The day we moved out of our house in Germany, Charlotte's school had their Sommerfest. Among the activities was this crazy kiddo version of walking on hot coals. Charlotte and Toby both jumped at the chance to walk barefoot across tires filled with gravel, corks, rocks, sticks, and pine cones. So weird.
Charlotte's class had a little farewell party for her on her last school day. She loved the sparklers and being the center of attention sitting with her best "Erde Gruppe" buddies Paula and Martyna. She especially loves the scrapbook they gave her with photos and memories from her year in German Kindergarten. She also enjoyed giving her teachers a book about Charlotte the sheep (in German) as a gift for the classroom.
Toby fit in too well with Charlotte's classmates. He loves doing anything that is for "big kids."
A week or so after that we flew to Augusta, GA. I took this picture of Charlotte in the rental car after 17 hours or so of traveling. A picture is worth a thousand words, no?
This is my mellow man in the rental car too. He's awesome.
We spent a week or so looking at houses and cars, filling out many, many forms and trying to find our way around our new city. THEN we ran away to the Outer Banks and spent a week visiting with some of our family members. This photo is Rob and the kiddos heading down to the water with Grandma Anderson. At dusk all of these little "ghost crabs" come out and run all over the sand. The kids had a great time chasing them and splashing in the waves.
Toby relaxing with Pop-pop at the beach house.
I think the trip worked out great... we got to spend a lot more time with the people who were able to make the trip than we would have if we tried to travel to everyone. And we all got to have a beach vacation to boot! (We did go through a shocking amount of steak, bacon, and brownies with 25 people in the house though!)
Charlotte and cousin Savannah hit it off fabulously and shared their love of stuffed animals, books, dress-up, and drawing.
They can't wait to get together again soon.
And finally, we have found a house to move into as soon as our furniture arrives from Germany. I look forward to seeing a lot more of this view out my kitchen window.
Or from my seat on this shady swing with a glass of lemonade in hand.
Soon. :)
3 comments:
A fenced in yard, a swing set, and a porch swing -- it's PERFECT! I can't wait to see more pictures.
Looks like your beach vacation was awesome too.
Miss you guys.
what a great summary of several busy weeks of your life! So glad that we got to see you at the beach and that you are in Georgia now! :)
welcome home! so many amazing adventures. hope things settle in time for the new arrival. loves and hugs
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