Laterne

Last Wednesday, we went on a walk around the neighborhood with our Lanterns, or "Laterne" to celebrate "Martinstag," or the life of St. Martin. The kids went from house to house singing songs and they got lots of yummy German candy. The Goerlers showed us the ropes, but Sarah and Hannah were armed with the song, "Ich Gehe Mit Meine Laterne", which Mrs. Monika had taught them last year. It was rainy, but the kids didn't seem to mind, except their paper lanterns got kind of ruined.

Pumpkins

We didn't trick-or-treat this year, but we found time to carve some pumpkins with the Goerler girls... Here's the outcome!!!

Monika

We want to send a big thank you to Mrs. Monika, the girls' German tutor for the two years before our move to Germany. It's a funny story how Thomas found her, a former German teacher for the Goethe Institute...He was at a golf tourney hosted by the German-American Chamber of Commerce of Atlanta. They exchanged contact info and shortly thereafter, our girls spent Sunday afternoons at Mrs. Monika's learning German songs, doing experiments, conjugating verbs (ugh....) baking bread, reading, and the list goes on and on. She not only taught them the language, but told them about German traditions, geography, HORSES, etc... If not for her, the transition to German school would have definitely been more difficult for the girls. She is an amazing teacher with a huge heart and wonderful ideas. We sure do miss her, Amelie and Wotan! Alles Liebe...... xoxoxoxoxo