I've gotten lazy with blogging... perhaps because I have started writing in my journal a lot more since I moved to Germany. Besides, most days are pretty boring. Sparknotes for Shelby's life lately?
Life goes on. It's settled into a sort of rhythm. Most weekdays, I help in the morning for about an hour while Maria helps Dana get ready for Kindergarten. Then I either help around the home or have free time until just before lunch, when I pick up Dana. Then the boys come home and we eat. Then I make sure the kids don't get into too much trouble, or teach piano, or iron, or... stuff like that.
Some funny things that have happened in the past bit:
We were listening to "Cold as Ice" by Foreigner when the Joni, who's eight, asked (in German, of course) what was so cold. So I told him, "a woman" to which he responded, "doch, women are as hot as the sun!" And this from an eight-year-old!
One day, Maria was giving me suggestions as to what to do with my free time the next day. I had a larger block, and so I could go do something that required a bit more time. One suggestion was to go to the Autostadt in the next town. VW has some sort of exhibit there in their home town. I'm not sure exactly what it is, as I haven't been there yet. Anyways, Maria said that she doesn't think I have any interest in cars.
I was wearing my Mustang Shelby Cobra shirt.
I've been teaching Jilli, the three-year-old, a bit of English. When we're alone, I just ramble so that she'll hear English and become more familiar with it and hopefully learn something. Apparently my method is working. Earlier this week we were making some Snickerdoodles, and I was rambling, as usual. I remember saying "Cookie dough is probably the most delicious thing ever. Actually, Jilli, probably not..." Then she said "Doch!" I shrugged off her rebuttal, thinking she didn't understand my prattle. But if the way she kept trying to eat the dough can be counted as any sort of evidence, she may have understood what I said!
Oh, and Dana thought it would be funny to moon me. Fortunately I was helping Jill put on her pajamas, so I didn't look up until she was laughing and pulling her pants up.
So those are the interesting things. Well, there's more, but even Tolkein split up Lord of the Rings into separate pieces to make it easier on the reader. Actually, I think the next post will have a lot of pictures... Yeah... Keep waiting like it's the premiere of Star Wars Episode Six. Or The Return of the King. Or a new Harry Potter. Or... never mind. It's just a jejune blog, filled with nothing but the everyday events of my life.
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