Happy Thanksgiving

For some reason this didn't want to publish last night so here is take 2......

I hope that everyone has had a happy Thanksgiving!  For the first time in my entire life, I actually had to go to work today.  Since I work at an international school Thanksgiving day is not a celebrated holiday;however, since I  did have to work I was "thankful" for the double pay that I received ;)  Allan had a comp day saved up so he decided to cash in and take today off and kept the boys home from school today as well.  When I came home this evening the house looked and smelled fantastic!  They had worked all day on cleaning up the house and making a wonderful little feast.  Those boys are my world and I'm so thankful for them each and every day.  Happy Thanksgiving to all of you and love to all!  

Finally feeling like home

I feel like we have been doing nothing except working in this house every weekend.  Come to think of it I probably feel that way because that is exactly what we have been doing.  But alas, this house is finally becoming too feel more like home.  Here are some pictures of the boys' rooms. 

First 3 pics are z's room.  He was really excited about this move because for the first time ever he got first dibs on the bedroom!  That's a huge deal! then the next 3 pics are of m's room.  The last 2 pictures are of one of my favorite rooms...our walk-in closet.  There are only 2 closets in our house, which are 2 more than we had last time we were in Germany.  

Worker bees

Today marks the end of my first week of being a working mommy!  It's been a big change in our family, and is taking some adjusting, but no big complaints so far.  I'm working at the school so I still get to see the boys throughout the day which is great. 

Zachary has also been busy working around the house.  He has been fixing things for an achievement towards a cub scout badge.  He has fixed a wobbly toilet seat and put up a new small vanity mirror.  Then the next night he put together a small shelving unit (we have quite a few of these to make up for the lack of closets). 

I also had a doctor appointment in the city of Aachen at the largest hospital in Europe.  It looks like a factory on the outside (picture below).  The place is crazy busy and super confusing.  We do have patient liaisons at our disposal on base.  He met me at the hospital and took me to the doctor's office and waited with me the whole time to help with any language barriers.  It was a great tool to have.