Broken in Berlin

Our ski buddy, Lucjan, blew out his knee two weeks before a planned repeat of:

We have a bit of experience figuring out what to do after our few weeks with a broken elbow. The first thing we needed to do was find a different summer camp option for Crosby as rock climbing was a no-go. Julia at circularium thinks up the most amazing projects. Crosby came home with a treasure trove of slime, pottery, snow globe, and a belly full of delicious food. 

Another great place in our hood is Calliope. Crosby took a two day coding course at Calliope over the summer.

Crosby presented his "nerf-machine 2000". Nerf means annoying. 

Another place we've walked by a bunch, mostly just to laugh at the "Kinder Labor" sign on the window, is Entdeckum. The website conveys that they do not specialize in child labor, but rather building robots. The timing hasn't worked out for our family, but the idea is cool. 

Our favorite museums are:

• The Video Game Museum 
• The Future Museum (free)
• The Communication Museum 
• The Technical Museum
• Anything on free Museum Sunday 

I'm thankful we made it to this museum on a non-exploding day. 

I really enjoy going to factory museums. Thankfully Crosby wasn't injured long enough for me to search one out. A friend recommended a tortilla factory but sadly it already closed. 

The other tricky part of the injury equation was entertaining Crosby during the Hofpause or "recess". I ordered comic books on Medimops. Our current go-to are escape room books. 

I would estimate Crosby was entertained for eight hours with this one book. (Arriving on Monday morning at Sir Lucjan's house.)

We did a lot of walking to find ice cream and bubble tea which obviously doesn't work for a bum knee. Being injured is no fun. Hang in there Lucjan!