A Quick Update

First, let me say STAY WARM to everyone at home!! My Dad told me about the wicked temperatures sweeping across northern Illinois and Iowa. It is funny to see people here walking around in parkas, boots, scarves and mittens when the temps are in the 30s. If they only knew. We did, however, get about two inches of snow yesterday. It was really pretty and Henry enjoyed it. At his school, they play outside for about 45 minutes daily. Today when I picked him up, his teacher commented on how much he loved the snow - eating the snow!! Like my mother says, he is all boy!

John is out of town this week for the first time since we arrived in Germany. He traveled to South Africa earlier this week and will return home Saturday. We are used to him traveling, but not so far away. I think he was much more nervous about leaving us than we were about being here alone, although I hardly feel alone. Between Henry, JD friends, and talking with family, we manage to stay very busy.

Last Saturday night Henry had a "party". Some friends celebrated their anniversary with a quiet dinner out, so we had the opportunity to watch their girls, Abigail and Samantha. Henry was thrilled to have them over. He introduced them to a whole new world of toys. The girls enjoyed playing with his tractors, farm animals, trains, pirate ship and dinosaurs. Henry was exhausted by the end of the night and ended up requesting to go to be before they left.