Mellow Weekend

We had one of our first mellow weekends in a very long time.  Marty took Benjamin to soccer practice for the first time.  Fortunately, or unfortunately - because I keep trying to describe the insane number of injuries at practice - there was not one man down the entire practice.  I took Josie to a sleep over birthday party at a friend's house.  We hung out for the rest of the day and it was so nice.
Marty's good friends (and his very first boss) Brian and his wife, Pam were in Berlin after a business trip.  We had a lovely dinner in Zehlendorf with them and then Marty spent most of Sunday being a Berlin tour guide.  They hit most of the sights during the day and since the kids and I have seen them all before we just met up with them at dinner.  It was Indian, again, at Benjamin's favorite Indian Restaurant.  We go there so much now they know us by name and our order.  It was so nice to have Pam and Brian in town.  They are some of the kindest and warmest people you will ever met!  Thanks for spending some time with us, Allens!! We all loved it.  Please try to visit us again the next time around.

We ended the weekend getting caught up on the Series of Unfortunate Events series.  Josie is counting the days until the next batch comes out.  She has read the series in English and the first 3 books in German.
Such a very nice and very much needed mellow weekend.