I also forgot to get a picture last year of what Gregory wanted to be when he grows up, but it was a paleontologist. This year it's an astronaut. I love asking this question each year...it will be fun to hear what it is in 10 years from now :-)
Monday, August 26, 2013
First Day of 1st Grade
Today Gregory completed the first day of the 1st Grade. He is in a multi-age class (K - 2nd grade) so he will keep the class (for the most part) and the same teacher (as long as she remains here). So there wasn't a lot of "new" today for Gregory and that was kind of nice. His class is relatively small (20 students) and about half of that number are new students (maybe a little less). There is a german tradition that when you enter the 1st grade you get a "Schultüte". This is a cardboard cone which is filled with "goodies" and school supplies. Even though Joshua isn't going into 1st grade he got a miniature Schultüte because it was just easier this way. I put some silly stuff (moustaches, toys, candy) and then a couple of school supplies in them each as well.
I also forgot to get a picture last year of what Gregory wanted to be when he grows up, but it was a paleontologist. This year it's an astronaut. I love asking this question each year...it will be fun to hear what it is in 10 years from now :-)
I also forgot to get a picture last year of what Gregory wanted to be when he grows up, but it was a paleontologist. This year it's an astronaut. I love asking this question each year...it will be fun to hear what it is in 10 years from now :-)
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Summer Recap
Since school officially starts on Monday, I decided I needed to get a summer wrap-up post done so that I'll be all ready for that first day of school post soon after Monday.
As always, the summer goes too fast and there are so many things I wished we'd have gotten done, but I am happy with all we got to do as well. Here are some of the highlights.
Edelweiss, Lindenhof, Documentation Center (Eagles' Nest)
Playmobile FunPark (for the 4th of July)
Sensopolis (Kid's indoor play place)
Saw Sesame Street Live production (on base)
Participated & Volunteered with VBS
Strasbourg (Kid's museum, toy museum, train ride, boat ride, bunkers)
Rubble Hill (little hike)
Dinosaur Museum (with friends)
Fossil Dig (with friends)
Dinosaur Museum (a different one and with friends)
Jumpinn (Kid's indoor play place and with friends)
Trips to Ramstein for medical appointments
Sinsheim Technik & Automobile Museum
Grilled, celebrated Father's Day, celebrated our 10th Anniversary, hung out at the park(s)
We did a lot, saw a lot, made a lot of memories, enjoyed each other, laughed a lot, and drove some. It was so much fun to return to places we had visited before, but this time to get to show it to our boys and it was also great enjoyment to get to visit new locations. We made sure to leave plenty to do during our random days off from school and the weekends when Tom is caught up on his schoolwork. There is always so much to look forward to in the fall, so now we close this season and move on to the next...one of my favorites...autumn (and spring is my other favorite)...so happy to have four seasons here in Germany, even if there short lived sometimes (SUMMER).
As always, there are lots of pictures documenting our fun this summer... https://tomandroxannecook.shutterfly.com/ or also on Facebook.
As always, the summer goes too fast and there are so many things I wished we'd have gotten done, but I am happy with all we got to do as well. Here are some of the highlights.
Edelweiss, Lindenhof, Documentation Center (Eagles' Nest)
Playmobile FunPark (for the 4th of July)
Sensopolis (Kid's indoor play place)
Saw Sesame Street Live production (on base)
Participated & Volunteered with VBS
Strasbourg (Kid's museum, toy museum, train ride, boat ride, bunkers)
Rubble Hill (little hike)
Dinosaur Museum (with friends)
Fossil Dig (with friends)
Dinosaur Museum (a different one and with friends)
Jumpinn (Kid's indoor play place and with friends)
Trips to Ramstein for medical appointments
Sinsheim Technik & Automobile Museum
Grilled, celebrated Father's Day, celebrated our 10th Anniversary, hung out at the park(s)
We did a lot, saw a lot, made a lot of memories, enjoyed each other, laughed a lot, and drove some. It was so much fun to return to places we had visited before, but this time to get to show it to our boys and it was also great enjoyment to get to visit new locations. We made sure to leave plenty to do during our random days off from school and the weekends when Tom is caught up on his schoolwork. There is always so much to look forward to in the fall, so now we close this season and move on to the next...one of my favorites...autumn (and spring is my other favorite)...so happy to have four seasons here in Germany, even if there short lived sometimes (SUMMER).
As always, there are lots of pictures documenting our fun this summer... https://tomandroxannecook.shutterfly.com/ or also on Facebook.
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