The Zany Adventures of a Fairfield Girl in Germany

The word in today's post used to make me cringe.  I come from the US, where children attend Kindergarten at 5 years old.  American Kindergarten is traditionally the first year of school, and is treated as such.  I work in a private school here, where...

Well, a gigantic hello from the great blogging hole I've been hiding in!  Our friends were here visiting last week, and I was reminded that not only should I get back to my blog, but that my last post was about Ryan being 18 months old!  18 months old...

Okay, by the time this post is up, Ryan will actually be, probably 19 months. In reality, next week, I'll have a 20 month old, and am posting Ryan's 18 month update.  The past three months have really flown by!
17 months old started off like every other month, but we didn't know the surprise that was to await us in a few weeks.  17 month old Ryan had 6 teeth, and a few more words. At the end of April, Ryan and Mommy were on our own for a week, when Daddy, Oma...

Since yesterday was Earth Day, I've been thinking about the changes that I've been making that are resulting in a greener me.
I don't know where it started.  There are probably two points in my life where I can say, "my greener journey started here."  First, moving to Germany changed a lot of my thoughts on being green.  I'm definitely not a hardcore Green Party member, like...