Saying some goodbyes

I can't believe it's less than a week before we leave Munich for Nashville. There is so very, very much to be done, but 95% of the work must be done when the move is happening. So we're in a bit of a limbo right now. Selling this and that, making a couple piles of things we know we'll want to pack, since most all of our stuff will be missing in action for 8 weeks while it's on a boat from Germany to the old US of A. It was a gorgeous and sunny day today - which is a tad rare - and so Edie and I rallied our energies and headed downtown to tourist central to say goodbye, amid massive crowds, so some of the most historic, impressive, but also familiar spots. We took extra time in the Viktualienmarkt for Edie to walk around and for me to get some of the photos I'd meant to take ages ago. And of course, what's more vintage German than Starbucks? Yeah. Not so much. But it's certainly been a constant companion and guilty pleasure of mine during our stay here. And the cold drink cups are really fun for Edie to steal from me and later make great sand toys!

A new twist on the old dog walks

Edie has long wanted to walk the dogs. Anytime she can lay her hands on a leash, she chases them around, hoping it will magically latch around their necks. We gave her a go at it during a family stroll in the English Gardens. I give her an A+ for enthusiasm!

A whole new Munich

Now that she is walking about with confidence, there is so much more to explore. Just to get home in time for naps, dog walks, and meals means that there is a lot of rushing in our lives. But as much as I can, I try to let Edie let her toddler flags fly and I take a deep breath and just let things be for 10 or so minutes. This involves not only deep breaths to try to resist the chanting of "come on." "let's go." "not now." but also a good bit of hustling on my part to keep her from pick pocketing an unsuspecting tourist or running into a department store to dismantle their perfume displays. Here are some shots from yesterday's walkabout in Odeonsplatz. Edie loves street performers even more now that she can get out and dance to their jams!

Animal Sounds

Here's a video of our little animal lover.

Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

I love coming in to greet Edie after her naps. Well, her long enough naps, anyways :) She is always so happy to see me, sometimes clapping or making her teddy bear do a dance, and almost always chanting "mama, mama, mama?, mama!?!, mama!!!!" Today I saw the camera sitting on the table on the way to her room at wake up time, so I snapped a bunch of pictures of my well-rested little pal.

Back at the Pool

It's been hot in Munich. By and large, any ways. Thankfully there are some cold and dreary days in between, which I actually enjoy - my Icelandic genes do not predispose me to needing much sunshine. But on the hot ones, it can get a bit rough with no A/C, so we've been taking advantage of the pools. Will played hooky for a couple hours to join us last week, so we biked on down, splashed and played, ate some fruit salad, hummus, and french fries, and then had to ring our bike bells the whole way home to keep Edie awake!