"yawn" - my heiny! as y'all longsince know, spring is an extremely hectic time for the dragon and their oldies, and this year just a little even-more-so... mommy's got a new archery to run, the dragon has numerous new care-givers, and one in particular, well and garden & co are also still around. that and daddy's quick trip to the dairy one of the united states and BOOM! there is 2 months worth of readers' starvation (as opposed to reader's digest!) on the blog. what a shame! :(
but of course, there are good things to report, too! and since you had to wait for oh-so-long, it should be twice as good, at least! :)

so, first and most important: die battle for an opening in the integrative kindergarten (one where special needs kids and regulrs are tended to together) is won. to be precise: even the battle for 3 openings! that's right, the dragon will be united! effective sep5th, benG will have a day job, accompanied and supported by his fellow dragon heads, how cool is that?! on one hand, though, that means saying good bye to their (and our) beloved kindergarten teachers and many little friends, but on the other hand, this is also a very excellent chance, which our firstborn is given there... so, in that spirit we holler a big THANX to the officials in the townhall, you are the greatest!

second, and hardly less beautiful: benG starts to make himself heard. mommy - of course! - has the finer ears and is able to distiguish things that to daddy disappear in the white noise, including, but not limited to, "mama"! (surprise!) :) but mama or not, he is babbling. all day long. a little scary that, actually! :)

thirdly, we should be on another chapter called "newsflash from therapesia", for quite a while, actually, but we're not. yet. unfortunately it takes ages again until our firstborn is allowed back to maulbronn (we retort: tricking the lord by hiding meat inside batter, eleven fingers to drink more wine and collin's busted knot at the eating hold-up), to bust his developmental knot, too, with the friendly magic personnel there... *sigh* once there, it is developmental heaven, but until the draw-bridge is lowered...

and fourth: FINALLY the numerous, almost traditional even, visits to our beloved formula student have started to bear fruit: the bobbycars are being raced at noticeable speeds by now. down our driveway. and in collins case even with considerable lateral and brake acceleration! even leaning! that's right, wheels off the ground! which a) luckily points into the correct form of motorsport but b) give reason to complain about the shocks on a bobbycar... :) next stop: moto cross. OK, maybe one tiny intermediate step: lawn tractor... :)