Our Debit Card Adventures and Big Boy Nate!

Before I begin I just wanted to say hello to my Grandma! Welcome to the Internet! I am so happy you are able to read about our adventures and see pictures of Nathan.

This week we started trying to teach Nathan how to eat like a big boy. We have been giving him food on a plate and slowly teaching him not to throw the plate on the floor or food off the plate. So far we are doing okay. We are also trying to teach him how to feed himself with a fork and spoon. The fork and spoon end up being toys. It is much faster to eat with our fingers!! He loves mixed veggies. but for some reason will only eat green beans if they are by themselves and not part of the vegggie mix. If he gets a green bean, he takes it out of him mouth with a yucky face and throws it on the floor! Tonight we had meatloaf for dinner and he LOVED it!! He also loves any kind of fruit. Of course...just like mommy! His favorite is fresh apples.

I had an interesting birthday last Saturday. Thanks again for all the birthday wishes! We still need some things for our house so we thought we would go to IKEA, have some lunch and do some shopping. We finally have our ATM cards, or EC Cards like they say here in Germany. We have our PIN numbers but Nathan got ahold of the mail and ripped the pins from the card number it belonged to so we had no idea which PIN went with each card. We go to the cafeteria at IKEA and try to pay with our cards. Both PIN numbers are denied. Sean then tries to go to the ATM at IKEA and comes back looking like he was going to hit something or somebody. The ATM machine ate his card!! We scrape together some change and pay for our food and decide that after we eat, we will go to our bank (20 mins away) and use my card to withdrawal some money. So we go to our bank, I put my card in....THE ATM EATS MY CARD TOO!!! Now we have no way of getting money and no cash on hand. We give up and go home. It turns out that our cards were locked due to a mail mix up and now we won't get them back until someone cleans out the ATMs and mail them to us. Who knows when that will be.

After this experience I have decided that our motto so far in Germany is: The only way to learn something is to do it wrong the first time. Eventually we will get the hang of things.

Have a wonderful day!