Vacation - Part 3

After 6 days with Oma and Opa we made our way to Jahnsdorf.  In Janhsdorf lives David's Opa, aunt and uncle, their 3 kids and their families, and another aunt.  The girls love coming here. The girls love going to visit Sarah, Vivien, and Samuel.  From the minute Syd took her shoes off we rarely saw her without Vivien.

We had great weather so we went swimming several times.

We went to a huge playground that entertained the kids for hours.

The girls had fun doing anything and everthing that involved their cousins.

Saying good-bye was easy this time cause the girls knew they would see their cousins again in a month.

Vacation - Part 2

After visiting Ur-Oma we headed on to David's parents.

We found a pirate playground and had some fun.

There was a family day at the supermarket there with tons of jumping castles and cotton candy - which neither girl really liked.

There was lots of playing in the water by Oma and Opa. They put the pool inside thier winter garden so it was always pool weather.  The water wasn't overly warm but that didn't stop them from splashing around.

Vacation - Part 1

We started our vacation by heading off to David's hometown to visit his his Oma. She is still very fit for 84 and lives by herself.  

 Here is Sydney and her great-grandmother(Ur-Oma)

 Here are the girls practising their English with Ur-Oma.

Saying Good-Bye. Auf Wiedersehen.

Ritter Sport Factory

After a warm week of 30 Celcius, Saturday was cold and rainy. So what do you do on a cold and rainy day - go and visit a local Chocolate Factory.

This is the kids favorite exhibt in the Ritter Sport Factory. Pay attention to the truck leaving the factory.

The truck leaves the factory drives to the front and dumps out a chocolate for you. Ashlyn is waiting rather patiently here.

Sydney watching her Chocolate make it's way to her hands.  Needless to say this exhibt was visited more then once by our girls.

Here is a Cacao Tree that Ashlyn enjoyed running around.  We also got little bags with Cacao nuts - but they never made it in a photo.

This here is a board with various advertisments over the decades.

The girls got more chocolate from the cashier in the shop on the way out - this is probably the 4th chocolate bar each.

Here are 2 very happy girls with the chocolate we bought at the shop - 2 kilos Ritter Sport Chocolate makes for a great rainy Saturday.

Birthday Celebraton

Here are some of the best pictures from Ashlyn's 2nd Birthday.  Decorations, opening presents, eating cake, her favorite gift (a Minnie Mouse umbrella), a picture with her sister and one from her party in the park.

Hope you enjoyed the quick overview of  her birthday.

Happy 2nd Birthday Ashlyn!

 My baby is now 2 years old.

Here is my sweet newborn girl.

Ashlyn on her 1st birthday. 

 Here is the big 2 year old with her favorite present - her Minnie Mouse umbrella.

We love you Ashlyn!

Kindergarten Pictures

Last week we got the Kindergarten photos back. This is her second year but last year they didn't do photos for some reason.

Sydney's pictures turned out great.  She is smiling, but still looks a little unsure.

Her close up.

We tried to have sibling pictures done but one girl was not too co-operative.

I love how Sydney has to hold Ashlyn to keep her from running away.

After the unsuccessful attempt to get both girls smiling in Kindergarten - I took the girls to a park and took a couple pictures myself.  Here is one of the best from the park.