Big news today! After signing up for 900 euros worth of German language classes yesterday, Linda faxed my registration papers along with a heartfelt plea for assistance to the government kita office. A follow up call (by Linda) confirmed that they have granted me the great honor of receiving 7-9 hours of pre-school per day! I should get notification in the mail on Monday or Tuesday and our little Greta will be in school on Wednesday! I've already decided to drink heavily Tuesday night so that I will have an excuse for sleeping all day on Wednesday. That is, after I manage to get the kids out the door by 7:15 in order to be at school by 8:00. We haven't pulled anything that early off...ever. We were close--out by 7:45--but that ended last April! I'm sure we'll all adjust.
And yes, I'm guilty of putting up old pictures again. This is from a couple of weeks ago--when it was warm enough and dry enough to enjoy the playgrounds! Really cold and wet the last few days. Emery convinced me of an afternoon walk up to the Westend Sbahn station because there's a florist there selling 2 euro cacti, and that's what he really wanted to spend his accumulated allowance on. Not sure it was worth it, but in exchange I bargained for cooperation at the grocery store. Probably took us 20 minutes to find the unsweetened cocoa and rolled oats for all of the cookie recipes I'm hot on. There are a few impossible things to find here: our version of brown sugar & real vanilla extract. Could whomever is visiting next please bring both???? Maybe I'll start a list...
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I'm probably not coming next, but when we do come you'll have to give me a shopping list in advance!
You can substitute honey or dark corn/sugar beet syrup for molasses. In Germany, look for "Ruebenkraut".
Sounds like I get the list. No problem. What do the kids need? Who is Linda? Mom
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