Stadtbücherei.

Wednesday morning, Benji and I headed into town pretty much first thing. We stopped by the bakery to get a laugenbrötchen, which is basically a big, soft pretzel roll, and some heiße Schokolade, which you should know by now is hot chocolate. We went to Weingut Theis Heissler, from now on known as W.TH, and watched the bottling process. It was pretty cool, to be honest. Benji seemed mesmerized with the cleaning, bottling, corking, labeling, stacking, and boxing action going on.

After a little bit of this, we got the library card from Sib and went to the library for the first time. We had to renew the membership since nobody had been in so long! Benji was, surprisingly, only mildly interested in the books. He was way more into the toys set out in the kids' section and the papers and colored pencils on the table for coloring. We colored a picture for Valaree! Then he stopped having fun, and you can always tell when this happens, so we headed home for lunch with Klaus (Arved was at W.TH this day, so we didn't get to have lunch with him. Benji was sad because he really likes that kid a lot for some reason!). After lunch was nap, and I think I took a nap for a few minutes, too. We got up, ate a banana, and headed outside to run around and play. Klaus had a meeting, so it was just me, Benji, and Sib at night because Mira is at her mom's house on TWR nights. We had some broccoli soup and then watched a little bit more of Elmo in Grouchland! I also got to talk to Josh on Skype for a pretty significant amount of time, which was nice.

Today, I woke up an hour early and went running through the vineyards up the mountain behind our house. It was perfect timing to see the sunrise, and it was absolutely amazing and totally worth it. Once I took over Benji, we went out to the Kinderspielplatz because it was finally 'warm' enough and a pretty morning. He LOVED it, actually! We did the see-saw, played on the swings, and climbed into this tower/hut-like thing. I think he turned it into his base because he was tricking me! He'd make me put him up in it (about 4ft high), and then he'd call me over, but once I got over, he'd tell me I couldn't come up! Such a trickster.

Opa came to get him around noon again, so it was just me, Klaus, and Arved for lunch. I baked some oatmeal raisin cookies, and everyone was happy. Then, I took a nap after I realized I was sleepy for some reason, woke up, took a shower, and headed to Erpolzheim with Sib and Mira. We went to the fabric store because we're recovering the seats and bench in the kitchen as well as getting a new curtain for the bathroom. Little did I realize that fabric was such a big, thoughtful deal! I mean, these fabric ladies are really into their work. On the way home, I was lucky enough to also witness the equally as beautiful sunset. I wish I could explain the great energy is gives off, but you'll just have to come see this for yourself.

Benji just got back from Opa's house. Opa is such a great guy! And he apparently likes me a whole lot for some reason, which is definitely a good thing! Now, it's time to figure out what to make for dinner.

Bis später!