Bike Rides and Castles
Sunday was an absolutely gorgeous day. Contrary to what we've been told, it does NOT rain here constantly. We've had 2 weeks of beautiful weather and we're enjoying every single minute of it! We took our first long family bike ride through town. It was so fun and the kids did great. I won't mention who fell off TWICE, although I have mentioned that she is most like me in clumsiness. Joe crossed the street pretty quickly and, rather than look for himself, Josh crossed right when a car turned onto the street. He and the car screeched to a halt while I yelled in what I'm sure is known as the "panicked mother voice," JOSH!!!! Needless to say, everyone was scared, everyone was spoken to quite sternly, and everyone was fine. The people in the car were scared too, but I just waved them away. I didn't know how to say, "He's fine, it's not your fault," in German. It really wasn't. They were driving really slowly, Josh just turn