Today after class, I went to obletter and bought some sand toys for the boys. I met one of my other neighbors (outside of my building), Sharon, at the playground. I decided this time that I’ll just have them play in the sand and not get them excited about the slide or other stuff. They actually did really well and played pretty quietly for about an hour. At one point, Elijah got up to wander around, so I had to run after him, but other than that, it was a really stress free time. The sand toys made a difference.

The only thing I hate about going to the park is that we get sand all over our house. I hate sand on my feet in the house!!! But they love playing and getting dirty, so how can I deny them that. I am still trying to keep to my goal of 2x per week, unless the weather is crappy. I had a nice time chatting with Sharon too. I’m kind of bummed that she is leaving Munich so soon (at the end of June). They are probably going to move to Miami for a year or so, and then move to their “permanent” home of Australia. They are the ones who lived in Japan before moving here. I guess Germany is not their cup of tea. Maybe too boring, perhaps?

After that, the boys took a nice nap and I was able to get in some internet time. Then in the evening it was ramen noodles for dinner and studying!