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.

Pool Time

Summer is offically here which means time to go to the pool. There is a huge outdoor pool complex not far from our place.  The pool is 15 minutes away from Kindergarten so I often head out with the girls right after picking up Sydney from Kindergarten.  The only downside is convincing the girls to get out of the pool when it's time to go home.

 Here are the girls ready to run into the water.

 The park has cool playgrounds as well as pools - this one you can climb all over the ship wreck.

 Here is where we spent the most of our time - the kiddie pool.  This is the shallow end.

Here is the deeper end of the kiddie pool, Sydney spends the entire time here practising holding her breath underwater. There are 4 different pools here, beach volleyball nets, tons of grass to work on your tan. 

Ashlyn and Food

Ashlyn is a very picky eater - so we're always excited when we find something new she likes.  The latest food that is a hit with her is Nachos dipped in Chili.

Not too sure what the camera is doing at the dinner table.

Cheese.

The food was so yummy she had to spread it literally from her head down to her toes.

Close up pictures are her favorite - you have to take the picture fast or she moves in closer to the camera.

Dessert the next day was also a hit -but not quite as messy.

New Playground

Our apartment complex has a new playground.  The girls couldn't wait for the fences to come down and the playground to finally be open.

Testing out the trampoline.

Log cabin before the sand box.

The main attraction the "man in the park".

Syd approves of the slide.

Side view of the man in the park - this is also how Ashlyn climbs up to the slide.

Sydney's favorite swing.

The girls on the normal swings.  

Needless to say the playground is a hit - we're there as often as the weather allows.