Es ist nicht alles Gold was glänzt and Nobody promised us Paradise on Earth.
Idioms that don’t translate well for my step-kids and the two reasons why parenting step-kids is different (and harder) than your own.
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Tag: #german
Menu For Wednesday And Thursday
So, our custody exchange schedule is 2 days on/2 days off, with alternating weekends. Meaning that we have all four kids in the house from Wednesdays after school until Fridays’ school begin and then we either…
Read MoreHow To Plan Out A Daily Or Weekly Menu On A Budget
Planning menus on a budget is not easy, especially if you have growing kids to feed. This is how I do it so we have money left over at the end of the month to buy other necessities or save money for a trip to show the kids the world. Okay, so the latter is really more of a long-term dream goal, but you get my point LOL.
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Eurocation 2019 – Wednesday
So, on Wednesday of our first 6-people Eurocation, we woke up at the Gasthaus Rhymbecke in Bochum. Bochum is the city where I was born. It is also at the heart of the “Ruhrpott”, referring to…
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Eurocation 2019, Tuesday
On Tuesday of our vacation, we spent the morning riding bicycles into town and shopped for kids’ shoes. Somehow, I ended up with a new pair of shoes, too. Yay me 🙂 Anyway, James’ kids loved…
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Eurocation 2019
So… spring break in Germany. It was most likely the most exhausting trip home I have taken in decades. And, when I still had a corporate job before kids, I did go there quite a bit…
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