Emery and Greta in Berlin

No recent photos from my sister, so y'all will have to make do with something from my kids. We've been a bit busy the last two weeks with Momma School. Emery's friend Liam is with us for 2 1/2 weeks until his mother starts holiday next week. They're heading to Turkey for two weeks. We've decided on Milan. Why Milan, the second largest city in Italy, when we already live in a very large city? It was the cheapest flight available that got us out of German-speaking lands. The kids and I tackled finding an Italy tour book in English yesterday, and we're hoping to find a town (not city) within a couple hours drive from Milan & an apartment tonight. So far the areas around Genoa and Venice are top of the list. Will let you know if we find something interesting---we leave in a week and a half!

In the meantime, here are some photos from the last two weeks:

The posse walking Greta to school.


Last week's science unit was dinosaurs & fossils, so we went to the Natural History Museum for our Wednesday field trip. Lots of fossils, lots of mineral samples, the kids loved it. I just wondered why on earth they needed to build the display cases so tall that Greta required lifting every 27 seconds.



Greta working hard on my pedicure.



Enjoying the result on Monday after work. We met Dan downtown and headed south along the river until we hit a beach bar. Yes, they truck in sand, dump it in empty lots, drop in sling chairs, call it a beach, and everyone loves it. Including us.



As it's Wednesday (field trip day) again, we headed to the zoo. Met up with Linda & her kids and checked out all of the new zoo babies. The hippo babies were big favorites, but I liked watching the sea lions the best.