Just a little update today...

Olivia loves her preschool! I was afraid at first that she really does not want to go there but just after her first day she's constantly waiting for the days she can go! I am soo happy!
The best thing is that she tells me already in the car driving home in German what happened, where they played outside or what they had for snack. Her German is doing awesome! Even with all the English influence she now has she talks a lot of time just in German! How awesome is that?

I rode Vanna the other day with split reins (Dreieckszuegel) that were attached to the girth but I soon gave up since Vanna is not the best to ride when she is so restricted plus I always feared that she might step into the dangling reins (because she freaked out once when I shortened the reins to bring her into a correct head position while trying to lunge her). So I ended up using the split reins as Schlaufzuegel instead but with my real reins still being shorter and my first aid for her. The Schlaufzuegel only should keep Vanna from putting her nose up into the air. And you know what? That helped! She walks much better in a frame on both hands but today I received the neck stretchter (Halsverlaengere) from Germany and I will ride Vanna on Thursday with this help. Will see how she's doing with this one!

Jonah is still far from being fully potty trained. Sometimes I think we are soo close because he's soo good behaving and the next day he just pees into the diaper as if there's no tomorrow. I am so frustrated! And since a couple of days everything is 'No'.
Agggghhhh!