Camp out backyard style!!

What a weekend!! It has been nice out so Friday night we put up out rent and let the kids sleep outside. Of course they wanted Mom to go to!! I would NOT sleep without a air mattress, but other than hat it was not too bad, so we did it again last night.

Last night was game night with the neighbors. The past few Saturday nights the neighbors next door and their neighbors and then their neighbors, so all in all its 4 houses!! We get together, have a couple drinks and play a game. Its pretty fun and a nice way to end a week.

Well today is Sunday and in our house that means brunch. We go every Sunday the kids really love it. They get the same thing every time but its the fun and doing things as a family that we enjoy. It looks like it will be another nice day out as well, so who knows what we will do!!

p.s. I am out in a class this week with limited to no Internet access. I don't have any guest bloggers set up because I don't have any idea how to set it up and didn't think about it until now! LOL Maybe next time!!

Dachau, A concerntration camp.

What a weekend. I spent Saturday with a friend and we went to Dachau, otherwise, a concentration camp. It was depressing and heartbreaking. I learned a lot more than I had learned in books. WWII and what the Nazi's did is one of my favorite things to learn about. I like to learn about it and make sure that it is not forgotten and in a few years teach it to my kids and teach them not to hate somebody based on looks, religion, or race. Brendan has asked a little about it and I have talked a little about it, but I feel he is a little too young to actually go and see the photographs.

It was weird to see the barracks where they stayed and the beds stacked three high where they slept. They are much smaller in person than I thought. The special exhibit going on right now was pregnant and having babies in camps. I had to walk away after reading some of the stories, and I won't go into detail here, but as a mom it breaks my heart what these cruel people did to women and their children. The main thing that got me was the crematorium.

They had to build a bigger one because the original one was being used beyond its capacity. I walked away with tears in my eyes. How can people be so cruel and how could the town that this is right in the middle of be so oblivious too? I walked away Saturday with a deeper understanding of what the Jewish people went through and sadness in my heart. I will try harder to make sure my kids understand what happened here and that they will not hate anybody and bully anybody just because they don't believe in the same beliefs.

Gas Chamber (where they thought their were taking a shower but were actually killed by gas)

Picture of what it looked like before all the barracks were torn down. Now thats all left is two. Dachau was built to hold 5,000-6,000 but at the time of liberation it was about 32,000!! If you are ever in Germany I would highly suggest gong and seeing one of the many camps. I am going to try to see Auschwitz next because I am into history and being so clase this is a once in a lifetime chance for me.