Even though we live in the city, we get to see plenty of Autumn beauty. I love watching the leaves change in our backyard.. Fall is my favorite season. It’s just so beautiful. There are chestnut trees everywhere in Cologne. So much so that Fall Season is interchangeable with Chestnut season. Kids bring empty bags […]
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Lately
It’s finally starting to feel like summer here. It stays light out so late that you can read outside until 10 pm! Of course this makes bedtime with the girls challenging because they don’t understand why they should go to bed when it’s still light out. We’ve been eating outside more often… …when it’s not […]
Whew- that was a long one!
Sorry for the unintentional blog break! This time of year is always crazy busy for us. First there was Quinnie’s birthday 5 days before Christmas, then Christmas, then New Year’s (we hosted both), then there were 2 weeks when I had almost no free time because the girls had over 2 weeks of school vacation […]
On our way…
Of course deciding to move to Germany on a whim and the realities of making it happen are two very different things. Once Simon accepted a job offer we had 6 weeks to get to Germany, which also worked with the start date of the new school year for the girls. The to- do list […]
Why we moved to Germany
One lazy Saturday the four of us were lounging around our living room in San Diego. Simon randomly commented that he’d like it if we could live in Germany someday. I think he was thinking maybe in a few years… but as I went about doing the boring chores of the day like laundry, I […]