a day in Staufen

June 20, 2009

Today I got to go to a really neat old town called Staufen. It's not too far away from Heitersheim, and it's where steven's mom lives. of course for breakfast we ate Schoko musli again and oh my goodness! i'm getting so sick of it! every day for almost a week now.... how can they stand that?!
Well Ulli and I took the kids to Stuafen and we walked around town square and the weekend market(like a fleamarket kinda) and got some eggs and cheese and then she showed me a bit more of the city! it's so pretty!!! Then we headed down this cute little side road and found a nice little hairdresser(ok she knew where we were going but it was cool!) and one of her friends works there and cut Oles bangs. :) he didn't like it very much but they were sooo long!!!
After walking around the town square we went a little outside of the main part of town and found the Gymnasium(high school) and this really neat old train they have there. It's only one part of the train but you can climb on it and stuff so we let the boys play a bit and then got ready to head home.
On the way home from Staufen we made two stops... one at a farm to buy some white asparagus! and the other at the bike shop so I could get my bike! :) Ulli dropped me off with the money and I went in and got my bike. I headed home and it only took me about 20 minutes(it was bout 3 miles or so) It was a nice ride actully, but I'm kinda out of shape! haha! my legs hurt a bit!!!
When I finally got home no one was here.... I thought that a bit odd because Ulli said she was going to head home as she dropped me off at the bike store so she could start lunch...? I waited for about half an hour until they finally got home.

Finn wasn't with them when they got home and when she said they had to drop something off at Moritz's i knew that's where he must be... Ole was so tired because he's not been feeling well and has woke up really early so I layed him down for his nap and went down to help Ulli with lunch. I was starting to help her Steven walked in the door. He'd been gone all week for work so it was nice to see him again. They told me to take a break and they'd make lunch(just to spend some time together) and so I just kinda relaxed and they got to spend some time together.

When lunch finished Finn was still with Moritz and Ole was taking a nap so we just ate in quiet with out the kids and just talked. Steven told us about his adventure in Italy, and it was really nice to not worry about the kids eating.....
Finn got home from Moritz's about the same time Ole woke up. they ate their lunch, and we headed back to Staufen. Steven had his "Abitreff" or as we call it in America, his class reunion. 20 years!! He went to the Gymnasium that the train is at. We took the kids back to the train, he played with them for a few minutes then went with some of his friends to where they were meeting everyone else.
after the train we went to a quaint little playground with a nice little pond and a cute little bush maze. haha like a corn maze only with bushes! :P it was so cute! The boys had so much fun playing!!
When we got home we ate some dinner-i ate pb&j again!! yay!!! it is so good! and it's actually peanut butter from the USA! It says right on it "product of the USA" so it's the actual stuff!!! I put the boys to bed while Ulli got ready to over to a friends house, and just enjoy the evening.
I had no problem getting Ole ready, but finn was a different story... he didn't want to listen to me! of course i know he doesn't know english and that's what i'm talking to him in(cuz i'm suppose to) but he threw the biggest fit. and so i told him in german and he just wouldn't listen to me. Finally Ulli came down, sat him down and told him he HAD to do what I said and that if he didn't he wouldn't get to play tomorrow and all these things. after that we had no problems.
they slept just great and Ulli went off to her friends. I just stayed home and listened for the boys and just relaxed in my room then went to bed early! :) yay for going to bed at 10:30!!!

pictures: Ole just sitting and watching his mom and dad talk to each other, Finn playing on the train, the amazing view of the black forest from the train.