Saturday, April 12, 2014

Steph's Highs and Lows


Highs:
  • Piloting the car.  First time driving manual transmission in 10 years.  First time driving in tiny European streets ever. Two roundabouts.  Check. Check.
  • The local butcher shop.  Adorable.  Yummy meats, cheeses and salads.  Free bits of schweinefleisch handed to kids at each visit.  Maybe this carb fest will get under control!



  • Nope! Here is the handy fresh bread mobile.
  • A trio of kids thrilled with salami sandwiches on fresh bread rolls.  The littlest one not-so-much.  She will however take some "Froop" yogurt, conveniently named after our little fruit and yogurt eating Froopy!




  • Jogging with Emma and other great times with our rapidly growing not-so-little-anymore 9 year old.  Writing a novel with her, working on schoolwork together, debriefing after seeing new things, watching her walk into a ballroom of a 15th century castle.
  • Chatting with the neighbor across the street who would like her children to learn English in the next couple months from us... 
  • Anneke discovering blowing the puff of a dandelion head.  
  • A new and different playground with amazing equipment for busy boys discovered almost daily.

Low's:
  • Doing the laundry of the college kid housemate so I can use the washer and dryer!  He leaves his things in for days, I have to do a load a day!
  • Watching a child lose control of a soccer ball as it goes careening down the steep street into oncoming traffic.
  • Watching a child pedal themselves wildly down the street into oncoming traffic.
  • Being allergic to Germany.  Literally.  I wake up each morning with more itchy red welts on my face and swollen eyes.  Surprising no one.  It seems to improve throughout the day.  Prednisone supply depleted already! :(

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