Jakob has been Trip-Trapped

With Christmas approaching fast cold weather and snow is something one would expect and appreciate a lot and so the fact that temperatures started to drop below the zero mark mid last week and snowflakes appeared towards the weekend made lots of people happy, some annoyed and others very busy. When we got up on Saturday morning the roofs were covered in a layer of snow and so where the roads and just as if snow on the roads would be something very exotic, the traffic was chaotic and slow. Even main roads were not freed completely from the snows and therefore drivers were overly cautious and inner-city traffic was really bad. Jakob did not appreciate the snowflakes too much either as it meant that he had to be covered by many layers of clothes and blankets as well as the rain cover in his Bugaboo and this plastic shield disturbed his view up until the point he fell asleep.

Late Saturday afternoon we decided to put together Jakob’s newest piece of furniture, a Tripp-Trapp highchair. While Markus was screwing and working on the chair Jakob watched very observantly and was most excited whenever Markus used the rechargeable screw driver which also helped to speed up the process. Once the chair was ready we positioned it by the table and decided to allow Jakob to test his chair. What happened then completely took us by surprise: Our little one was so excited about his new chair that he went absolutely crazy screaming, “jumping” in his chair and smiling. The fact that he can sit by the table, have a good view and in addition see both Markus and Kerstin must have provided Jakob with lots of joy. As he was joyful for another 20 minutes Markus even had the opportunity to take pictures and a video, whereas the first moments in the Tripp-Trapp are memories which Kerstin and Markus will not forget for sure.

Sunday morning we headed south to Oberwart for our by now traditional Christmas lunch with Nikolaus, Michaela and Klaus. While there was no more snowfall and roads were clean the temperatures of below –10 degrees in combination with blue sky and sunshine offered a beautiful winter setting. Having arrived in Oberwart Nikolaus showed us all his toys(a lot of large trucks, tractors fire engine) and presented us their Christmas tree which the Christ Child has delivered early to their house (given they leave for a Christmas break at Michaela’s parents on Monday) before we had delicious lunch with Tafelspitz & Schnitzel. Jakob yet again presented himself in good form to family Kojnek as well as to Andi who joined us for the lunch as well. Unfortunately the afternoon went by far too fast and we had to get on our way back to Vienna at 1645 in order to have a bath and spend some time in the highchair.

Jakob, Kerstin & Markus