Just an Ordinary Day – Part 2
Continued from part 1… I arrive at the daycare exactly at 2 pm and find my daughter on the playground. She’s barefoot, covered…
Just an Ordinary Day – Part 1
I am woken up by the sound of little bare feet on the floor. Dip dap dap and the owner of those two…
How we failed at Germany’s favorite fall tradition
Around the 11th November – the St. Martin’s Day – German daycares and schools prepare for an event called Laternenlaufen or Laternenumzug, roughly…
“Does she understand German?” – First Multilingual Troubles
The other day when I was picking Birdy up from the KITA (i.e. the kindergarten) one of her group’s teachers used the relative…
Birdy Goes to Kindergarten
Here in Germany a baby’s first birthday marks the end of the paid parental leave and many little ones begin going to kindergarten, known…