Category: Current Family Life

Well, the last day has arrived. I can’t believe how much she has grown since September!

Sigh. Our baby just graduated from Junior Kindergarten. It was a lovely year, in a wonderfully rich environment. I know she’ll do well in the public school system too, I just am sad to see this stage pass!

This is my darling daughter. Her expression says it all. Since turning 5 we’ve been up to our ears in sass!

It was raining this morning when we gotup. A and dad still went to get fresh broetchen. Delicious! After that, given the rain we convinced dad to return to CITTI park. Mom stayed home to rest. I went back to the toy store for a few things. After I took A to the huge grocery/everything store. Let me say again, I don’t think I’ve ever seen such a huge store (including costco!) The rows and rows of wine were incredible, along with rows and rows of bier, and all manner of drinks. In addition, it had a full grocery department. They had an entire isle dedicated to Knorr. Soups, sauces etc you name it, they had it. The candy section was also outrageous. In addition they had all sorts of seasonal stuff, clothes, shoes, toys, stationary, kitchen appliances, bowls, spoons, placemats, windshield wipers, bbqs, anything you could imagine. They also had about 8 different varieties of the “Strandkorbs” that I love so much! The beach baskets that you sit in!! I was temped, but for 600 euro, and who knows how much shipping, I declined! 

I made A take a picture of the Nutella. I could not get over this. I knew no one would believe me without a picture. The left is a normal size of Nutella, that we can get in Canada. The right is the super size. A whopping 5, yes five Kilograms! And a hefty price of 49 euros. My question is how on earth would you finish it without it going bad???

Germans love their Wurst. (Sausage) In our small pocket size German phrase book they dedicate a whole page to Wurst. The title is, “Know your Wurst”. Apparently along with being one of Germany’s favourite foods, they have over 1500 types in this country! Anyways. R seems to love all the wurst here, doesn’t matter what form it is in, she usually discards the fresh Broetchen, and just eats the sausage. Whatever makes her happy!

We got up, had breakfast, and went to the “Freilicht museum”. Essentially Doon Crossroads –alla Germany. Lots of historical buildings to walk through. R was very happy because we rented her a little wagon. So she didn’t complain about being tired, as she crawled in when she wanted to. She also spent a lot of time just pulling the wagon around. She wore her Hello Kitty Tiara most of the day. It’s sad really, because I didn’t even notice it until now as I was reviewing the pictures I had taken!

From one of the buildings there was a back door that opened onto a field. The dandelions are just finishing here, but they also have this cute daisy-like flower that is blooming in the grass now. It is all quite pretty. Anyways, R sees this field and goes running out singing “The hillls are alive with the sound of music” as loud as she can, no joke. It was so very sweet.

We had a quick lunch there, at a “Wurst bude”, and there were some old carnival rides. They were roped off. A gentleman who worker there came over and asked Rebecca if she wanted to try the swing, and later the Merri-go-round too. The swing dates from 1928, and the Merry-go-round from 1930.

Hello from Kiel!
We arrived here yesterday, and today we spent the day exploring. I hope to get some pictures up, but that may still take a while. Enjoy spring!

Our yard is still quite soggy and mucky. All sorts of perennials are poking their heads through the mulch, and shrubs are starting to leaf out. My daffodils are out, but many of my tulips are still not flowering. However, I love my cheery little Marsh Marigold, it thrives in the boggy-ness of spring and is blooming profusely. This is likely my last post before we head over the pond to Germany. I’m excited! I will try to post from there, but I’m not sure what my access will be like.