1st Day of School

Today was the first day

of school for the kids.

The Diva is in middle school!!!

How is that possible?

It seems like yesterday

I was dropping her off at kindergarten.

 She was in a great mood and ready

to take over the world!

It is also her first time riding the bus

to and from school.

 This little guy was up and dressed before I

went to wake him up.

 He is silly and sweet and

was so ready to get to school.

 Sweet Boy was loving being the only one

home during the day.

After we got home  from errands

he turned into a total ham

 He was talking and laughing

non stop!

In Germany kids get a kindercone

at the first day of first grade.

The kids loved it so much

that I now do it each year on the 

first day of school.

 

 I did good this year!

Both kids had a great first day of school,

I got to work out, Sweet Boy got an amazing nap

and loved having Momma all to himself.

Let hope it is another great school year for the kids!

Last Day in Berlin

Our last day in Berlin we visited the Spy Museum.

It was really neat to look into the world of espionage.

 More importantly I think it made an impact on the Diva.

We always talk to her about the internet and how anything on the

interent is forever and will follow her around forever.

We also always talk to them about situational awareness,

 and to be careful about what you say and to who.

I think (hope) she had a light bulb moment and realizes 

that peoeple are always watching her and not just me.

 I tried to take a selfie with my big girl camera with this little guy

but it didn't work out. I am sure most of you would prefer

a picture of just him anyways.

The three big kids spent more time then we should admit 

testing out their spy skills.

 After the museum we grabbed some lunch and did some

shopping before it was off to the train station.

 One last Berlin Bear before we headed home.

 This time we had the whole six seater cabin 

to ourselves on the way home.

Berlin was a great city! 

We had a lot of fun exploring

and learning some history.

The kids once again knocked it 

out of the park and proved to be

awesome travelers.

Our days are long and jammed pack,

 but the older two are rock stars!

Sweet Boy can hang with the best of them.

Berlin Day 3

First thing in the morning we

headed back to Checkpoint Charlie 

to go to the museum.

Lucky for us the 'soldiers'

were not at the checkpoint yet, so we could get 

some picutres without them or paying for them

to take our picture.

Then we went to the museum.

We could have easily spent the whole day here

reading every thing, but it was also very

sad to read about life back then.

The lenghts people went to 

to escape East Berlin.

 We made our way to second floor and realized it 

was time to go. It had a lot of history on

more recent and current conflits or events.

We quickly found ourselves having to

stop the kids from reading things.

We want to expose the kids to a lot

of things, but we felt it was little too

heavy for their current age. Honestly

some of it was too much for me.

We decided to cheer up the mood and 

go on a bear hunt on our way to lunch.

Buddy Bear is all over Berlin, so

we decided to see how many we could find.

 In the middle of the city we found a bombed

out church. It was beautiful!

After lunch and a little shopping

(Berlin has some great shopping)

we went to the Berlin Zoo.

It was located in the middle of city,

but once you entered the zoo you never would have

realized that. 

 Hard to believe it was Sweet Boys first 

visit to a zoo, but in my defense he has been

to 3 different countries.

Off we went to explore with our tour guide!

He was a man with a plan.

 We got very close to a lot of the animals.

Sweet Boy went crazy at the monkeys!

I wish I had video of him just talking to them.

I was wearing him on my back, so it was a little

hard to take pictures of him.

 After spending a few hours at the zoo it was time

 to call it day!

We found one more bear on the way back to

the hotel.

It was our last night in Berlin so

when  we got  back to our room the big kids

went swiming with Mr. PC and Sweet Boy

crawled all around the room.

We ordered room service for dinner 

and called it a night.