Anika goes to Carnival as Bibi of "Bibi & Tina"

Here's the original Bibi, a teenage witch from one of Anika's favorite movies:

Before we continue, you'll have to pardon me that I am the world's worst photographer despite having at least one camera that could win Pulitzer prizes if the user had two clues to rub together. The light in my house is terrible for automatic settings, which is generally all I know how to use. And my subject has the attention span of a caffeinated chipmunk. 'Hold still' to her means she stays in the same room. So, if you can imagine: It's 6:55 on a dark and icy February morning and she has to leave in five minutes: "Could you grab the camera and get a few pictures before she leaves?" Oh, sure.


Anyway, here are some pics of our 'Bibi'. Click on any photo to embiggen it.

Cartwheel Practice -- I've almost got it!!

Swimming in February

Here I am at the outdoor portion of Limare, the swimming hall in Lindau. The boy is my classmate Ben who happened to be there. I went with Papa but played almost the whole time with Ben. Then Papa and I went out for sushi afterwards. I love sushi!

Anika Popstar

Hier komm ich! Alle sehn mich an!

Ich kann was ich kann!

Nichts laesst mich zweifeln!

Hier komm ich! Funkelnd, leuchtend, hell!

Sensationell bin ich!!

(Here I come! Everyone watch me! I do what I can do!

Nothing makes me doubt myself!

Here I come! Sparkling light and bright! I am sensational!)

Guitar Lessons!

Had my first guitar lesson yesterday!  Came home and called Oma and played her the song I learned!

Ski Course

Over the winter school holidays and I got to take a ski course in Hopfen with my classmates Max and Robin. In only 5 days we went from total beginners to being able to go all the way down the big slope. Super FUN!!!

 Going up the lift with Robin

Coming down the big slope

FUN!!!

Everything is Made of Atoms

Today day Papa told me that I, and everything in the world around me, is made up of little bits called atoms and all those atoms were all made in the belly of stars which exploded and sent their atoms out into the universe.  I just couldn't believe it, and I just looked at him for about thirty seconds like this: