School's Out For Summer

August in Munich is eerily quiet if you're a resident and bustling if you're a tourist.  Schools are closed and many shops close so Munichers can vacation elsewhere.  It really makes it obvious where tourists venture and how helpful it can be to have some insider tips to escape the crowds when it comes to eating and hidden gems.
Lily's school vacation starts tomorrow for a month and even though "serenity now" keeps entering my thoughts, there is a part of me looking forward to the change of pace and how life will unfold for us without the school routine.
School ending, our long bout of sicknesses ending (fingers crossed), immobility from the babies ending,even Olympics ending, life is suddenly feeling different. Now if you walk into our house, you'll see 2 babies crawling after me with Elise making a bee-line if she catches sight of Lily.  We have our jail set up but it is a lot of fun to watch the babies explore everything...that novelty will probably end by next post if not by tomorrow already.

Here are some moments from the last week.

Paul is now crawling, 2 weeks since Elise made the move.  Had to capture the moment, got a kick out of his sound effect when getting the rabbit he was crawling for.

Took Lily to her first Munich Theater performance of the Gruffalo Child and she loved it.  She wasn't too happy about them deviating from the story at certain parts but she put up with it.  Tough critic.

Got a cute video of the babies giggling tonight before bed.