That song has been running through my head lately as we have taken the month of March to recover from all of our traveling in January and February and begin preparing for our upcoming move. I also decided it was time to make the blog private, which is something I'd been considering for a long time, and gives me some more peace of mind knowing that the people viewing our blog are people that we know well. So! What have we been up to lately?
Jacob finished up his first season of basketball.
He started out the season knowing really nothing about the sport. But he worked hard and improved his skills SO MUCH. We are really proud of him for trying something new and working at it.
Charlotte also tried something new this year singing in school Chorus. This is a photo of the ENTIRE 6th grade Chorus at the Winter Concert. She did really well and enjoys being in a small group, so it is perfect for her. They are preparing now for a Spring Musical Revue, and Charlotte auditioned for and got a couple of solos for that one. She will do awesome!
One day the kiddos gathered up all of their Lego minifigures and made them a train to ride on. I love when the kids play together and work on a project.
Rob's sister Charmay and her daughter Elanor came to visit us for just a couple of days in March as well. One day Rob took them around to some castles and the other day Amelie and I took them to Frankfurt. We saw many things that we have seen there before, but a couple of new ones that were on my list as well. This plaque in the pavement memorializes the location of a Nazi book burning. In German it says, "On 10 May 1933, a large book burning took place on this square. Students
burned books which showed a different opinion than the one from the
Nazis." I believe strongly that it is always a bad idea to suppress information.
We also visited the Jewish cemetery in Frankfurt which also has a memorial wall to the former residents of Frankfurt that were killed in the Holocaust. Anne Frank, her mother, and sister are memorialized here as part of that group of 30,000. Each individual has a small stone in the wall surrounding the cemetery that tells their name, birth and death dates, and where they died.
Toby has completed his Webelos rank in Cub Scouts and is working hard to earn his Arrow of Light before we move. We bought this smaller tent, as one of the requirements is to erect a tent without adult help, and that isn't really possible with our 8-10 man tent-mansion. This 2-3 man tent will be useful for camp outs for only part of the family in the future.
Rob took the big kids to a Wiesbaden Women's pro-volleyball match one night to watch our friend from Church, Jennifer Hamson, play. She is also a former pro-basketball player having played for the WNBA Sparks. She was the game MVP the night they went, and the kids are huge fans of hers now.
At the end of March Amelie finished up her time in pre-k. Her teachers made her a card, and while I thought she may be sad and miss the socialization, she hasn't really been at all. She has her eyes set on Kindergarten and can't wait to have her own lunch box this Fall!
Which brings us up to this past Saturday. The weather was beautiful, so we decided to spend the day at Hessenpark, about an hour from our home. This is a historical museum with buildings set up for you to explore what life was like in the state of Hessen in the "olden times."
It was a pretty quiet day there with no crowds, and the kids liked quietly watching this potter at work making cups.
My favorite was the old windmills.
The playground was popular with the kids of course too.
Cheesy photo-op.
For April Fool's day on Monday, Amelie and I made "brown Es" for dessert to trick Rob and the rest of the kids. Jacob is especially fond of this holiday and wishes it were more than once a year!
And finally, last night I took the three younger kids to the elementary school to see a production of Willy Wonka. They enjoyed the play and Toby was very proud of the stage sets he helped to create- especially this gate. He did a great job!
Now we are gearing up for a very busy April and May full of travel, end of the school year activities, and preparing for the move!
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