MN+MR=lighting the candle at Notre Dame Cathedral
Saturday
MN=Mannequin Pis
MR=the churches
Sunday
MN=the chocolate museum, the frite museum, and the church too!
MR=the church, the frite museum, and i guess the chocolate museum too
Saturday, January 29, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 24th-27th, 2011
a short school week :)
Monday
MN=pe
MR=the whole school day
Tuesday
MN+MR=the giant poppers at German Class
Wednesday
MN=finishing my Flat Stanley journal
MR=rocket ship ride to bed
MN's Flat Stanley journal was a week long project. We did a good job writing in it every day, but i didn't print out the pictures until today. Both girls were excited to see it come together.
Flat Stanley at MN's guitar lesson
Thursday
MN=sharing my Flat Stanley journal, show+tell, doing the reading
MR=doing the reading
Today was a busy day! MN presented her Flat Stanley journal at school and shared her dinosaur at show + tell. After school was gymnastics class for MN (and the library for MR and me). After running home, we ate a quick dinner before heading back to school for Kindergarten Make & Take Night. M+M were asked to do a reading to kick off the second part of the night... They practiced very hard and did a great job. Bill and i were very proud! :)
M+M Daily Favs: January 23rd, 2011
MN+MR=C's party
M+M had a blast today bowling and celebrating their friend C's birthday. Thanks so much, C, for inviting us to share in the fun!
M+M Daily Favs: January 22nd, 2011
MN+MR=Porsche Museum and having the Fs over for dinner
This morning, Bill took the girls to the Porsche Museum. They had a blast running around and checking out all the cars!
Tonight, we had our neighbors over for dinner. We enjoyed a long, lazy meal... We drank, we talked, we laughed... We laughed especially hard at the kiddos dressed up at pirates!
exploring the Porsche in America exhibit
Friday, January 21, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 21st, 2011
MN: school... "nothing psacific", just the whole thing
MR: going out to dinner
Thursday, January 20, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 20th, 2011
MN: starting Flat Stanley at school
MR: feeding the fish
Big doings at school today! MN brought home Flat Stanley's travel journal for a week with our family. She was so excited that she pulled it out of her backpack all by herself to get started working on today's entry (Flat Stanley and MN at gymnastics!) MR was thrilled to be starting jobs in her class... Her first job is feeding the fish. If all goes well (no overfeeding the fish!), i see a small tank in our future. :)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 19th, 2011
MN: music class
MR: lining up for lunch because we earned our star
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 18th, 2011
MN+MR: Daisy Meeting
MN and MR are in a Daisy troop. The troop meets twice a month to do projects to earn petals towards their daisy and learn about scouting. Each week, a different family teaches a petal lesson. Today, was one of our petal days... We taught: Be A Sister to Every Girl Scout. I had a great time spending time with M&M and meeting and working with more of their friends. I'm looking forward to mailing off our penpal letters to NJ and receiving some letters in return. :)
m+M Daily Favs: January 17th, 2011
MN+MR: Ritter Sport Museum and Store
Today we drove about an hour south of our home to visit the Ritter Sport Museum and Store. It's a small museum, but truth be told, the main draw for us was the store! ;) We've been enjoying Ritter chocolate since we moved to Germany and had a great time reading about chocolate making and the history of the company. We each picked a few bars and had fun trying them out on the drive home.
M+M Daily Favs: January 16th, 2011
MN+MR: having our friends over for dinner
Tonight we had friends over for dinner and had a great time... The girls played, the dogs played, the adults ate, drank, and chatted... Thanks for coming, M Family... We're looking forward to getting together again soon!
Saturday, January 15, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 15th, 2011
MN: going to the bike store and getting my new bike
MR: my new bike and going to Ikea
When we moved to Germany last summer, we promised the girls that we would get them new bikes. I'm not sure where the time went, but we never followed through on our promise. We thought about getting bikes for Christmas, but there was ice and snow and thought it wouldn't be much fun to give them a bike that they couldn't ride. Little did we know that less than a month after Christmas that there would be no snow, no ice, and temps in the 50's. We were supposed to go to Budapest this weekend, but had to postpone our trip... So we thought we would buy bikes for the girls instead! The girls had a great time trying out the all the different bikes (finally deciding on the pink Princess Lillifee bike) and playing on the climbing structure in the store. While we waited for the bikes to be assembled and tuned, we wandered around the mall, had lunch, walked around Ikea, and had ice cream. We arrived home just in time to ride try out the new ride and visit with the neighbors. So glad the forecast looks good... Want to work on getting rid of those training wheels asap! ;)
hanging around the bike store
making wishes at the fountain at the mall
learning to ride
Friday, January 14, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 14th, 2011
MN: going out to dinner
MR: the whole thing
Today was a winner! :)
After i has strep in December, MN started complaining of a sore throat. She was having trouble swallowing and not eating very much. We took her to the doctor, but he couldn't find anything wrong. Every meal has become a battle to get to chew and swallow in a reasonable amount of time. Tonight, for the first time in a long time, we were able to go to a restaurant, order food off the menu, and everyone ate it! The girls loved the dinosaur nuggets at their fav Juneau restaurant, but hadn't found anything here that they liked... Looks like schnitzel is a hit!
MR has had a tough time getting back into the swing of things since Winter Break ended (getting up at 6:30 am is super tough!) Wednesday, she said she was black (which means she didn't want to do anything)... Yesterday, she was blue... Today she was planning to be brown (which means she's tired)... Despite this, she was happy and excited for German class when i picked her up at school today and had a great time out at dinner. I hope this good mood shows up again on Tuesday morning!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 13th, 2011
MN: store center
MR: enrichment
Thanks goodness it is almost Friday! We had been planning to go to Budapest, but had to postpone our trip... I'm now looking forward to a relaxing weekend at home. We will most likely end up doing at least one day trip, and, if the weather improves, we might even try a trip to the zoo! :)
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 10th, 2011
MN: working with Mommy on the Dream Cloud at school
MR: learning new words in Spanish class
Today i volunteered in MN's class. I try to get into each classroom at least once a month. I have a great time working with MN and MR, their teachers, and their friends! Today, MN's teacher read a story about MLK Jr. and wanted each child to come up with a dream for the world's people. Most of the kiddos wrote that they wanted people to get along and not fight with each other. One student wants the people of the world to take care of all the unicorns and penguins. ;)
Sunday, January 9, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 7th-9th, 2011
Friday, January 7th
dinner at the H's house and playing with K
Saturday, January 8th
having L and B over to play
Sunday, January 9th
staying home all day and playing
We capped off a busy back to school week with a fun weekend... We were invited to join friends for dinner on Friday and then hosted friends for dinner on Saturday... We all enjoyed yummy, relaxing dinners, and the girls had a blast playing with their friends! We did not stay home all day today (we actually left the house to go to church), but the rest of the time was spent relaxing and playing. Not a bad way to spend a day! :)
Thursday, January 6, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 6th, 2011
MN: playing centers at school
MR: school, just school
I am so happy that both my girlies love school! I am especially happy today that MR picked school as her fav as she almost talked me into letting her stay home today... "Please, Mommy... I want to stay home with you and cuddle with you." Not sure how i actually said no to that!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 5th, 2011
MN: getting out of line to hug you
MR: school-recess
Oh my sweet, first born girl! Today, i volunteered in MR's class, but got a chance to sneak in a couple peeks at MN's class next door and steal a couple hugs and kisses too!! ;)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 4th, 2011
MN: school
MR: helping my teachers
I couldn't get anything more specific from MN, but she did tell this interesting story...
As the snack helpers were handing out snack, MN and a few other students were cleaning up the center they had been in. According to MN, a student said: "We're never going to finish!" In response, MN said: "Have faith in yourself. I know we can do it. That's what my mom says." The student replied, "Your mom is wrong." I'm wrong a lot, but i'm pretty sure that believing in yourself/having faith in yourself is the only way that most things get done. I just hope that i can keep my daughters listening to me (and our family and friends) instead of the naysayers.
MR wasn't thrilled about going to school today... One of her classmates had their last day yesterday, and she was sad that she wasn't going to see her friend anymore. I spoke to MR's teacher to let her know that MR was feeling a little blue, and her teacher (sweet, wonderful woman that she is!) had MR walk with the aide to the office to deliver the attendance and lunch count. This made her day!
Monday, January 3, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 3rd, 2011
MN: school - playing in the housekeeping center
MR: piano lesson
Today was back to school after a 2 week winter break. I hated to send the girls back... I feel like i didn't get enough time with them! They both had fun seeing their friends, and i was happy that there was no homework this week... More time for me to play with my girlies!
here are MN and MR with their new backpacks on Christmas morning
here is a picture of MR from last fall practicing piano
note the "music"... she wrote it herself! ;)
Sunday, January 2, 2011
M+M Daily Favs: January 2nd, 2011
MN+MR: staying in our pajamas all day and playing
Since we spent yesterday in the car, we spent today in the house... Bill and i took down the tree, while the girls played with all their "toys that missed us while we were gone". Kodiak was so excited to have us home that he followed us around all day and didn't even attempt a nap until late in the afternoon... At which point i promptly woke him up for a romp in the snow!
The girls are in bed now... I can hear them reading to themselves, each other, and all their dolls and animals.
I will miss their sweet little voices tomorrow when i send them back to school. I know they need to learn and grow, but i really wish school vacation was longer!
M+M Daily Favs: January 1st, 2011
MN+MR: getting back home
It was a long, rainy drive back to Stuttgart from Delft. Luckily, the girls had Tag Readers, Leapsters, and White Christmas on the iPad to keep them busy... Poor Bill just had me falling asleep in the front seat! ;)
I hope the first day of the new year treated you well!
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