What to say?

Sorry I didn't post yesterday. It was a day full of running around town but not actually doing much worth talking about.

We did start to go through my mother-in-law's apartment and decide what we're going to have shipped to the States. There'll have to be some major rearranging at home to make room for everything.

JBP has overall handled all this well. Although the last couple of days, especially right after visiting his Oma's apartment, he's started getting willful, defiant, etc.

We've talked to him about it several times and I think he's starting to get the point. When you're having strong feelings talk about them, don't bury them and then start acting out.

Every night after story time and prayer, before going to sleep, we've started having question time. That's when JBP can ask anything he wants, about anything.

Obviously his questions have mostly been the tough kind, like, 'What's it like to die?' and 'Why didn't we take any pictures of the coffin?' and 'Why didn't we open the coffin to look at Oma?'

Sometimes we find ourselves struggling to answer him. But we promised honesty, even if that means telling him we don't know. It seems to be helping him deal with everything and I'll probably keep up the tradition once we get home.

Last night during question time he finally admitted he didn't like going to his Oma's apartment and didn't want to go back. We told him he didn't have to. There's a play area in the garden behind the building and he can go there when we have to go back.

He also has decided he wants to keep her scarf. I had crocheted it as a Christmas gift for her last year and we came across it yesterday while going through her apartment.

Well, Der Deutscher and JBP have several pages worth of math homelinks to do together today (JBP refuses to do them with me!), so it's my turn to go shopping by myself. Yippee!!!!

Nimitz' Lady