My friendships-Company of the Wise

Company of the Wise
“Be in the company of proper people. That is what you call satsang: company of the wise. You may not always be able to have that company, but whenever you have it, reap the benefit of it. Other times, keep the teachings; remember them every day. Spend as much time as possible in remembering the teachings. Books are your company, people are your company,memories of your great moments are your company. Being in the company of people who are seekers on the same path can help to remind you. The Buddha taught that you shouldn’t try to walk as one person. Because you may continually slip, it’s better to walk with others, so that each one of you can help the other. " Swami Satchidananda and why Im sooo picky about my friends!

PLAYMOBIL and LUKE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY

Sorry guys, no time for blogging! Im working a lot and just generally busy....there will be a long ranting post soon...much to say!;) For Luke's birthday we went bowling. Great pics. Here, he's helping his sister. I love watching their relationship!

Luke and his best bud Seth


The whole gang!

Fasching is like Carnivale or Mardi Gras here in Germany. Its way over the top, celebrated by all and a WILD time. This is Layne's FASCHING hat that she made for school. She dressed up as a bunny for Fasching, though. Full Party day at school--bigger than Halloween!

Over SKi Break we took a quick trip to Bavaria and went to Playmobil FUn Park. The outside is closed in the winter but they have a big indoor arena FULL of Playmobil--mini and life size. Kids had a blast for 3 hours. Did I mention they also have a beer garden and coffee bar?? All was well!

Luke on the VIKING Ship- he still LOVES the VIKINGS!

Lukes 9th Birthday-DInner at SHalimar (Indian!)

Layne, Charlotte and Dad

Luke loves Indian food! He had Yellow Dahl and Naan

WE LEFT HER ALONE FOR 1 MINUTE...1 MINUTE!!!!!!! We were making our Vegan SUper Moist Chocolate Cake.

The kids are off school this week for SKI WEEK, but we aren't skiing! Chris just got back from South Africa and we were just in the States (followed by the flu!) so mom made the call and decided we all needed some down time. It has been a great week, reminding me of our homeschooling days. I never understand people who don't enjoy being "home". These past few days have been full of lego building, book making, painting, baking cookies and a chocolate cake, reading, Scrabble, Math Bingo and so much more. We finally drug ourselves out to Frankfurt yesterday to visit the Natural History Museum. It wasn't the SMithsonian, but was a great "smaller" version.

Walking on dino footprints

On Monday we got another 5-6 inches of snow. Our house is really unique in that it is 3 levels with the main living space on the second level. We have big windows all the way around, so beautiful views when it snows! This is the view from the front window. The tall tower is the castle across the street.

The view from Laynes room

From the master balcony with the Thalkurche (town church) steeple in the background.

recent photos

Ice skating in Wiesbaden, Layne lost her first tooth, and a new costume from Grandma!

THE FLU

WHere have we been? On the couch with a fever for 6 days (me!) Layne for 7! BLAH...both feeling better but life has kept going while we were out so time to catch up.

Several people are asking how we treat the flu. Oscocillium at the first symptoms, Lots of Vit C , enchincaea, juice, double up on Juice Plus. After we found out Layne had a bacterial infection also and went on antibiotics-I added Probiotics and tons of yogurt. Its a lot of work to treat naturally-but it supports the body for a more thorough healing--I believe it could have been weeks or months before we were truly well.

I also am not an advocate of TV when sick. I dont like the energy it creates and its not restful. We listen to lots of music, books on tape, JIm Weiss and when Layne was up to it she went into our classroom and painted or played. She would come back to the couch when she needed rest.

Both feeling pretty good today..