseph and Mummy dirt-biking.


Joseph on the slopes. He's the third dot, in the red ski jacket.

And this is a photo of Benz at his school's fashion show. The parents had to make clothes out of recycled materials. He is wearing a Nespresso capsule hat, a tetra-pack vest with food labels and foil and a 35-litre-garbage-bag pair of black pants.