It's been awhile. Life just gets busy, and things get put aside. I do love blogging, but I'm afraid it was one of the first to go. I would have much rather skip out on laundry or lunch maybe cleaning the bathroom, but it was the blog.
In the last month we had a newly wed couple stay with us for 2 weeks. They just moved here and we helped find them a houses, showed them around town and everything else that goes with moving to Germany.
I had a birthday and went on a lovely trip to Switzerland. I joined a quilt guild and have also been learning about German history.
Martin had a field exercises and has been away much of the time. He also took the computer with him, so that did make it a little harder to blog. We have decided to take a few trips as a family before he leaves for Poland in about 6 weeks.
Naomi has been keeping her room clean and has made excellent grades in school. Can't even say how proud I am of her!
Eyan had fallen out of a tree and tripped up our stone stairs, so at the moment he is a little scrapped up. He also got a very good report from his teacher and is doing excellent in school.
Silus has ridden his little tricycle to school as the weather is starting to warm up. Funny when at 45 it's a real heat wave.
Toben is still 2. He stopped drinking out of a bottle, and is showing a new interest on walking around town. He stands just under me and repeatedly wines "a walk, a walk, a walk" until I either give in or distract him. I'd say it's about 1/2 the time he wins. I do love walking in the woods here.
SO, that's it in a nut shell. I am hoping to be better this month and get some pictures of the kids up.
Mix dry ingredients. Add oil and BOILING water. Mix with large spoon. I've made this countless times and usually don't need to add more flour, but if it's too wet add more flour slowly. This Play Dough turns out so great, and lasts for months. Just put it in a Ziplock.
We waited and waited for it to snow, and it seemed that it was never going to happen. It was cold and gray, but no snow. What a way to spend a winter. Tt finally happened, and we all bundled up and headed out! In this picture there is little snow, but it was just in a windy spot, so there's much more snow than that, with more in the forecast. The kids couldn't be happier. As for me I am so thankful that I invested in that million dollar parka.
I started an online art class about a week ago. The teacher sends out very simple instruction that I download. I can read, and re-read, and yes, read again, hen begin the project. I sketch, outline, and paint. Next I upload a photo to a forum and the teacher gives me her thoughts and suggestions about it. 
At one time I thought that kids who wrote on stuff were just left unattended, or found markers all over the house and wrote on stuff because they saw their other brothers and sisters doing it. That is until Toben came into the picture. This little guy finds markers and crayons like nobodies business! The other kids never wrote all over stuff AND he isn't left for any amount of time that he could do MUCH. Well I guess it doesn't take much. I have to admit that it is harder to keep markers and crayons out of reach at ALL times. BUT that doesn't stop him. He has written on the refrigerator, shelves and the couch just since we have been here. And the Magic Eraser isn't as magic as I thought it was. It won't take the pen off of the couch. Darn it!
