Yesterday I was released from teaching nursery at my church. It is a huge relief! I was so burned out after doing it for a year. Some weeks we have had 24 kids (and 5 leaders) and I was in charge. Yesterday there was only 12 kids and pleanty of adults so I went to Sunday School and Relief Society. I am out of practice to listening and absorbing information, I tell you. They are studying Isaiah (not easy anyhow) but my mind kept wandering, so it was hard to get much from the lesson. But I am sure in time my brain will start working again.
Günter left for a bussiness trip in Switzerland. Before you think how exotic, it was a 6 hour drive for a 2 day conference on this. Yawn. Still, he has a chance to sleep in a little and no kids to deal with for a few days. And he gets to stay here.
If the kids were better travelers or older I would have begged to go along and enjoyed exploring a bit. I have gone through Switzerland, but never stayed long enough to appreciate their culture.
A very cute thing Niki did yesterday...he gave Jenna hug and said "love". That was the first time he said that word. I wish I could have gotten it on camera but he won't repeat things when I want him to! The weather was so nice that we went on a walk in the afternoon and turned right around since Jenna was throwing a tantrum in the stroller. I have no idea what she wanted, but she was arching her back and streaming at the top of her lungs. Which is so embarrassing since it was a peaceful Sunday afternoon in the neighborhood.
Last year Günter installed individual thermostats for each room. Before he left he turned the heat back on (since I don't know how to do it right). Unfortunately the thermostat in Niki's room must be broken since it heated up and I can't get it to cool down. We have floor heating (water circulating under the tiles), which feels good but the room was so stifling that he couldn't sleep. He woke up at 4 am and refused to go back to sleep, no matter what I tried. But he got a nap and I didn't (because Jenna slept late and wasn't tired), so I am a bit grumpy right now.
It is a beautiful day outside, but I am reluctant to try the walk again with these two.
Posted by Krista at October 9, 2006 02:29 PMI understand about the kiddos...
I got really heavy into genealogy research a couple of years ago and I was able to trace a good deal of my maternal ancestors back to Ahrweiler, Rheinland-Pfalz Lande. And if I calculated correctly, I'm 1/4 German! You are so lucky to live over there now and be able to see the places your forefathers stood.
Posted by: Missy at October 9, 2006 11:09 PM