Visit from Chicago

On Monday I met with two German friends in the park and the kids loved that new playground we've found with the little creek. Needless to say they spent the whole time in the creek :)... 

Enjoying the heat watching the kids... wow... the sunglasses look pretty big on me somehow - maybe it's just the angle... anyway - look at the blue sky...

TUE till FR my very good friend from Chicago came and visit us with her girls. It was so much fun spending time together and the kids really enjoyed the company too.

THU we went to Greenfield Village and enjoyed the whole day outside.

Hello Summer... oh wait...

The weather has been really crazy... it was so hot the other day that we should've worn shirts and shorts (no warning to get those clothes out from winterbreak or anything) and we had some wonderful warm days but then it went back to a very cool few days and even frost *ups*... glad I didn't start planting the veggies outside yet. I got the vegetable garden up but we haven't plant anything yet.

In the meantime Zoe and I enjoyed some time alone out at the mall while the guys went to Costco and afterwards I took both kids out to Greenfield Village.

The kids had a blast. Thomas the Engine was there for three weekends. Unfortunately I couldn't take the kids the second weekend since I was in Chicago with my German friends :)... all alone - no kids. But therefore I went both SAT and SUN the last weekend to make up for the missing weekend :).

 And some thomas tattoos they got

Monday Night at 'Sprachwerkstatt' (German Class) we had Traffic Rules. The kids got to bring their bikes, trikes and scooters and had to learn the traffic signs and how to behave in traffic.

After the big storm on Monday afternoon / night the weather temps dropped so that we had to get out winter jackets out again but we still had a lot of fun at the Toledo Zoo

This time we got to feed the birds. It was a lot of fun.

The kids loved it. I'm sure we have to do this now every time we go to the Toledo Zoo ;)

April pics

I know the posting hasn't been very regularly lately. I'll try to keep up with it again as we're moving forward over here :). 

Let's recap some fun things from last month: The kids enjoy the backyard a LOT... 

Another Easter Egg Hunt at a German Friend's house

Breakfast

She's ready to help me cook :)

Decorating our house - FINALLY

Dinner Play Date with Ice Cream for desert

The Toledo Zoo finished their built of the new aquarium and it's turned out amazing.

Touching Sting Rays

Henry Ford Museum with Friends

At Lowe's on a SAT morning - Kids Clinic. This time we put a little flower box together

Lizzie's Birthday party... pizza and ice cream - Henry ate 2 pieces of cake of course. But they enjoyed the bowling as much as the food

Oh... here we enjoy some homemade belgium waffles. Always a big hit

The very first train ride of the season at Greenfield Village. We couldn't miss it :)

Story Time at the Belleville Library

My little vegetable garden box...

trimmed trees and bushes

Our yard looks so great now. I put some work into trimming bushes and trees and now (1-2 weeks after this picture was taken) it starts blooming now and looks so perfect...