W27 of Y3

With summer winding down and the temps in Germany finally going UP we were sure to fit in lots of swimming this week. We went back to Viernheim Schwimmbad again and the diving boards were open this time, we spent another day at Bellamar in Schwetzingen, and then had to fit in a day at my favorite place of all to swim here in Germany... Hemsbach lake (2.5 miles from our house)!

The boys love to play out on the boat for hours! It's so fun to watch them. We don't even have oars to row the boat with... which they say makes it even more fun to figure out how to move.



Whitney loves to play on the beach and get good and dirty!

Behind the lake is a pool. We like to go here after the lake to get cleaned off. Whitney's BFF from kindergarten even came to join us!

Another good use for the boat...

Brothers....

Open House

This week was open house at the boys school. We got to go and meet their teachers, see their classrooms, etc...


They even served a free lunch!

Jeremy was talking to some other parents when the PE coach walked up to him with Connor. Apparently the coach saw Connor and started talking with him. When he found out Connor was only in 4th grade he told Connor to take him to his Dad. He approached Jeremy and said that Connor had to be on the football team this year. Here we go......

Holiday Park

We have been planning on going to Holiday Park all summer but never got around to it. Finally the last Saturday before school starts we go and it's raining all morning!! We thought the park would be empty, or even possibly closed... We should have known - these Germans would never let a little rain spoil their fun! It sprinkled on and off while we were there but didn't start down pouring again until we were in the van on our way home.

It was a wonderful day and the perfect end to a great summer!



Schnitzel mit Pommes for lunch



Whitney was mad on this ride insisting it was for babies!


We all went through the "haunted house". It was hilarious. I didn't take this picture in time but the woman just stands there pulling her top up and down exposing her bare breasts! The boys almost peed their pants they were laughing so hard.







The boys finally got Jeremy to go up this ride. This was our 3rd time being at this park and he will never go on this one, until now. He was pretty traumatized afterwards!

Never too wet and cold for slushies!!

Or chocolate covered apples!

We usually go to the Jim Pond (German version of James Bond) show when we are at Holiday Park but we missed it this year. Instead we went to the Amazon show. This lady had everything from crocodiles, alligators, snakes, millipedes, scorpions, tarantulas, porcupines, and skunks. It was disgusting but the boys loved it!

Next week: First week of school!

W26 of Y3

First day of school!!!

Whitney started back at her German Kindergarten this week. We weren't going to start sending her to Kindergarten until the boys went back to school but her very best friend, Lizzy, started school already and hates to go if Whitney isn't there.

I love this picture because you can see Lizzy looking through the glass doors to see if Whitney is coming!!

Whitney doesn't seem too impressed with Lizzy's new shoes!! haha!

Lizzy has to read the book to Whitney because it's all in German. So cute!!

Every Wednesday the entire Kindergarten goes to the forest for the whole day. The kids pack lunches and pads to sit on for the day. When they have to go #1 or #2 they just pull down their pants and go in the grass. It sounds so fun!!! They have to wear hats because ticks are a huge problem here in Germany.

Schwimmen!!!

Summer finally came to Germany and we have been making up for lost time by going swimming as often as possible!

This is the Schwimmbad in Schwetzigen. I was soooooo mad at myself for leaving my camera in the car so I made the kids take pics outside afterwards. This was the first pool that we've been to here in Germany that had diving boards. It was so fun watching both of the boys getting the courage to go off the diving boards for the first time and then going over, and over, and over, and over again!


Scouts

The first scouting activity was this week. It was fun to see all of our old scouting buddies again as well as meeting some new ones!

Whitney looking so "summery" in her swimsuit top playing at the park while the boys were heavily engaged in their scouting activities in the background.

Whitney taking pics of me at the playground.


Badminton

Volleyball

Group photo's. Whitney wanted to be in the picture so bad.

Potluck dinner
Singing around the campfire. We are so excited for scouts this year!!

Viernheim Schwimmbad

We have lived here for over 2 years and have never got to this pool. Crazy!!! It's only 10 minutes from our house!!

This is what Whitney looks like the entire time that she swims without her life jacket. Her face is barely out of the water and she has a HUGE smile the whole time!!

The wavy slide. Jeremy and I both had our turns too. So fun!

Daddy's girl!

There was a triatholon the day we went here so the diving boards were closed off. The boys were forced to go on the slide a hundred times instead. They had so much fun though!!

Huttenfeld Fest

Huttenfeld had their annual fest this week. It was exactly like the last 2 years which made it fun because we totally knew what to expect! It was also fun because we actually know people now and felt like 'locals' here. Friends were there to greet us and we had so, so much fun!






I promise this is just apfelsaft!!




After spending at least 100 euro's in less than an hour at the fest it was so fun to watch Lizzy and Whitney having soooo much fun just playing at the Burgerhaus park for FREE! You can see the fest in the background but they didn't care. This is the same park they play at just about everyday but couldn't be happier than they were right here! I am so thankful that Whitney has found such a good friend here.




We finished off the great week with having wonderful friends over that we haven't seen for so long! It was so good to have their family over.

It was funny to see Simon (age 3) playing Mario Kart. He kept calling it "Auto Spiel" (car game). He got really good, really fast. I am guessing it's his German blood that makes him a natural-born driver. He was addicted to this game the entire time he was here. It was so cute!

His little brother was addicted to Kayla. He was so cute with her.

It was a fun, busy, full week and we all loved it! One more week until the boys are back in school so we are going to make the best of it and enjoy every last minute of Summer that we can!!