First Ballet Recital

Emmi has been taking Ballet since our move and she loves it! She loves the music and she loves how she gets to dace so "balletish". She did miss a lot of classes during our trip to Texas so I had already prepared her that she wouldn't get to take part in the recital. But she did and she even got to do a little solo. And she loved it! I asked her if she was nervous at all being up on stage in front of so many people and she kind of looked at me like I was crazy. Her only complaint was: "But I actually wanted the stage to be a lot bigger and higher!" She had imagined a stage like the one at the Long Center, where we watched the Nutcracker once and she would have not been once bit nervous going out on it! And she wants to take Ballet next year again of course...

Best Friends Reunited

Emmi counted the days and and once it was here she woke up in the morning and the first thing out of her mouth before she even opened her eyes was: "Today is the day Lena is coming!!". And luckily she did and she also brought Claire, Hans and Sophia with her. Hans only got to stay a couple of days before he had to head back to Berlin but the rest of the family stayed for an entire week and it was great! Emmi was sooo happy to have her best friend from Texas here in Germany with her. We did go on a few outings, but most of the time we spent just playing and hanging out. And Emmi was really happy. But it also made her a little homesick for Texas. But just a little. In her own words she misses "The soft floors in our old house & cheeseburgers." And Lena of course! But it may be in the stars that Lena won't be living in Texas forever but a whole lot closer to us. We are keeping our fingers crossed!