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| It was hot enough to help Cooper's sunflower seeds grow |
I haven't been able to write this week because JET LAG won. I have finally realized that no matter how much I use my "mind over matter" philosophy, it takes this family about a week and a bag of coffee to overcome jet lag.
We arrived (almost a week ago) back in 'hot' Germany. I was still wearing my warmer spring clothes when we left and now find myself walking around in a bathing suit not caring about any jiggle. I have learned that there is 'Hot' as in Alabama (which includes air conditioning to give one some relief) and there is 'Hot' as in Germany (which leaves one to find their own means of cooling off since it does not typically include cool air being generated by an electric motor and some Freon).
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| Kids "hot relief" |
I have also learned this week, that once we have our "hot relief" techniques mastered, the cool air comes knocking on our door. Yes, I welcomed it with
open arms open windows and doors (as I put on my long pants). Now that the jet lag has disappeared and the cool air returned, I feel like I am back at home in the Germany I know.
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| Jason's "hot relief" |
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| Rocky's "hot relief" |
(NOT PICTURED IS MY "HOT RELIEF"....JIGGLE IS NOT CUTE IN PICTURES)
Nice cool day plus jet lag 'adios' plus Sunday equals Perfect day to drive down to tour "Nebelhöhle," a stalactite cave in the Swabian Alb that was first mentioned in 1486!!! 
Driving down towards the Swabian Albs is one of my favorites drives (when Jason is driving and I can just look at the enchanting scenery) because it is full of fields of crops, old church steples, and rolling hills. We really weren't sure what to expect once we arrived, but were impressed as we walked the forest trails lined with green giants and fresh air which landed us right smack in the middle of a playground. Of course, that shouldn't surprise us since there seems to be a playground at every inhale here in German as well as a Biergarten/restaurant! After we played and ate...we starting making our decent down into the nice dark and cool cave with Jason (again) translating the tour book. I recommend this tour outing (which at times felt like I was at the gym pumping away on the stair master)
I however, would not recommend the second tour of the day....did I mention that I slipped OUT of our shower onto the tile floor as I was getting ready for our outing? I guess I should have used my "super mommy" skills and honed in on the fact that my two little ones had left shampoo bottles open and overflowing on the shower floor. Spilled shampoo plus a hard tile floor plus a stubborn mother equals a nice Four hour tour at a hospital and a bright red cast given as a token at the end of the tour. YES....you did read our tours in the correct order. Even though my arm was purple and throbbing, I thought I needed to teach the kids that we all have accidents but we need to be TOUGH in life (plus I was giddy to see the cave) Needless to say, I wasn't quite tough enough!
