Friday, September 4, 2009

Trip to Chicago

We had a great trip to Chicago the last week of August. We stayed a few days with Tante Hedi and got the chance to visit with Uncle Bert, Tante Elfriede, and Bob. Hedi was a great host and Brendan really loved playing with her.



After that we headed downtown were we spent a few days at a hotel close to Navy Peir. We visited the Field Museum and Childrens Museum as well as the park, Mich Ave, Navy Peir, etc.... We learned allot navigating the city with our double stoller. I didn't care for carrying the stoller up the stairs to catch the train, but we made it. The weather was cool, but the rain stopped once we got to the city. Lukas got is first boat ride and both got their 1st ride on a subway. We all enjoyed ourselves and the boys really had fun.

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Andrea's Birthday August 6th


I took the day off, and Andrea was already home for her birthday with the kids this summer. We started the day with a nice big breakfast and then went to Kentucky to Newport Aquarium, Brendan always loves the fish and we really enjoyed how much Lukas enjoyed himself also...the colors and movement seemed really nice for him. After the Aquarium we had lunch at the Hoffbrauhaus and then got ice cream at Cold Stone Creamery. We went home after that and all took some time to nap before we went to pick up dinner to make at home and cake. It was a great day for all of us to enjoy Andrea's birthday.

Clifford Train Ride




Today we went on another train ride with Clifford the Big Red Dog as the theme, Brendan as expected had a really nice time. After the train, we went and had a hamburger at Red Robin and Andrea had ice cream and was sang (a few days after her birthday).



Sunday, July 19, 2009

Water Time

This afternoon we played outside and enjoyed the very comfortable weather, Brendan always likes to play in the water and he had a really nice time today. After playing in the water, we made a big dinner of sausage with basil and onions, lasagna, and fresh vegetables and baked eggplant from our garden. Mommy came home from Memphis just in time for dinner, everybody is very happy to have her home.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Kolping Festival - Brendan and Daddy


After nap today, we went to a "party" at the Kolping Catholic German society of Cincinnati, we had a great time. We were lucky to be there early since by the time we left at 8:30pm (about an hour past Brendan's bedtime) it was packed. We had multiple cream puffs, and all sorts of other food. We played in the fields and listened to lots of music. I don't know if it was the excitement or all the sweets, but Brendan was wide awake even when we got home and running all over, glad he had such a nice time. The best part for Brendan was that there was a game where the table spun with a rat was under a metal cover, then a bell was rang, the cover was removed and the rat ran into a variety of colored holes that people could bet on the odds...that was very entertaining.