The Flowers Have Exploded

The end of school

Hi all!!

The last few weeks have been busy, busy, busy!
Alex had a field trip to the movies to see The Shaggy Dog. It was a reward from the school for getting Student of the Month(try to imagine 85 children k-6th grade walking to the theater...We stopped traffic). I was a chaperone and he only went to the bathroom three times... I was so proud. It's usually more like 6 or 7 times. I guess he really liked the movie.

The day after that his class went to the Nuremberg Zoo....The pictures are below. It was a nice day, but he didn't want to see the dolphin show again. We had just been to the zoo a month before.....

The next week all the K-3rd graders went on a Volksmarch through the village of Illesheim. The kids played games and had lunch and then walked back to the school. I almost strangled Gabe's teacher...but that is a story for another time.

Chris finally came back from the field....It's so great having him back. He is supposed to be home all summer. Now that is a first. I'm not sure we will know what to do.

In case you haven't heard, we have our plane tickets to come back to the States. We touch down in OKC sometime after 6 PMon the 10th of August. We are all so excited. We already know where we are eating the first night. I'm sure most of you can guess where.

I guess I'm going to quit typing here and so that I can have a bit of lunch before I pick up the boys from school. This is their last full day. Tomorrow they get out at 11:15....and then it's bye-bye alarm......

**** The pictures are from the Volksmarch and my flowers on the balcony. The little girl with the braids is the one Gabe has had a crush on for two years. SHHHH...He still can't get enough courage to tell her.

The Zoo

Alex's first zoo field trip....