Almost Back to School

We have enjoyed some sporadic and spontaneous family time during the last couple of weeks.

We try to do an evening walk or ride.  Sometimes it's a bit of both.

Eva and I spontaneously went to see a film together one afternoon when Gregory and Nathanael were gone for an appointment.  It was a film about one of her favorite book characters - a girl named Conni, and how her cat sneaks onto the school bus when Conni goes on a project week with her daycare.  It was adorable!  We both loved it.  I love how Conni episodes and movies are not all about noise and fast-paced action but rather real life experiences and simple fun.

Eva and I felt like queens because no one else was in the theater with us!!!

Gregory and Nathanael went hiking in Mödling one Saturday morning.

During one of our family painting times, Nathanael painted the death star.  He has not yet seen any films, but he knows all about it from posters and Lego figures one of his friends has.

We almost always begin our mornings cuddling with Tiger Lily.

On Sunday after church and lunch and a bit of down town, we spontaneously decided to hop on the train to Baden.  Gregory and Nathanael have taken an overnight trip there during Christmas break the last two years, so the boys showed us around the town and took us to their favorite Greek restaurant for dinner.  What fun!  We may have gotten caught in a thunderstorm on the way home.

I finally made the Austrian version of crepes (Palatschinken).  I had been nervous about trying to make them with gluten-free flour, but they turned out great!  I had a turkey and cheese.  Gregory tried apricot jam with rum and vanilla.  The kids had one with Nutella, of course.  And Nathanael had a second with strawberry marmelade.  Yummmm....

I decided it was time to get a haircut.  I almost made it seven months!  My last cut was in early February in Spain.  Yikes!