In honour of this achievement we bought a second hand highchair on eBay, which Jack sanded, stained and varnished to be now occupied by the smallest member of our family. Tim is pretty excited to sit _at_ the table, and not _on_ the table in his bouncy chair as has been traditional up 'till now. His new favourite food has been red and green apples, although still nothing beats cucumbers!
Halloween is making a bigger appearance every year in Berlin, and this year there are even carved pumpkins outside of our building :)
On Thursday we caught up with Christine and Finlay and went to the west zoo and aquarium. Timmy absolutely loved all the different fish, especially some of the large stingrays that swam right past the glass. Definitely need to go there more often while our yearly pass hasn't expired.
Today we ventured out to Gärten der Welt (Gardens of the World) - a large park in the outer east of Berlin, which has a collection of themed gardens from all over the world. They have a Japanese garden, Korean, Chinese, Italian, oriental and a couple of others. They're all very well maintained and quite pretty. There was even a little hedge maze that we walked through. The weather was perfect - warm, sunny and basically made for a very enjoyable outing. Thus, we're trying to get the most out of the last couple of days of this beautiful autumn.
Tomorrow grandma Emmi is departing and we will be missing her very much. Tim lights up every time he sees her in the mornings and it will be an adjustment to be so far away again. But I guess that's life in our modern global world, and as they say - each goodbye means that you get to say hello sooner :)
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