Chestnuts

You may be wondering what I did with all those chestnuts that Amelia and I collected...well, I decided that we had enough to fill up Amelia's little splashing pool from summer. So, that is what we did. It is on our balcony since she tends to throw them around everywhere. I can't take the credit for this idea though...I borrowed the idea from Schneckenhaus, her future daycare. They had it in their playroom and I thought it was such a great idea, especially since Amelia had loads of fun with it. :)

A Great Hiking Weekend...Part II

On Sunday, we went on a little hike with my in-laws and Charlie. It was nice, and not near as steep as the hike on Saturday. Amelia was once again on the shoulders or walking around a bit. Once again, she passed out after about half the hike...so once again, we were carrying a sack of potatoes. :)

Asking Amelia how big she is...Sooooo big!!

Passed out princess...

Charlie going after a stick in this very lush field...he had a blast!

Afterward, we went over to Markus' Uncle's house who has around 50 cows (he's a dairy farmer). Amelia was in heaven with the cows. All she wanted to do was look at them...and of course go and pet them, but, yeah...mommy didn't want that...and the cows probably wouldn't be too thrilled to have her go and "pet" them, which to Amelia is basically some hard patting. Charlie and Findus are used to it...these cows not.

Amelia and the cows!

With cousin Robert :)

Then after the farm, we went to get coffee and cake at Gasthof Kopf, where Markus and I had our wedding reception. They have WONDERFUL food, not to mention cake. And they have a great playground in the back for the kiddos. It was absolutely gorgeous outside so that is where we sat.

All in all, it was a great weekend! I hope to have a couple more like this before we go to Texas...then we'll be having really nice weather...hopefully.

A Great Hiking Weekend...Part I

Markus and I had a wonderful weekend of hiking. On Saturday we went to an area close to us that was supposedly voted the best forest in Germany...I think that the local forest club got together and rigged the vote. It was nice, but I've seen better. We decided to leave the stroller in the car since it probably wouldn't be able to handle the paths. We had Amelia on our shoulders or she walked around a bit. By the middle of the hike...after a really steep part, she passed out. We were only half way through...great...we're carrying a sack of potatoes the rest of the way. Markus remembered a shortcut he saw on the map, so we took that. It got us back to the main road pretty quick.





Luckily, right when we got to the road, there was an overgrown parking lot (since they just built a new one up the road where we were parked) and there was a bench...kind of a rotting bench, but nonetheless a bench. So, Amelia and I chilled on the bench and Markus walked along the road to get the car and pick us up since she was totally passed out and I didn't feel too safe walking along the road with Amelia.



Funny thing happened when Markus came to pick us up. I guess a police car drove by. They were turning around at the parking lot where we were parked and then noticed Markus walking towards the car. They stopped him and asked if "that lady and baby belonged to him". He responded, "Yes, the little one just fell asleep and I am picking up the car." I like that the police are very perceptive and were going to come and ask me if everything was ok. Polizei, dein Freund und Hilfer!