M+M Daily Favs: February 2011

Wednesday, February 2nd

MN: school, except for the beginning part when i fell on my chin

MR: specials (pe)

Poor MN! She was wriggling out of her jacket this morning and before i knew it, she was on the floor!! She whacked her chin hard enough to cut it, but no major blood or damage. Thanks to Mrs. W (the school nurse) for the band aid and smile!

Thursday, February 3rd

MN: gymnastics class

MR: playing with M

MN is in gymnastic class with her friend A, so while the "big sisters" are in class, MR plays with M. She has such a great time playing with her Little Sister Friend! :)

Friday, February 4th

MN+MR: playdate and dinner at the M's

Thanks, M Family, for a fun night! Your home is amazing!! (They live in an old castle!)

Saturday, February 5th

MN+MR: selling cookies

A rite of passage... the selling of Girl Scout cookies! M&M are in the first year of Daisies. They had a blast asking the patron of the Patch Commissary to but cookies (what little we had left... this was the second weekend of selling, and they went fast!)

Sunday, February 6th

MN+MR: playing with J, going to the playground, riding bikes

Although J lives upstairs, we don't get to play with him often enough! He and MN are in class together, but our off school time schedules never seems to match up quite right. This morning we played outside on bikes and did chalks for almost 2 hours!

Monday, February 7th

MN+MR: going to the zoo

Today was a day off school, so we went to the dentist and the zoo to check out our favorite animals!

anthurium in the greenhouse

M&M admiring the flowers in the greenhouse

watching the goldfish

in the butterfly garden

MN watching her beloved giraffe

Tuesday, February 8th

MN: playing with JF

MR: being at home with my family

Okay... So tonight i freaked out a little bit... Did you read last Wednesday's fav from MN? Well, she has this strange lump under her chin that i did not see or feel until tonight. As Bill is away, i ran upstairs to my neighbor to have her take a look. Her assessment was check with the school nurse or doctor. I agree, but i really wanted her to tell me that her son had the same thing and he was fine... That's all i want... Someone who has had the same exact experiences to tell me that it all works out ok!

Wednesday, February 9th

MN+MR: being with my mom and sissie

Well, a quick trip to the nurse, turned into a trip to the doctor. It turns out MN has a little hematoma under her chin... It feels like she has a tiny pebble in there! It should go away on it's own; but, if it doesn't, it will need to be extracted... ugh!

Thursday, February 10th

MN: recess

MR: playing at home

Friday, February 11th

MN+MR: the whole day, especially picking up Daddy at the airport

Saturday, February 12th

MN+MR: playing with J

Sunday, February 13th

MN+MR: making valentines

Monday, February 14th

MN+MR: VALENTINE'S DAY!

reading their valentines

Tuesday, February 15th

MN+MR: Daisies

Wednesday, February 16th

MN: watching the drama club

MR: the whole school day

Thursday, February 17th

MN: recess

MR: eating at Burger King

Yup, i caved to the fast food beast tonight! ;)

Friday, February 18th

MN+MR: Daddy coming to pick us up at school

Since Bill has been away in Africa for most of the past 2 weeks, this was a special treat! :)

Saturday, February 19th

MN+MR: the caves

The cave was cool enough on its own, but when their friend J showed up with her family, the adventure became even more exciting!

in the cave

riding the train with J

Sunday, February 20th, 2011

MN+MR: skiing

heading off into the fog with Gasper for their second ski lesson

(the first disastrous lesson was 2 years ago!) :)

Monday, February 21st

MN+MR: coming home

Tuesday, February 22nd

MN+MR: recess

Wednesday, February 23rd

MN+MR: Hundredth Day Celebration

Thursday, February 24th

MN: recess

MR: center time

Friday, February 25th

MN: recess and Daddy

MR: Daddy

Bill has been traveling on and off for 3 weeks, so having Daddy pick the girls up at school today was a special treat! :)

Saturday, February 26th

MN+MR: Girl Scouts

Today was Girl Scout World Thinking Day. As Daisies, M+M and other members of their troop got to "visit" 5 countries and learn about what life is like for girls in those countries. They had a great time dancing, trying new foods, and sewing!

Sunday, February 27th

MN:playing invisible on the playground

MR going to church

Monday, February 28th

MN+MR: school

M+M Daily Favs: January 28th-31st, 2011

Friday

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

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

M+M Daily Favs: January 21st, 2011

MN: school... "nothing psacific", just the whole thing

MR: going out to dinner

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. :)

M+M Daily Favs: January 19th, 2011

MN: music class

MR: lining up for lunch because we earned our star

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.