Off We Go

Certainly. I fell for it.
"A tad" more expensive than tap-water, what I usually drink, but, hey, when did I last see my family?
We need something to drink for the loooong ride (~ 60km), right?

First step will be to learn to work with my stupid Walther in the woods (dark half of the year coming), then parents in law for lunch (hopefully not tongue again! It was tender, but... OMG, my brain said "ewww, nooo!"), then family.
Only shortly as they´re still busy with their new house and Ingo wants to be home early, too, to get a place to park the car near where we live.

I hate wrapping presents, takes too much patience, but for that I did a job OK, no?

Big Niece can read now, so it comes with name tags. The ones with both wrapping papers is for them to share, otherwise (cause Wee one cannot read yet) everyone gets her own paper, too.
Now I can just hope the pressies are fun for them.

I refused to buy a saddle for the wooden horse Niece got for her birthday.
For some whopping €100!
They even sell food buckets with "yummy food" and if that´s not crazy enough:
Hoof picks!!!
Seriously! Those legs are deep into the ground so the kids can play with that thing - it has no hoofs! But there must be people who buy this!
Rant over...

I got books: Myths from Braunschweig and surroundings - also where they live, a real great book!
I bought if for myself and had to go back the next day to buy it for Niece - the cash-out woman said, it´s not for children only, she loved it, too! And a coloring book with funny/interesting Braunschweig-facts (after all this comes from The City of Henry the Lion and Niece is a Lion by zodiac):

For both a book on horse-tales and... since Niece told me on the phone she still remembers having seen the Little Giant Girl on my PC a stick with The Giants - for both. Wee One gets the "The Jungle Book" - when I checked with Bro he said she loves this (phew) and a DVD. One. Because AT HOME I read for the second: Years 6+. Stupid Auntie, me!

Well let´s see how that goes.
I´m curious if FIL really got all his swim-medals and stuff out for me!

Oh, I plain hate driving and will not look onto the road cause otherwise Ingo does not pay the attention he pays when driving by himself.
Wish us luck.
I didn´t have had in mind school holidays had started (traffic)!
Weren´t they JUST over???
How come that as a kid you waited forever for the next holidays (didn´t you, too?) and now I just can´t believe how quick the next one comes!

Crazy, no?

Lion of the day - heading to his Lion-Niece :-)