long drawn-out tantrum morning this morning, i think henry is nervous about the new situation, but cannot express it. we snuggled and lazed around with him for several hours, only finishing with our new bridge games, courtesy of grandpapa who sent us a scan of the original goran tablecloth with bidding rules. then i put a carpet on top of another carpet so we could practice judo.
we also read farther on our howard pyle robin hood ..... we tried at the beginning of the day to have hard and fast times for the kids, but we kept getting distracted and then postponed, postponed, but we managed in the late afternoon.
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| dummy is directing here henry was proud to have played (and won!) 4 hearts with only 2 points in his hand and felix was proud when he bid 2 diamonds and got all 13 tricks. |
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| Brian's turn with a section of Robin hood |
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| judo while Felix doesn't watch |
i took the kids with the basketball to the close-by basketball hoop, an asphalt floor and a hoop that's officially a playground (that is, there's a sign that says "spielplatz") EVERY time we've gone there, felix has been worried that the ball would go off the court, across the grass under the trees, through the fence, into the little tiny canal and float sadly into the mur where it would be unrecoverable (in some scenarios we have to buy it back.) - we have told him repeatedly that that just WON'T happen. Today it did, although i doffed my shoes, jumped into the mini canal in my socks, and rescued the ball where it was quickly winning a fight with a stick that was trying to hold it back. i found myself in the false dichotomy of being both the villian and the hero "yay you saved it," but "you said it couldn't happen, liar"... then, after that, a police car pulled up slowly and sat there for a while watching us, then reminded us of a 3000euro fine for being in public spaces. so we went home.
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