As I mentioned in my last post, we’re making the move from a family of three bilingual people, to a bilingual family. We are definitely not fluent, but we all have quite a bit of German under our belt. Although… (READ MORE)
Although we are no longer “in Deutschland,” I’ve decided to continue to write about our effort to raise Herbert to be bilingual in English and German. No longer able to coast along, counting on his preschool to achieve this goal,… (READ MORE)
We’ve made it safely back and are slowly settling and adjusting to life back in Minnesota. Our last week in Germany was quite stressful, as one can imagine. We moved into a Ferienwohnung (vacation apartment) in order to get the… (READ MORE)
We’re in the home stretch. 11 days until our flight taking us away from Germany for an unknown amount of time. People ask us if the move is permanent. Well, it’s permanent in the same way we expected our last… (READ MORE)
Summer is here, and it’s bringing big changes with it. For a long time after my last update, nothing too exciting happened. May was a very stressful month for me: I had 2 courses for my Master’s program. That meant… (READ MORE)
When we left off in February, I was enjoying my semester break, catching up on my work from the previous semester. I can’t say much exciting happened in February. Although there was a week there with temperatures in the 60s… (READ MORE)
So it’s been another 4 months since I last posted. Things have been this way and that, and honestly blogging has simply been slipping my mind. You are always free to encourage me to post something new! October When we… (READ MORE)
Autumn has arrived. The view from my living room window of the forest is mottled with orange and yellow and the air is crisp. Coats, hats, and scarves have been pulled out of the closet. I no longer want to… (READ MORE)
On September 12, 2019, Herbert, William, and I boarded a plane bound for Frankfurt, Germany. On September 13, we arrived in Germany, and on September 14, we arrived in Eberswalde for our second attempt at higher education in Germany. If… (READ MORE)
So I realize I haven’t posted since May. Oops. Let’s see….The rest of May was just more of the same. Surviving at home while Herbert was out of Kita and William was on reduced hours. I didn’t have classes, just… (READ MORE)