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Zoo

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:40:42 GMT

Family trip to the zoo to celebrate once more Mait's birthday.

Playground

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:27:14 GMT

Mait playing with grandma.

Cologne

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:17:22 GMT

Just taking the turists around in Cologne.

Baby carrier

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:09:14 GMT

Our last adquisition, a manduca baby carrier, is not so confortable as the sling for babies but the best for carrying Mait on the back.

Family

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:03:46 GMT

The whole family eating icecream at the playing ground.

Grandma

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:58:45 GMT

Finally Mait met his 'chilean' grandma.

Summer walk

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:52:45 GMT

Mait walking in the park in a marvelous summer day.

Cousins

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:43:57 GMT

Visiting the aunt and cousins after long holidays in Estonia (and the hospital).

Operation

Michael Moossen — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 14:07:47 GMT

Mait had to be operated from a lymphangioma.

Here is he just one hour after the operation as nothing would have happen.

He was the only one playing and running all the time in the hospital.

Costume

Michael Moossen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:34:05 GMT

Mait dressed like dad. Really cool, isn't it?

Driving back home

Michael Moossen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:13:38 GMT

Here you see how Mait is driving us back home on his ship thanks to captain Vahur.

Portrait

Michael Moossen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:57:08 GMT

This face expression is for sure from me...

Walking

Michael Moossen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:46:55 GMT

Mait walking very decided to the beach ;)

Toys

Michael Moossen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:39:26 GMT

After plenty of long boring days at country side, Mait got lots of cars and even a garage from the flea market ;)

Sea

Michael Moossen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:47:51 GMT

Mait throwing stones into the sea at Hiiumaa.

Mait's Second Birthday in Tallinn

Michael Moossen — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:10:19 GMT

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

Grilled Hamburger

Michael Moossen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:27:54 GMT

Our friend Waldo invited us to eat hamburger prepared on the grill. He said he had to look for something to impress such a meat eater like me, and he really did! really great hamburgers :D

Bored Mothers

Michael Moossen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:22:52 GMT

Funny picture of breast feeding moms.

Cars

Michael Moossen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:13:41 GMT

We are in Estonia, and if you get a closer look the registration plates of the cars in front of the house you will notice that these cars are from Germany, Sweden and Belgium.

Mait

Michael Moossen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:11:49 GMT

Portrait of the month.

Forest

Michael Moossen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:58:53 GMT

This is a tipical estonian pine forest. Which is very untipical for me, the pines are very high and completely naked except at the top, and the whole floor is covered by very low bushes... have to get used to it, i guess.

Nature

Michael Moossen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:28:36 GMT

On this trip to Hiiumaa, Mait got really close to mother nature, seeing live animals he only knew from books, like: butterflies, snails, ants, frogs, grasshopper, spiders, and even snakes.

Eifeltower

Michael Moossen — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:24:10 GMT

Visiting the Eifeltower of Hiiumaa, build by a single man in only 3 months.

Mait's Second Birthday

Michael Moossen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:57:15 GMT

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

Picking berries

Michael Moossen — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 21:30:17 GMT

Mait picking wild strawberries and blueberries in the forest close to our beach in Hiiumaa.

Tahkuna Lighthouse

Michael Moossen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:51:53 GMT

Since today was not so warm we skipped the afternoon beach visit, and instead we went to visit the highest lighthouse in Estonia.

Jumping

Michael Moossen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:39:39 GMT

Mait jumping on a trampoline.

Swimming

Michael Moossen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:30:35 GMT

Mait has not loose his enthusiasm for the water.

Portrait

Michael Moossen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:22:36 GMT

Nice picture of Mait on the way back home from the beach.

Concert

Michael Moossen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:09:30 GMT

This week we have been with grandpa in Saaremaa, and we got the chance to attend a concert with Mait.

The music was good and Mia was happy, but the most incredible is that we met several estonian friends from Germany: Kadri, Karin & Heiko.

Toy

Michael Moossen — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:03:23 GMT

Like Mait, Mia is also holding toys with 2 months.

Mia's Birthday

Michael Moossen — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:38:21 GMT

Mia's second month birthday party with cake.

Love

Michael Moossen — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:29:28 GMT

Mait expressing all his love to Mia.

Wool

Michael Moossen — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:47:28 GMT

Have you ever wondered how the rough wool of sheeps gets so soft when sold at shops?

Friends

Michael Moossen — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:43:29 GMT

Walking together in the forrest.

Today's lesson

Michael Moossen — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:59:39 GMT

Today we learned that it is better to leave Dad to prepare the meat on the grill. Finally, Mait got the idea of danger.

Stockholm fjord

Michael Moossen — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 11:38:05 GMT

Wonderful view on the ferry from Stockholm to Tallinn.

Lions

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:36:48 GMT

Mait enjoyed very much all Lions around the city in Stockholm.

Shadows

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:32:30 GMT

Mait is learning about his shadow.

Choreography

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:26:47 GMT

Little sister and brother already doing choreography together.

Aunt

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:16:55 GMT

'Flirting' aunt came to visit Mia before our trip to Estonia.

Siesta

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:12:05 GMT

Just a short sunday's afternoon nap ;)

Midsummer

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:06:40 GMT

This year we celebrated Midsummer in Belgium. Guess where is Mia!

Shit happens

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:03:11 GMT

Can happen.

Visit from Chile

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:58:13 GMT

Rayen with her Mom Maeva came for a short visit from Chile.

Ema Marie

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:50:46 GMT

Siim's sister, Ema Marie is only a couple of days younger than Mia.

Flowers

Michael Moossen — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 19:42:47 GMT

Mait discovering roses' scent.

Mia's birthday

Michael Moossen — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:56:34 GMT

Mia celebrated yesterday her first month, and we celebrated with a big cake!

First Icecream

Michael Moossen — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:26:33 GMT

Mait eating for the first time an icecream on the street.

Wound

Michael Moossen — Sat, 29 May 2010 22:01:03 GMT

Lately almost everytime we go out Mait's knees end like this.

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...

Mait's seventh month

Michael Moossen — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:14:07 GMT

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

Carnival in Cologne

Michael Moossen — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:24:00 GMT

Lot of pictures of the biggest party of the year in Cologne.

2nd year and 2st quarter

Michael Moossen — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:29:04 GMT

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

Gran Canaria

Michael Moossen — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 20:16:11 GMT

We escaped from the cold nordic winter for one week to Gran Canaria :D

Mait's sixth month

Michael Moossen — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:45:36 GMT

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

White Cologne

Michael Moossen — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 17:21:41 GMT

At cologne we did not have a white Christmas, but we are having a very white January...

Mait's fifth month

Michael Moossen — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 17:25:45 GMT

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

Xmas dinner

Michael Moossen — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:58:30 GMT

Yesterday Alkacon had its xmas dinner. This time we were invited to the Fantissima Gala and i would say it was the best xmas dinner ever... Until they throw us out at around 4am :D

Mait's fourth month

Michael Moossen — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:58:24 GMT

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

Mait's third month

Michael Moossen — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:17:32 GMT

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

Mait's first biking trip

Michael Moossen — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 15:41:37 GMT

Today we got to try a Chariot Captain XL with Infant Sling, so Mait was biking for the first time in his life :D

But he is still too small for it, and the winter is coming, so we are (specially me :p) waiting for the next Spring!

Mait's second month

Michael Moossen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:41:13 GMT

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

Estonian Mushrooms

Michael Moossen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:38:40 GMT

This is just a collection of different mushrooms pictures i got during a 30 minutes walk in Estonia. Really impressive, i have never seen such mushroom diversity :p

Mait's first month

Michael Moossen — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:58:51 GMT

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

Waiting

Michael Moossen — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:52:28 GMT

Just some fun waiting for Mait...

Sailing

Michael Moossen — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:52:15 GMT

We went this weekend to sail with several colleagues of Margit near to Amsterdam at the Markermeer.

Autumn trip to Ahrweiler

Michael Moossen — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:44:28 GMT

We just went out for a couple of hours to Ahrweiler to have a glass or two of good Federweisser in a vineyard with our friend Rodrigo.

Côte d'Azur

Michael Moossen — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 13:52:56 GMT

After we celebrated the chilean independence day in Nice we continued with the bikes for 5 days until Toulon. Our daily routine was more or less:

1 hour biking,
1 hour swimming,
1 hour eating,
repeat :D...

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 ;)