BBQ at Mia's School

Some parents in Mia's class organized  little get together in the school yard for all the families in Mia's class - the 1 A - with BBQ, salad and some drinks - a Grillabend. There was also a little pesent being presented to the teacher of he class

It was a flower bouqet and a book where every student had contributed a page

The children could play and later had some ice cream and cookies. We were the last ones tp leave at 10 pm - sox hours after it started.

That's Me

Mia wrote about herself for a homework assignment: She has brown hair and is nice

Paul's Birthday Party

Mia got invited to Paul's birthday party at an indoor playground. She had received detailed instructions from him on what to get as a present and after shopping in the morning we dropped her at 3 pm at the place that is a favorite for the kids ( ...but not so much for the parents).

 Mia was the only girl invited but there was also Paul's little sister she kind of tool care of

 

At the end she was part of the group pictures with the sister and the cousins

Music School Open House

A five minute walk from here is the main building for the music school run by the city of Heidelberg - just across the street from Mia's school. When they had a open house this Sunday we walked over and checked what they had to offer.
After a concert with different beginners groups one could check out different instruments
Mia liked the guitar and the other ones she tried

For now we signed her up for a beginner's choir that starts in September.

Concert in the Castle

We got some free tickets for a concert by an US army band inside the castle - which is a great setting for outside concerts and theater plays

Because Mia had school the next day we only stayed until the break. After walking down from the castle it was only a 15 minute bike ride home

Antje in Town

On her way back from Frankfurt to Switzerland Antje stopped over at our place in Heidelberg. We enjoyed the company and Mia had someone to play chess with on Sunday morning. After that we took Antje for a little walk in the Old Town in Heidelberg.

On the other side of the Neckar  we took the stair up to Philosopher's way with offers a nice view of the town

There was enough time to listen to a street musician and to check out Ji's favorite ice cream store in Neuenheim

Two Festivals at one Afternoon

Sunday afternoon we first checked out a festival by the Neckar that went along the whole Neckar with streets closed for cars and activities in all the small towns and cities. For us the big park along the Neckar in Heidelberg is just a five minute bile ride away.
The forestry department of the city offered some wood working activities 

The park department let kids practice how to build a cobble stone path

Some kids act ivies from a club

We waited a long time in line for face painting

Mia anted to be a cat

Then we took a 10 minute bike ride to a fair in Schriesheim. Another long waiy for the bungee jumping

 Then some cotton candy

 Luckily the sun came out