After 8 plus weeks of no school or routine and 5
plus weeks of no work, the kids have gone back to school and summer is officially over.
And I must say we had a good one. We did it all: Pillsbury,
Europe, local adventures including the Oakland Zoo, Alva’s Birthday, 3 weeks
with the in laws in San Francisco, summer camps of Legos and well, I am still
not quite sure what Alva did at her camp but she had fun, and then one last
week at Dunsmuir.
After having so much time with the kids I dare say I got a
little sad when prepping for their first day back on Monday. And I definitely
got a little teary eyed during the first grade ceremony for Oskar’s class on
the first day of school. As a side note, first grade is a super big deal in
German culture complete with a formal ceremony and a schultuete (school cone)
for each kid filled with school supplies, little toys and some candy. Or, as my
colleague pointed out a German piñata.
But how quickly do we slip back into our routines. By Tuesday
the German grandparents had left, Wednesday I wrapped up quarter end earnings
and by the following week, after what felt like never ending chaos since
January (what between the holidays, year-end, April road trips, the month of
covid and then summer) I was finally back into a routine. And man it feels
good.
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| Birthday girl wearing her new dress-up dress... she hasn't taken it off since |
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| Date night with Martin while the inlaws were in town |
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| First day of school photo |
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| Proud parents |
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| Oskar and his schultuete |
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| Date night with the family to celebrate the first week of school |
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Date night with the family to celebrate the first week of school
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