Finn is a preschooler!

Since January 7th Finn is going to the local Kindergarten. He is doing great! "I live in the hedgehog group", he likes to say. His German is getting better by the day, and it helped that he spoke so much German in Rostock right before his first day of preschool. I usually drop him off around 8/8:30am and pick him up between 12 and 1pm. His teachers are very nice. (When I asked Finn if he likes them he said "Yes, but Mama, they are VERY old!" :) There is two of them for a group of 25 kids ages 3-6. That seems like a lot, but since the older ones are pretty independent already the teachers have enough time to commit to the younger ones. They say Finn is adjusting really well, is not shy, talks at circle time, and joins other kids at play. He especially likes to play outside on the playground.


I have to take pictures of his kindergarten for you who haven't been here yet. It is really close, right across the street from our house.

That said, Finn did manage to catch a mean virus there. He has been sick all this week. Monday was the last day he could go to kindergarten, and of the 25 kids in his group only 12 were there. Finn has had a high fever for days, and of course is coughing badly. Thankfully it's not pneumonia though. Lily of course caught it too, and Neil has had a sore throat for a week, but he's hanging in. So our nights are broken up and short. It seems someones is always awake and crying. Apart from a mild case of cabin fever I am doing all right still. I'm itching to get out of the house, though, maybe I can slip away to the gym for a couple hours this weekend.



Here is a pic of Finn on the couch yesterday morning. Poor guy!


I hope he'll feel better soon. We knew that once he starts preschool he would probably be sick more often, but I sure hope it won't be as bad as this too often! He'll be home more than he is there!