Kiwis and cookies.

So, I ended up making a summer vegetable soup for dinner on Thursday night. It was mighty delicious, if I do say so myself!

Yesterday was a pretty good day. Benji and I went walking around Ungstein in the morning, but it was super foggy and overcast. There were lots of water and mud puddles in the roads, and he kept stepping in all of them! The word of the morning/afternoon was "mud"...until Robert came over and taught him a new word (to be discussed later).

We had our last lunch with Arved, and it was quite entertaining as usual. Mira came home shortly after, so we hung out with her for a bit. I read some of her English homework, and it was pretty good. There were two pages of two different stories she had to write, and I think it was as good as I could speak Spanish at the age of 15!

Benji took a long nap and woke up around 4, right when Robert was arriving in BD. He came over and enjoyed some kiwis and cookies with us for snack, hence the title of this post. This is where the new word of the day, "Booms!", was established, as Benji continued to say this all day. If he was ever upset, Robert simply had to say the word, and Benji would smile again! Fantastic solution. Then we went upstairs to play with the train with Opa, came back down and watched some funny videos from my friends back home, and then played building blocks with Benji in the living room.

We made the yellow rice my mom sent me for dinner with sauteed broccoli, zucchini squash, and onions. Mmm. There was also, of course, a salad involved, but it was pretty simple. We hung out for a bit after dinner, but I stayed home because it was just one of those nights where you feel like staying home.

Today has been a rainy, rainy (two for emphasis), foggy, cloudy, lazy Saturday. It's been filled with research, facebook, Skype, and German TV. All of the above are very entertaining, especially when combined. I was supposed to go to Neustadt this afternoon to rent skis for tomorrow, but the place there only rents for the whole week and not just for a day, so that was a no go. We'll rent them tomorrow at the ski place instead. I am going to Neustadt tonight, though, to hang out with Lucas and Robert!

I just got to Skype with the Grandparents, which is always fun...mostly because I get to see my kittens every time! Haha, no but I really like getting to talk to them. This Skype business changes everything and makes it better/easier to be so far away. Now we just have to convince my dad to get on...