Kindergarten Kid

Emily hit a milestone a few days before Christmas: she can now grab and hold onto stuff now! While she has always been able to grab onto my chest hairs, holding onto a ring is a major step. Before we know it, she'll be crawling...
We got some snow the last few days, and we took the chance during a visit from Tanja and Rene (and their kids) to break up the coffee and cake routine for some sledding. We have a great sledding hill a few minute walk from our place...and on snowy days, it is oozing with kids (and their parents). Sounds on the hill range from screaming (for joy) and screaming (due to a crash).

I even convinced Quinn to pull the sled up the hill a few times. The point of the whole exercise was to tire Quinn out, but with me schlepping him up the hill, I'm the one that was tired and sore.

Correction (from the editor): I didn't just go to tire Quinn out...I really wanted to sled! Fun, Fun!

Quinn hit another milestone today as well: he had his first day in Kindergarten! Kindergarten in Germany is for kids ranging from 2.5 to 6 (or a bit older, depending on their age when they go into first grade in the Fall), which is slightly different than in the US where kindergarten is the grade prior to first grade, with PreSchool coming before kindergarten.

As the kids get older, they take on more tasks to get them ready for first grade...

All in all, a huge milestone for Quinn. Quinn was stoked about going to Kindergarten (Eva and I have been playing it up for weeks), and we were a bit saddened (yet happy) to see our little baby head to Kindergarten.

Quinn was pooped when Eva picked him up around 1pm. Quinn NEVER sleeps on his back, but he was so wiped out that he crashed on his back in our bed when he got home.

P.S. Quinn is sleeping in a regular toddler's bed now.