First Time/Last Time

I spent nearly an hour yesterday trying to sync my phone to the blog. It was very complicated because when Josie first got her email address it was tied to my google account.  I don't use my gmail account much so I never switched it from Josie's email address and password to mine.  Somehow the blog has been under her email and not mine but since I had automatic sign in I never cared much. But to sync up with my phone I had to reenter all the info. Anyway, I'm hoping that being able to post from my phone makes it easier for me to stay on top of the blog particularly when I am traveling away from home and away from my laptop.

Yesterday was a pretty relaxing day.  We had lunch plans at our favorite Asian place- I told you we keep them in business.  But our friend that suggested lunch was sick as was her daughter so we had to postpone.  It gave me time to clean up a bit and even mop the floors.  Sadly the dust and the dirt from the remodel are so constant that it makes cleaning even less fun and less satisfying (didn't think that was possible!!)

Both kids came home from school and did homework and read.  Benjamin is SOO into a new book series that his head is constantly in a book.  He is nearly done with the 5th book in the series he started on Friday.  One book per day.  These aren't enormous books but pretty good sized - maybe 300 pages or so each.   I know it is a good problem to have but I cannot keep up. I put the next 7 books in the series on hold for him assuming it would get us through the upcoming 2.5 weeks of vacation but at this rate he will be done with the series before the vacation even begins.

Mogli is not supposed to be on the couch. But how
do you deny that cuteness??

Josie has a bunch of quarter final tests this week.  It is crazy to think that a quarter of the school year is over??? How did that happen? She is actually feeling fairly confident about school which is fantastic given that half of her classes are taught in German.  I continue to be blown away by that.  She will be auditioning for the school play later this week - a musical so she has to perform a song and a monologue.

My friend, Gayla (Zeke's mom) stopped by spontaneously for a visit and to get a tour of the house and remodel.  She is such a great friend and I'm reminded how amazing it is that we moved here for a one year experience and we wound up finding a real, full, solid life here complete with wonderful friendships.  So thankful.

Julie and Frida came over for dinner.  Micha was home sick. I packed up the kids lunches an tried to get everything ready as I needed to get up the next morning at 4am for an early morning flight to Munich.

And after all the time setting up the Blogger app it doesn't work.  Well, apparently it works if I don't want to post any pictures... which is a dumb app.  So much for being able to post from my phone!