So it looks like some travel restrictions could be lifted this summer and as a half German/ half American family we can not wait to see our relatives in the USA again. By the time we travel it will be just short of 2 years since we saw them last!! We used to visit the …
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If you are like me then staying at home on a rainy day in Munich can be torture. We don’t even have a garden or balcony where I could throw them out for fun in the rain. So either we are all outside getting wet which is ok or everyone is board inside including me. …
I love octoberfest. I enjoyed it before kids, partying in the tents. I love singing and dancing and drinking beer. But Octoberfest with kids is also a lot of fun. A different kind of fun but still great. How I do Munich’s Octoberfest with kids: 1. Go early – we aim to arrive right at …
Great hike close to Munich to do with little kids.
We had a bad day yesterday. After picking up my boys from kindergarten one of them screams for the keys like they do every day. I hand them over and the 5 year old sprints up the stairs to our apartment to open the door. Usually he holds it open or goes inside. Yesterday he …
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Some days you just need something new. We have been going to Munich’s Hellabrunn zoo for 4 years now and we recently have a very hard time getting around to see the animals. We usually get stuck on one of the Munich Zoo’s wonderful playgrounds and then spend the rest of the time there. I …
A day in the life documentary family photography session with a Munich family with 3 girls.
I was thrilled when a local playground friend asked me to take newborn photos of her new baby girl. As my youngest is 3 now I was thrilled to spend some time with an itty bitty baby. They are just so precious, so little and growing so so fast! Baby A was around 3 weeks …
Aside from full day in the life I think my second favorite sessions are spending the afternoon/evening with a family. It is hard not to see real life during your bedtime routines. These are something you do every day but are so special to your family. I got to photograph a fellow local Munich photographers …
Whether traveling with kids to Munich during Oktoberfest or if you live here the idea of going to the biggest beer festival in the world with kids sounds crazy. Let me tell you it is possible to make the experience very pleasant. I have gone every year with my son since he was 18months old …