Monday, February 16, 2015

Monday Memories: "Who am I?"


One of the greatest blessings in life is family, and I am lucky enough to have two. I like to call them the bloody and the non-bloody families, because that's what they are: the one I am genetically related to and the one my parents built for me. 

In a way, I was born into both of them. I have my aunts, uncles, grandparents, and cousins galore who all live far away. I also have an incredible, close-knit group of "aunts" and "uncles" right here in Berlin, friends of my parents who have known me from birth and whose kids, in turn, are like nieces and nephews to me. We all love hanging out together at our lakeside mini-cabins and we try to meet en masse as regularly as we can! Here is our annual Christmas Goose-Eating Event (held at a restaurant this year so no one spends four days cooking and no one cleans up!) We love Engelbecken in Berlin--they have the best Wiener Schnitzel around!

Zelda entertains the gang
Kiki, whose artistic talent graces many napkins at restaurants all over Berlin
Papa makes a point

 Sleepy Cousins
The restaurant empties around us
The evenings tend to get long, and the kids get antsy while the wine is still flowing freely on the adult side of the table. So this time, I took some decisive action in providing entertainment.


Multi-generational Who am I ?!


And it turned out amazing. So. Much. Fun!

Everyone, young and old, gets to write out a name for their neighbor. The not-yet-learned-to-write faction gets a little help.




We ended up with quite an eclectic cast of characters. 

Johnny Depp

Wagner

Moses

Dumbledore

David Cameron

Mika Häkkinen

Then, you go around the table and each person asks yes-or-no questions until they hit a no. Then it's the next person's turn. You go around till everybody has guessed who they are. Unsurprisingly, the kids did way better than the adults!


Richard Wagner was a tough one...

The five-year-old wins first place!
It was a wonderful evening and I'm missing the crew a lot right now! There's just nothing like spening a cold winter evening cozy inside, with a whole big bunch of family. 


Zelda holds Kiki and we all say goodbye
Look up at the Sky!

-Zanna

PS. These photos were taken as a group effort (ie. a camera was lying on the table and most everyone fiddled around with it for a while. Thanks, Team!)

PPS. Past Monday Memories: A Day in Lausanne

7 comments:

  1. Sounds like a such fun day!
    I also love to spend the time with out whole family)))

    Tanya
    www.stripesnvibes.com
    BlogLovin

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  2. it does look like a lot of fun. and wiener schnitzel. yum :)

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  3. Your family life always sounds so incredible- it makes me happy to see these close knit crews having so much fun together.

    www.hollandsreverie.blogspot.com

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  4. Such a gorgeous family! Love this post!

    xo

    Michaela

    http://michaelajeanblog.com

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  5. What a lovely family, Zanna! I come from a big family, also, and I love, love, love the grand get-togethers. Great photos!

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  6. What a lovely family, Zanna! I come from a big family, also, and I love, love, love the grand get-togethers. Great photos!

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