My Life ... at Random

(a little house out of the central 'town' area - I love that it has Eschenbach on the side)

This is my life ... a little dull and uneventful but my life none-the-less.  

Each day I wake up at 6 AM to get ready for the day.  The little kids wake up whenever (usually 6:30 AM) but I wake up the older girls at 7:00 AM regardless.  They all eat their oats (except Anika who thinks they are disgusting and will only eats Cheerios) and they are out the door by 7:30 AM to catch the bus at 7:45 AM.  Sometimes I am motivated to go with them to the bus stop, other times I am not and just wave to them from the front door as the bus drives by.  I have to mention that their bus is not a typical bus, it's just a German van with 3 other kids inside besides my kids.  Lately I have been extra motivated and Evan and I will ride our bikes to his school.  Evan LOVES this, especially since it is mostly down hill!  The other day we even got to see a dead mouse on the side of the path which makes it all the more cool.  After coming home from dropping off Evan (either by car or by bike) the baby takes a nap, Anika watches a movie and eats ALL morning long (seriously) and then we are off to pick Evan up.  Evan comes home and eats lunch, and then we are off to pick the older girls up.  The girls come home, eat lunch, practice piano, finish up homework, play hard, have dinner and then it's off to bed.  The highlight of the week is when I take the kids to the German bakery in town.  They LOVE it!

So here are some pictures of what I see on a daily basis!

(This is the view driving up into town to get the girls.  To the right is the Eis (Gelato) place.  Straight ahead is the Rathaus, the blue triangular topped building covered by the trees.) 

(A random memorial)

(The church on the bottom of the hill - there is also a church on the top of the hill)

(The bakery that we go to the most.  The usual lady is seriously the sweetest thing ever!  Emi loves the crescent roll with Nutella in the middle, as do I.  Yum!)

(The view looking down the hill standing in front of the bakery.  This is the Rathaus from behind, again it is the blue triangular topped building in the center.)

(This is a view of the bike path that Evan and I take to school in the mornings.  He gets to coast down it on the way there, and I'm the lucky one who gets to climb it on the way back with two little people in the bike trailer behind me.  This little A.D. 1700 building is a tiny little chapel with candles lit almost 24/7.  The kids like to say a little prayer here - or make a wish - while they are waiting for me to catch up in the stroller when we take a walk through a town called Thomasreuth)

(This is a sweet little town at the bottom of our hill called Thomasreuth.  It smells terrible but we love taking a stroll here every now and then to catch a glimpse of all the farm animals.)

(The bus stop in Thomasreuth.  I love the painted walls!)

(Chickens!  The kids love these!)