Wed. evening - Gettin' stuff done

Today was the day to accomplish several tasks. I finally did my exercises and from all the creaking my joints did, it was about time! Michael went out running early this morning as well.

First, the boys and I headed to the store so I could look at soccer jerseys with them. We decided not to buy them for now. Then we went to the market and bought some more gouda cheese, a pineapple, and 5 oranges. We also found (but didn't buy) sunflower seeds out of the shell for a decent price. It's hard to interpret the prices here but the fruit is definitely more expensive than at home while the vegetables seem comparable.

We returned home to have lunch with Len who was home from his class. Then, while he graded we set off to take Senior pictures of Michael and regular pictures of Jake. We returned to the big park with a backpack full of clothing changes and a towel to cover up the one who had to change. :-) (The towel wasn't big enough though so we just used it as a wall on one side.) We took over 600 pictures! Michael had to change clothes a couple of times and once when Jake forgot to be look-out, a lady rode right by on her bike and looked right at Michael! Now that we can see the pictures on the computer screen, we know what the photographer needs to do differently next time and also what the model should be aware of. We have some good ones but I don't know if any of them are great.
We found out that to rent a rowboat (for up to 4 people) it costs $7 for a half hour, $11 for an hour, $15 for an hour and a half, and $19 for 2 hours. (Of course that's really Euros not dollars.) Also mini-golf is $3. We thought maybe we'd go back and rent a boat and get some pictures with that because they are really cool looking.

While we were gone Len went to the airport to check about the vouchers they were given for their late luggage. It says on them that they expire before the students even leave Germany but they assured Len that they were good for 2 years.

At dinner, THIS was THE NIGHT! We ALL had beer and pizza! I have tried Len's dark beers every night but haven't liked them. I got a golden one for me and the boys to have. I liked it, they hated it. (As we hoped they would!). They ended up giving me theirs but a third of a liter is a little more than I can handle so I'm still working on it.

Well time for our evening walk while it is still light and the weather is nice. I actually feel like I've walked enough for the day but Michael is dozing off and I want him to stay awake until bedtime so that he might sleep tonight so we are going out on the town to keep him awake.
Ann