Finally nice and warmer outside

Yeah, we are finally reaching temperatures like 20C this week. We so had to go to the zoo yesterday and what started out as a short 'who wants to join' on FB ended up in group of 7 Ladies :). All from different countries as well. The kids had a blast. Even though it was a little chilly in the morning it was so nice to get out and have the sun warm us up. The kids should've had sunscreen on... so Henry is a little more red today :(...

Emily from Australia, Esther from Spain, Molly from USA, Ingrid and Marilyn from Brasil, Sarah from Canada and Me the German :)... it was so much fun.

The kids got along very well. Ages 4 through 6 months... 

Tiny Town

Today we met with some of our German Friends at 'Tiny Town'. A fun indoor play area for the little ones. I have to say we have a lot of fun places for the kids around here. It's so funny, the kids already know every place and when we parked Zoe argued with me she much rather wants to go to Sky Zone (the trampoline place). We haven't been to Tiny Town in a very long time... I think we went when they just opened and haven't been since. I'm not even sure if Henry was already born... yes, yes he was. I remember him standing at the work bench *lol*... anyway... so we go inside and of course my kids are gone, having fun playing etc. AND they also have a little trampoline so her sky zone time got somehow included :). 

The Bubble Machine!

They added a ball pit since the last time I was there.

And of course we had one snack. Zoe discovered Oreo cookies!!!!!!!!!! URGH... oh well... they don't get it every day and man are they tasty!!!!! Henry on the other hand decided to munch on some zoo animals and we learned the German and English word for them... it's so cool how you can incorporate learning languages in your day to day activities without much prep work to it ;).

Overall we're doing very well... the snow is almost gone. I can still see like very small chunks on the yards or streets but only if you really WANT to see it ;). I'm preparing what I'll do for the vegetable garden! It's so tricky. They have these pre fabricated boxes, which are great but kind of expensive if you want to raise the garden (since we have some rabbits who'd love to have our veggies I'm sure). So today I checked out some other ideas and pinterest gave me the hint for 'cinder blocks' that sounds great!!! Sturdy, easy, a little cheaper and if I don't want it anymore I can easily remove them all. I keep looking around and maybe I'd find a great deal somewhere... our veggies that are growing inside the house are getting sooo tall! I'm almost afraid they're growing too fast! They still have to stay in that inside container another month or so... hope the roots are not overwhelmingly growing so they won't suffocate. We'll have soooo many tomatoes! Oh my! Three different brands and at least 8 plants each! Well, I have lots of friends I can give them away too ;).

Crazy Busy

Sorry... been so crazy busy but we're having fun fun fun... 

Zoe wants to have a baby sister! She adores baby Ryan :)

Henry is snacking... what else *LOL*

Zoe found her 'Lieblingskaese' while going grocery shopping... the one with the holes in it like the one she loved at Oma and Opas :)... that cheese didn't last long... *LOL*

Outdoor Fun... here we come. Finally all the snow has melted away. You can still see some leftovers here and there but our subdivision is finally snow free. It's so nice to have the whole street to ourselves again and not just a path in between mountains of snow ;)

Fun with Nicolas

 Zoe's last ballet class. Even Frank came to watch her but she would not participate :(... oh well... last time I spent money on that...

Our Veggies

Our Veggies are growing and growing... even the peppers are coming now (Paprika). We're sooo excited.

Yesterday the kids and I went to Lowe's (Baumarkt) and checked out what it would cost to build a vegetable garden! The cheapest way is to build it ourselves... *sight*... If I'll spend all that money I would hope to get the results paid for it! Any easy tips for me how to proceed with that vegetable garden???

Good Morning World... look who's up?

Water Coloring with Janos

Yum, who's enjoying a French Vanilla Latte? Yeah ...

I brought home a kit to build a bird house :). The kids had to get it done that same night so Frank had to do some hammering with the kids *hihi*... they got it done and nobody got hurt :)... well... they hammered an imprint of a nail into the table!!! Luckily we only still have this table because of the kids... and they can mess it up how bad they want to... sooner or later it'll be going into the basement and I'll get a nice looking dining set :) :) :)...