regatta time.

today is the first day that the weather has been anything other than gorgeous, which means the weather managed to stay nice for the whole first week of my arrival.  now it is gray and keeps raining on and off.  this morning i talked to rachel, the current aupair, to keep her company as she packs for a visit to the states to attend a wedding.  

tom picked a flower after kindergarten yesterday and told me all about how bees eat the sugar inside.  then he said the flower was for me because i am a girl.  (...weil du ein girl bist.)

yesterday was over 90* and really sunny, so we made the first trip of the season to the outdoor pool.  it turned out to be a bit more of an adventure than we intended.  tom managed to slip on the bottom of the kid pool and split his chin, which meant there was an unscheduled visit to dr. duelli.  it was a happy coincidence that nils is out of town but his car is home, so we were able to leave rachel and max at the pool while sabine, tom, and i drove home.  sabine then took tom and i headed back to the pool with the other car for a bit more playtime.  an ice cream and a bandage later, he seems to be as good as new.

over the weekend i managed to get a bit of sun, watch rowing, and see quite a few friends from last year at the heidelberger regatta.  it was a good chance to use some german.  photos are better than words, so have a look.