Anorak Magazine - The Happy Mag For Kids

I read about the Anorak Magazine- The Happy Mag For Kids at
Book By Its Cover. Julia Rothman writes, that Anorak just blew her away when she first saw it. She wondered whether it would be weird if she ordered a subscription for herself.
So I checked out the links she posted and she is right The design is awesome and the illustrations fantastic.
I ordered a copy of it too and now I´m keeping it hidden from the kids. :) I want to enjoy it first before they get their hands on this little gem. After having seen this great kids´magazine, which comes with colored “happy pencils”, I´m thinking of getting a subscribtion myself.
For more images check out SuperMundane (one of the creators behind the magazine) and here or here.

The cover:


And some random pages:

My Kids´ Words 7 (New Blog)

My collection of the wonderful things my kids have to say, keeps growing. So I have started a new blog, just for their quotes. The quotes will be in German and translated into English. Have a look at it!

HIT KITZ

My Kids´Words 6 (Pavarotti dies at 71)

Luciano Pavarotti died today morning at home in Modena, Italy.

A (almost 5 years old)
D (almost 4 years old)

After the Kindergarten:
A: Who died today?
K: ???
A: Didn´t anybody die today?
K: Well... yes. Luciano Pavarotti!
A: Who is that?
K: That was a famous singer. Want to hear something?
A: Yes.

(Youtube.com - Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti)

A+ D: Beautiful!
A: I want to see how he died and when he died.
K: He was ill. He had cancer.
A: Oh.

(Youtube.com - It´s a man´s world - James Brown & Luciano Pavarotti)

D: Mom, did he have a wife?
K: Yes.
D: That´s what I had assumed. I knew it.
K: Why?
D: All men have women if they want to. And Havarotti wanted one, didn´t he?



Nach dem Kindergarten:
A: Wer ist heute gestorben?
K: ???
A: Ist heute keiner gestorben?
K: Öhm... doch. Luciano Pavarotti!
A: Wer ist das?
K: Das war ein berühmter Sänger. Soll ich Euch etwas vorspielen?
A: Ja.

(Youtube.com - Ave Maria - Luciano Pavarotti)

A+ D: Schöööön
A: Ich will sehen wie er gestorben ist und wann er gestorben ist.
K: Er war krank. Er hatte Krebs.
A: Oh.

(Youtube.com - It´s a man´s world - James Brown & Luciano Pavarotti)

D: Mama, hatte der auch eine Frau?
K: Ja.
D: Hab ich´s mir doch gedacht. Das hab ich schon gewusst.
K: Wieso?
D: Alle Männer kriegen eine Frau, wenn sie wollen. Und der Havarotti wollte doch eine, oder?

We are back from Spain

We came back home from our vacation yesterday late afternoon. Thankfully the weather here in Munich was as pleasant as the weather we enjoyed throughout the 12 days we spent in Calpe.
So today I spent the day visiting friends, having a long stroll around town and neglecting everything else. ;)
I´ll deal with all the email messages and other stuff tomorrow. I like to transit slowly to everyday life. :)

I was lazy in Spain and rather enjoyed the time with the kids than with drawing. I´ll try to scan one of the few sketches of Calpe soon.