A year in a week

On our trails this week we have helped sell strawberries by the front gate, decided we would try our luck selling paper aeroplanes on our street (thanks Frau Mc und Miss M) nursed the new baby upstairs and played with the big brother, helped build a tree house roof and re-organise the cellar using a bucket and simple pulley system (Herr N so patient), been shown how to make paneer cheese, barbequed with the kindergarten group, eaten cake and waffles in the garden (excellent Familie T), barbequed in our garden for the first time, celebrated the Schmetterlings 3rd birthday, became accustomed to having a dog but were very happy it was only short term as we are lazy people at heart and climbed up the old windmill...and needed Lassie (in the form of Herr and Frau N) to rescue us and help us down get down.

We let the braver ones go first. note: the railing was really wobbly...ehhh

Celebrating summiting the windmill with warm bread from the baker.

Having survived the windmill adventure and taken a few deep breaths to recover we started off again. As Herr Fitz and the Monkey went into the board game design business, friends visited from Bremen and we did a science experiment at the breakfast table...as you do when a physicist visits... and went to the fleamarket. The Monkey went on a special trip to the puppet theatre with the big Monkey and the Bear went to a trumpet concert and is still humming the songs. Then we spent a lazy, rainy afternoon eating pizza and scones and generally hanging around. And still there was a little time left over for sleeping...but not quite enough time for regular bathing of the kids. Must make time for this next week.

'Dad are you sure you rolled a 6'