School and Kindergarten

Yesterday summer holidays came to en end for us. We took our oldest to his new school where he started in second grade. The school here is very different to what he and we have been used to. It is large, has its own sport shall in the building and is spread over four floors. Materials such as exercise books, stationary and so on has to be bought by the parents, as well as a number of boxes to keep everything nice and tidy.

 Our middle boy started in kindergarten. It is the same one I went to as a child, though in my day it was run by nuns. Some of the staff have been working there since my childhood but I haven't met anyone who remembers me yet.

 Our youngest has discovered that his grandparents have a steady supply of cake and biscuits and his motto has become "Kuchen jeden Tag!" - cake every day... So 'fika' is still very much alive!

We took some time for family activity on Saturday and visited the local dinosaur park. There were loads of life size replicas for the kids to look at and climb on.

It's just been harvest time for pumpkin seeds. We were given three pumpkins by a friend. One turned into soup, another into a smiley face and stew and the third is still standing on our kitchen table waiting for its fate to be decided.
I can honestly say that even though we have so many questions on our minds, worries and at time doubts I feel the nature, food and weather fit me like a glove. It is like coming home in ways that I hadn't necessarily realised that I'd missed that much.