We planned to go to Frankfurt and explore a bit on Saturday, but Ty wasn’t feeling great, so we changed our plan and made it a shopping trip with Lily. We took her to the big mall in the city. She was super excited to spend some of her Christmas money at Sephora. She had never been there before and oh man, she loved it. She was like a kid in a candy store – a phrase that will now be replaced with “like a tween in a makeup store”. I benefit from this current interest she has in hair, makeup, and skincare products. Every night she has cleansed my face and given me a head massage with hair oil. Glorious. 

The mall has a Lego store, and natürlich of course when Jay saw the Self-Propelled Forage Harvester, which is made in one of the European factories, he had to buy it. Our Saturday nights are pretty exciting….Legos and puzzles. And assembling more Ikea furniture – this time nightstands for the master bedroom. 

Sunday morning Jay and I met up with a couple that I met at the new family introduction meeting at the school. Liz and Andy are a British couple with two boys a little younger than Lily. We sat at a café down the street and chatted with them for a couple hours. They are fun. :)

I have been telling Jay for a while that we need to figure out the buses. Public transportation is so widely available and convenient, I feel like we should take advantage of it. There is a bus stop half a block from our house. Jay wasn’t interested in the bus adventure, but Maggie, Deanna, Lily and I did a little round trip on Sunday. Deanna and Maggie rode the bus to our town and we had lunch. Then Lily and I rode the bus to their town, where we had some yummy Eis ice cream for dessert. And Lily and I hopped on the bus and came back home. Super easy, and a fun way to spend the afternoon. 

We started looking at the Canary Islands for our spring break vacation. Send over any recommendations if you have been there!