Sunday, March 25, 2007

Family Day

Today was beautiful again, so we decided to take advantage of the good weather. Of course, so did everyone else- especially since today was an Spring Festival here in our part of town. The pedestrian area was full of booths with food (sausages, crepes, soup, Alsatian Flammkuchen) and drink (beer of course!), as well as arts and crafts for kids to do. Jay made an egg man. Basically, it is an egg for a head on a stick body with all sorts of pipe cleaners and other stuff glued to it. I was pretty impressed. I'll have to take a photo and upload it. Here's a video of Nils going down the slide. He is not the kid you hear crying in the film. http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2017692981



Before we went to the festival, we took a walk along the river to get some fresh air and a nap into Nils. Of course, since there were so many sights to see, it took a while before he fell asleep! Today was the first time we let him out of the stroller to play on the riverbank, so he was pretty excited. He got to throw pebbles into the water, just like his big brother. He also got to see a lot of river barges towing cargo, a ferry, and a lot of airplanes flying overhead. Overall, a pretty exciting day for a 15 month old.

At the festival, we met up with our good friends Marijo and her husband Sherin. We let the kids play a while on the playground before heading home for the traditional Sunday Kaffee und Kuchen (exactly what it sounds like) and more Lego train track extravaganza. Overall, a great day for everyone!

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