After lots of ENT drama and one post after another featuring ear aches, I thought I'd share something fun this week. That's basically the reason why this post goes up today and not on a Monday as usual. What is Fasching? Yesterday, Amy and her little friends celebrated Fasching at kindergarten - something that you might not be familiar with if you don't have German, Austrian or Swiss roots. ...
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Back to school and looking back at my own time at school
I know the summer holidays have only just started and you probably don't even want to think about school for the next couple of weeks, but now is the time to get yourself ready and prepared for the new school year. Although Amy won't start school for another year, seeing all the back to school offers in supermarkets always sends me back down memory lane which is why I loved sharing some of my ...
Amy’s first experience of Fasching/Karneval
We're at the height of Carnival season here in Germany, it traditionally occurs before Lent, if you were wondering about he origins, so I thought this would be the perfect time to share some pictures of Amy's very first costume with you. Up here in the North of Germany, we aren't all that crazy about Carnival or Karneval as we call it in German, but along the river Rhine and in the South of ...
Amy’s Kindergarten Update
Amy started kindergarten a while back and I completely forgot to write anything about her first day, first week or in fact, her first one and a half months, but as it was her very first parents evening this week, I thought I'd write a little about her experience so far because as always, my little girl completely surprised me. As most of you will know, Amy has never attended nursery or regular ...