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Holiday Season

Michael Moossen — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:36:56 GMT

Xmas Family Portrait.

Altenberg

Michael Moossen — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:04:26 GMT

Very nice hiking-route near Altenberg with Rosa Maria.

Soap Bubbles

Michael Moossen — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:49:43 GMT

Mait playing at Eda's and Abbas' garden.

Mia's bump

Michael Moossen — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 20:45:34 GMT

She fell the stairs :(

Lady Mia

Michael Moossen — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:11:42 GMT

Dressed for party.

Mia sliding

Michael Moossen — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:19:43 GMT

Mia sliding at the BCN Airport witing for the flight back home.

Chimney

Michael Moossen — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:06:34 GMT

Our chimney, finally.

Pumpkins

Michael Moossen — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:57:12 GMT

This year's pumpkin harvest.

Tiger

Michael Moossen — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 19:53:12 GMT

Mait at EASA's Summer Party.

Mia riding a car

Michael Moossen — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:33:55 GMT

Mia riding a car at Noah's birthday.

Matias

Michael Moossen — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:30:29 GMT

Our friend Matias, with his funny haircut.

Paintings

Michael Moossen — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:22:27 GMT

Marion did paint these 2 paintings for Karin.

Mia walking

Michael Moossen — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 18:18:07 GMT

Mia walking in Sitges, like 6 weeks ago.

Mait walking with hands

Michael Moossen — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:01:32 GMT

Mait having fun walking with the hands.

Fun with paint

Michael Moossen — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:55:35 GMT

Children painting with the hands.

Mia eating by herself

Michael Moossen — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:49:59 GMT

Quite late compared to Mait...

Zoo

Michael Moossen — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:47:10 GMT

Nice morning at the zoo.

Mia's first steps

Michael Moossen — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:30:50 GMT

...or second steps, actually she did her first steps yesterday at the age of 1 year 3 months and 14 days.

Children working

Michael Moossen — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:12:18 GMT

Helping daddy to assemble the new kitchen table.

Mia standing

Michael Moossen — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:40:00 GMT

Mia, finally, at the age of almost 15 months, standing by her own.

Maits Camera

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:21:55 GMT

Mait got for his 3rd year birthday his first own photo camera.

To see the first batch of pictures taken by him check the link below.

Kõpu Lighthouse

Michael Moossen — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:24:26 GMT

Mait at one of the oldest lighthouses of the world.

Mia walking

Michael Moossen — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:19:00 GMT

Not yet alone, but almost :D

Children sleeping

Michael Moossen — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:16:01 GMT

... together in Hiiumaa.

Phone

Michael Moossen — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:05:58 GMT

I was always wondering what Mait was doing and thinking when i was trying to get some words out of him over the phone. Now i know.

Mia at the beach

Michael Moossen — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:51:22 GMT

... in Hiiumaa.

Mia's bag

Michael Moossen — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:44:01 GMT

Mia got very nice present in Hiiumaa.

Mia crawling

Michael Moossen — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:40:32 GMT

... on the grass in Hiiumaa.

Steeplechase

Michael Moossen — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:31:09 GMT

Mait winning the steeplechase of the Summer Olympic Games in Hiiumaa.

Big Mia

Michael Moossen — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:40:29 GMT

Mia seems to be so big on this picture.

Mait on Motorcycle

Michael Moossen — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:35:24 GMT

preparing to run the Grand Prix!

Mia en pelotas...

Michael Moossen — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:27:34 GMT

Means literally: 'Mia on balls' in spanish, but could also mean: 'Mia naked' in Chile.

Mait's crazy faces

Michael Moossen — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:21:52 GMT

On the way to Estonia

Michael Moossen — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:16:41 GMT

Lunch break in Lübeck on the way to the holidays in Estonia.

Children on tour

Michael Moossen — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:23:10 GMT

Both children on the chariot carrier ready to go.

Carrying Mia

Michael Moossen — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:12:42 GMT

Mia is really happy on Daddy's shoulders.

Mait balancing

Michael Moossen — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:06:50 GMT

Mait having fun on a wall.

Sweet dad

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:19:16 GMT

Dad and child with dog came out to the playground. The child played and dad decided to have a nap on the bench using the teddy bear as a pillow, and the dog did not have any better idea than to have also a nap, but more confortable, on daddy. It was funny and i was a bit jealous!

Bathing

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:14:06 GMT

All three cousins bathing together. Mia does not like water at all :(

Plane

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:08:22 GMT

Mait built this plane completely by his own, perfectly symmetrical and really with plane shape.

Multiple Car Accident

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:04:39 GMT

just in front of the house.

Cool Bike

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:00:16 GMT

just pasing by the street.

Mait swinging

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:54:24 GMT

... and swinging, higher and higher...

Mait playing music

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:49:55 GMT

But he still needs a little bit more practice.

Mait against gravity

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 18:43:28 GMT

It is just too boring to go always the same way.

Grandma Marion on wheels

Michael Moossen — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:42:25 GMT

Grandma Marion has have very few experience biking in her lifetime, but she was brave enough to give it a try again now.

Mia crawling stairs down

Michael Moossen — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:32:00 GMT

Mia learned almost the same day to crawl stairs up and down. Since Mait started very early to crawl up it took him quite long to learn to get down.

Mia crawling stairs up

Michael Moossen — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:22:35 GMT

Mia started much later than Mait to crawl on stairs, in part because we left children a bit less attented for a while due to our move of house :(

Mait watering grass

Michael Moossen — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:53:15 GMT

Mait is so fond of water, completely opposite to Mia that starts to complain as soon as she sees some running water. (By the way, we are back from almost 3 months downtime due to the move to our new house)

Mait swinging Mia

Michael Moossen — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 20:04:57 GMT

Very cute how Mait is swinging Mia. Both children having plenty of fun.

Barcelona

Michael Moossen — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:46:13 GMT

One day in Barcelona to finish the holidays.

Sitges

Michael Moossen — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 20:18:41 GMT

Holidays in Sitges, just because Margit had to learn Spanish...

Photographer Mait 1

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:57:33 GMT

Mait got for his 3rd year birthday his first own photo camera. And here is the first batch of pictures taken by him, from his point of view. (there are in between some few pics not taken by him)

Holidays in Estonia

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:38:34 GMT

This year Michael had to stay home working, but the rest of the family had really a wonderful time in Estonia. Including a birthday party for Mait.

Mia's Birthday

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 16:59:59 GMT

Finally, almost 3 months later. Here are the pictures of Mia's birthday.

BUGA

Michael Moossen — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:15:18 GMT

Today we went to the BUGA in Koblenz.

House renovation works

Michael Moossen — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:04:41 GMT

Here some pictures of the house renovation works that took place all over the month of April.

Trier, Luxemburg and Vianden

Michael Moossen — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:35:45 GMT

A 2 days trip with grandma Marion to Trier, Luxemburg and Vianden.

Val Gardena - Italy

Michael Moossen — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:46:00 GMT

Ski holidays in the Dolomites. First time for Mait to ski and second time for me on the slopes, and this time i really started to enjoy it :D

Cacheuta - Argentina

Michael Moossen — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 19:19:14 GMT

Enjoying live at the spa with thermal waters at Cacheuta, Argentina.

Mia nacked

Michael Moossen — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:13:56 GMT

Mia posing nacked ;)

Margit's Birthday

Michael Moossen — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:00:43 GMT

Big surprise party for Margit!

Santiago de Chile

Michael Moossen — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:25:45 GMT

Margit wanted to see it...

Quilpué Zoo

Michael Moossen — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:38:19 GMT

Last time my Mom was living just in front, and now that it makes more sense to go to visit the Zoo of Quilpué, we are staying in Viña...

Seafood day

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:01:44 GMT

We went in the morning to shop to the fish market at Caleta Portales and then we had an excelent lunch with sea urchins, sea snails, razor clams, pyura chilensis, conger and more for about 8€/person :D

Marriage

Michael Moossen — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:19:19 GMT

Our marriage :D

Official wedding pictures

Michael Moossen — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:05:24 GMT

Wedding pictures taken by the 'official' fotographer.

Wedding Party

Michael Moossen — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 10:25:36 GMT

Our wedding party :D

Old dias

Michael Moossen — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:09:08 GMT

Old dias of Margit and her parents.

Mait's Second Birthday in Tallinn

Michael Moossen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:14:34 GMT

After the lonely party in Hiiumaa we had to celebrate again in the city ;)

Mait's Second Birthday

Michael Moossen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:49:16 GMT

Maits second birthday. We had big party in Hiiumaa! But with only one guest :(

Jogging

Michael Moossen — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:08:38 GMT

Jogging pictures.

Photo Shooting

Michael Moossen — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:02:04 GMT

This is the result of the photo shooting with two-weeks-old Mia by Anke Dietrich.

Wildpark

Michael Moossen — Sat, 29 May 2010 21:21:25 GMT

Visiting the Wildpark in Cologne.

Mia

Michael Moossen — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:41:10 GMT

Mia Moossen.

Photo Shooting

Michael Moossen — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:29:32 GMT

Since the due date for Mia is approaching fast, we had to quickly arrange a photo shooting for the big belly.

Karin's & Marco's Birthday

Michael Moossen — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 21:49:03 GMT

Celebrating Karin's & Marco's Birthday.

Continuous Drive

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:46:00 GMT

Just trying my new camera Casio Exilim FH-100 and its awesome continuous drive feature.

Zoo

Michael Moossen — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:37:18 GMT

This weekend the german grandparents came to Cologne, and we took advantage of the nice weather to go all together the Zoo.

Carnival Sledging

Michael Moossen — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 14:10:54 GMT

Going to sledge on carnival's sunday...

Playing Ground

Michael Moossen — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:38:37 GMT

Mait in a winter day playing on a playing ground...

Madrid

Michael Moossen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:37:16 GMT

Landed in Madrid...

Family Portraits

Michael Moossen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:30:53 GMT

Photo session with most of the Moossen's ;)

2nd year and 1st quarter

Michael Moossen — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:23:39 GMT

A compilation of Mait's second year during the first quarter. Most the pictures were already published in the blog, but there are some unpublished in between.

Paris & Normandy

Michael Moossen — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:22:12 GMT

Mait, Margit and estonian grand parents went for a 5 days trip to Paris and the Normandy.

Côte d'Azur

Michael Moossen — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:26:06 GMT

We just spend, despite some unusual heavy rain, a wonderful week at the Côte d'Azur.

Family Grandón-Rivera

Michael Moossen — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:39:47 GMT

This weekend we were honored by the visit of the Grandón-Rivera family from Nice.

Oldtimes dias

Michael Moossen — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:53:15 GMT

We just saved some estonians oldtimes dias. Estonia, Finland, Germany, and more countries, from 1973 to 1985.

Mait's twelfth month

Michael Moossen — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 18:19:52 GMT

A compilation of Mait's twelfth month. Most the pictures were already published in the blog, but there are some unpublished in between.

Mait's eleventh month

Michael Moossen — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:54:26 GMT

A compilation of Mait's eleventh month. Most the pictures were already published in the blog, but there are some unpublished in between.

Mia's first Month

Michael Moossen — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:24:37 GMT

A compilation of Mia's first month. Most the pictures were already published in the blog, but there are some unpublished in between.

Mait's tenth month

Michael Moossen — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:50:13 GMT

A compilation of Mait's tenth month. Most the pictures were already published in the blog, but there are some unpublished in between.

Biking along the Mosel

Michael Moossen — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:31:16 GMT

We enjoyed this long weekend biking along the mosel with our friends the Ots from Brussels.

Alicante

Michael Moossen — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:30:34 GMT

Margit had to participate in a meeting in Alicante and we all went along for a nice weekend ;)

Mother's Day

Michael Moossen — Sun, 10 May 2009 19:44:27 GMT

Celebrating Mother's Day in Cologne.

Mait's nineth month

Michael Moossen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:16:06 GMT

A compilation of Mait's nineth month. Most the pictures were already published in the blog, but there are some unpublished in between.

Keukenhof

Michael Moossen — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:47:14 GMT

Spring at Keukenhof, The Netherlands

Estonian School in Gouda

Michael Moossen — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:49:45 GMT

Margit checked with Mait an estonian school in Gouda, The Netherlands

Mait's eighth month

Michael Moossen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:44:37 GMT

A compilation of Mait's eighth month. Most the pictures were already published in the blog, but there are some unpublished in between.

Ski Holidays

Michael Moossen — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:17:15 GMT

After lot of time Margit finally convinced me to go to the montains, so we went with other estonians most of them from Brussels and she was skiing in the mornings and i was taking snowboarding lessons in the evening...

Snow

Michael Moossen — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:47:24 GMT

It is suddently very cold, and it has been snowing a little bit, so Margit went with Mait to visit Mare in Wermelskirchen, where the snow holds longer than in Cologne for sledging.

Holidays in the Côte d'Azur

Michael Moossen — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:41:39 GMT

We spend some nice days at the Côte d'Azur and celebrated the Chilean Independence Day in Antibes, kindly organized by the Grandón-Rivera family...

Shopping in Münster and lunch in Hagen

Michael Moossen — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 19:15:19 GMT

We were invited to have lunch in Hagen, and we used the opportunity to shop in Münster...

Biking along the Mosel

Michael Moossen — Mon, 25 May 2009 20:47:22 GMT

First biking trip for Mait and also for Siim (Ots) ;)

Visiting great-grand mother

Michael Moossen — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 10:13:28 GMT

We were visiting great-grand mother Ruth to celebrate Maits tenth birthday.

Alicante

Michael Moossen — Mon, 18 May 2009 09:46:44 GMT

Once again enjoying travelling to the south ;)

Düsseldorf

Michael Moossen — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:43:23 GMT

Margit went with Mait as well as many estonian friends to celebrate the European Day in Düsseldorf.

Brussels

Michael Moossen — Sun, 03 May 2009 18:27:01 GMT

Mait spend this day with his estonian grand parents.

Luxemburg

Michael Moossen — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 18:55:00 GMT

This weekend Mait made a round trip in Luxemburg with his grand parents.

Belgium and The Netherlands

Michael Moossen — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:56:38 GMT

We spend this years eastern holidays with Siim travelling through Belgium and The Netherlands, based in Brussels.

Gouda

Michael Moossen — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 09:58:08 GMT

Estonian school in Gouda, The Netherlands.

Brussels

Michael Moossen — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 14:26:34 GMT

This time we went to Brussels pickup our tax-free chariot trailer ;)

Visiting great-grand mother

Michael Moossen — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 13:02:11 GMT

We were visiting great-grand mother Ruth in the hospital, thanks god everything went well.

Les-Contamines-Montjoie

Michael Moossen — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 21:51:39 GMT

On the way back we finally did make it to Radu's place in Lausanne, but we were really late and had no time to see the place :(, but it was still nice to chat a couple of hour with this old chilean friend ;)

Canary Islands Holidays

Michael Moossen — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 11:41:05 GMT

Escaping for a couple of days the cold winter of central and north europe...

Brussels

Michael Moossen — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 13:22:42 GMT

This time we went to Brussels to celebrate Siim's birthday.

Choir at St. Paul Church

Michael Moossen — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:37:51 GMT

And again this weekend the european choir of estonians, where several friends of ours are taking part of, met in Annaberg (Bonn) for an intensive exercising weekend in preparation to the Estonian Song Festival 2009, where more than 25,000 people gather to sing together.

Brussels

Michael Moossen — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 13:56:43 GMT

This time Margit and Mait (i stayed home) went to Brussels to help Margit's parents to move into their new home. They met also our friend Teodora.

Estonia

Michael Moossen — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:00:17 GMT

We spend christmas and new year in Estonia. Christmas at Siim's place in Saaremaa and new year's eve at Imbi's place in Tallinn, since Mait was sick :(.

BTW, Imbi and Siim are moving to Brussels this week.

Xmas Party at Annaberg

Michael Moossen — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:40:53 GMT

Today Mait took part of his first Christmas party at Annaberg manor with the estonian community. He could also enjoy being on Santa's lap.

Shopping in Düsseldorf

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:50:06 GMT

Today we went for shopping in Düsseldorf, the main reason is that there is no Baby Walz in Cologne :(

Great Grandma's Birthday

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:06:15 GMT

Ruth turned 79. Congratulations.

Brussels

Michael Moossen — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:03:45 GMT

We went to Brussels to help Imbi to find a flat since she (and Siim) are moving there in January. And we met also our friends Reesi, Giuseppe and Tancredi,

Estonia

Michael Moossen — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:59:38 GMT

This time we went to Estonia because Margit had to give a 4 hours lecture about the EASA System, and she was also attending the Pühajärve's Aviation Seminar.

Visit to Hagen

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:05:57 GMT

After more than 2 Months (shame on us :$) we went last Sunday to visit our family in Hagen. Everybody was very happy to see the small 'big' Mait once again :d

Choir at St. Paul Church

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:32:00 GMT

This weekend the european choir of estonians, where several friends of ours are taking part of, met again in Annaberg (Bonn) for an intensive exercising weekend in preparation to the Estonian Song Festival 2009, where more than 25,000 people gather to sing together.

Dinner at Annaberg's manor

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:24:16 GMT

Visit to Bonn

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:18:30 GMT

We went yesterday, after long time, to visit Margit's relative Anita and her partner Michael, who is btw an excellent cook :p.

Excursion to Altenahr

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:09:58 GMT

We were quite busy here with the estonian grandparents visiting us this week... one of the places we went was Altenahr.

Touristic Tour

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:56:24 GMT

We showed Siim some of the niciest corners along the Rhine, Koblenz and St. Goar.

Great Grandma's Birthday

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 20:30:49 GMT

We went this time to Estonia mainly to celebrate the 85th birthday of Margit's grandmother. But it was also the first ocasion for the grand parents to meet Mait.

When the mountain does not come to you...

Michael Moossen — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:29:44 GMT

Since the grand-grand mother could not make it to Cologne, we went to visit her. The aunt had also the possibility to meet Mait for the first time... let's say she was just too lazy to come to Cologne ;)