Reeling
People, get this:
Today, in the commissary, Annika dropped her sucker on the floor in the freezer aisle and it broke into a billion sticky little bits. She immediately let out an incredible howl. I'm pretty sure it was audible in Minnesota.
Josiah calmly walked over to the cart, reached up and handed her his own sucker.
Woah. I made sure to give him lots of praise and a big hug for his generosity. I also bought him a little bag of Cheetos, which is a huge treat for him (I know, I know...suckers and Cheetos...I promise it's not always that bad).
When we got home, he sat down at the table to eat his Cheetos, because as we all know, Cheeto powder+preschooler=1 huge mess.
Annika started circling the table like a buzzard, eyeballing the Cheetos. So Josiah shared his Cheetos with her, without any prompting or encouragement from me.
Double woah.
I know, I sound like Joey Lawrence.
Anyway, a busy day. It snowed in Stuttgart last night, so we woke to falling snow and a light covering over the grass. Josiah and Annika were so excited to see the snow. Unfortunately, it didn't stick around long enough to get out and make snowmen. It's currently in the mid-40s and every trace of snow is gone.
We went to the mall today. The main reason was to get marbles, the auxiliary reason to visit Espirit. I struck out at Espirit, which is strange since I usually want to buy everything in the store. I didn't find anything at the mall, which isn't surprising, since the European taste is not really my liking. I will say that I have rarely seen any German women looking anything less than extremely stylish. You don't see them walking around in sweat pants and a Winnie-the-Pooh T-shirt. They always look put together, that's for sure!
We went to the toy store to get marbles. People, I tell you--German toys are so amazing. All of the great Haba wooden toys. They are very expensive, as in $10-15 for a small baby's rattle, but they are so beautifully made. I bought the marbles as noted, which are for a German marble track-thingy that I bought for $3 at the thrift shop. I bought a doctor's kit for Annika for Christmas. I remember how much fun my siblings and I used to have with our doctor's kit. I bought Annika this beautiful wooden recorder that is all handpainted in various colors and designs. Will I live to regret that one? Probably, but she'll have fun with it and I can always put it up. The last things that I bought are hard to describe...they are toothbrush holders with hourglass-style timers on them, to help the kids to learn to brush longer. I got a daisy holder for Annika and a train holder for Josiah, all made out of wood.
Oh, and I got my mother's Christmas present! I am almost done Christmas shopping, yay!
10 days and counting.
Today, in the commissary, Annika dropped her sucker on the floor in the freezer aisle and it broke into a billion sticky little bits. She immediately let out an incredible howl. I'm pretty sure it was audible in Minnesota.
Josiah calmly walked over to the cart, reached up and handed her his own sucker.
Woah. I made sure to give him lots of praise and a big hug for his generosity. I also bought him a little bag of Cheetos, which is a huge treat for him (I know, I know...suckers and Cheetos...I promise it's not always that bad).
When we got home, he sat down at the table to eat his Cheetos, because as we all know, Cheeto powder+preschooler=1 huge mess.
Annika started circling the table like a buzzard, eyeballing the Cheetos. So Josiah shared his Cheetos with her, without any prompting or encouragement from me.
Double woah.
I know, I sound like Joey Lawrence.
Anyway, a busy day. It snowed in Stuttgart last night, so we woke to falling snow and a light covering over the grass. Josiah and Annika were so excited to see the snow. Unfortunately, it didn't stick around long enough to get out and make snowmen. It's currently in the mid-40s and every trace of snow is gone.
We went to the mall today. The main reason was to get marbles, the auxiliary reason to visit Espirit. I struck out at Espirit, which is strange since I usually want to buy everything in the store. I didn't find anything at the mall, which isn't surprising, since the European taste is not really my liking. I will say that I have rarely seen any German women looking anything less than extremely stylish. You don't see them walking around in sweat pants and a Winnie-the-Pooh T-shirt. They always look put together, that's for sure!
We went to the toy store to get marbles. People, I tell you--German toys are so amazing. All of the great Haba wooden toys. They are very expensive, as in $10-15 for a small baby's rattle, but they are so beautifully made. I bought the marbles as noted, which are for a German marble track-thingy that I bought for $3 at the thrift shop. I bought a doctor's kit for Annika for Christmas. I remember how much fun my siblings and I used to have with our doctor's kit. I bought Annika this beautiful wooden recorder that is all handpainted in various colors and designs. Will I live to regret that one? Probably, but she'll have fun with it and I can always put it up. The last things that I bought are hard to describe...they are toothbrush holders with hourglass-style timers on them, to help the kids to learn to brush longer. I got a daisy holder for Annika and a train holder for Josiah, all made out of wood.
Oh, and I got my mother's Christmas present! I am almost done Christmas shopping, yay!
10 days and counting.
Comments
All your hard work is paying off with the kids. Just remember this when/if they pull something you're not happy with in the future!
The toys sound wonderful...like something they can keep and give to their children some day...an investment for the future! You should buy more!
What do YOU think it is?
Well, you'll find out soon enough as I'm bringing it to MN with me!
I love to go into the natural stores and looks at the kids toys. I was in a great one yesterday. Just a little young for Marshall.