Oscar turned 7 on Thursday!! We had his godfather Jed (one of Andrea's college roommates) and the Grandmother Anki staying at the house to celebrate. I made Anzac cookies for Oscar to take to school to share with his schoolmates. I then baked a spice cake with cream cheesy butter cream frosting and I decorated the top with a horse since for his birthday the plan was to have a couple of his friends join him for a couple hours horseback riding today. Well, the weather has turned crappy today and it is rain rain rain and he is not interested in riding a horse in the rain. His birthday was a success I would say in that he was very happy, with the family, and got lots of presents - the biggest being a new bike! I got him some chocolate, naturally, and the book The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. I think we'll read it on the car ride to and from Northern Italy at the end of the month.
Jed left yesterday for a ran-de-vue (sp??) in Munich and the Grandmother left as well to head back to Berlin. Our next guest was Phillip's roommate at Harvard named Chris who happens to be a film producer. They ask if I've ever heard of Good Will Hunting (uhh duh). Well Chris had been friends with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck before the movie and he was one of the producers and this movie pretty much made all of them famous. Chris was the producer of the American Pie series, Waiting.., and a lot of other movies. Pretty crazy. So it was very interesting hearing his stories and refer to his good friends - all these different celebrities, etc. 
Have I mentioned I love this city? On sunny days I park my bike at the big book store and then wander around the streets "downtown" for a couple hours, grabbing a coffee maybe (yes a coffee - shocking), hanging out with Meike here and there, reading my books, etc. It's wonderful.Right now I'm working on purchasing my ticket to go to Eichstätt for Halloween weekend! Super duper excited to be back in the town and see the people that made me want to come back to Germany. I love my German family!! :)
We just got back from a play that we went to see for Oscar's birthday. Thirteen kids under the age of eight eating cake at the house = INSANITY. Phillip and I and the 13 little ones went to the play while Andrea tried to gain back her sanity. I took a taxi with a group of five. The play was about a little witch. The kids enjoyed it I think and now they just finished eating some pasta. It is crazy in this house! Finally!! I miss the craziness of my house. :)
I'm fighting an itch in my throat. I don't want to get sick!!! Fall break just started for the kids so no school for two weeks!! Emily is taking swimming class four days next week and I was thinking I could jump in the pool also but the doctor says no. I have to wait another week and then I can. Then hopefully I will be able to join a swim team. And also a rugby team!Off to Italy in a week!!!!
