Monday, June 25, 2007

Johannisfest


here we are logging the Gutenberg-Cache with 2 other cachers we ran into by coincidence - we had so much fun getting this very boldly hidden cache.. lol.. in the middle of the FEST!!! There were Muggles everywhere but quick action from the guys put the cache in our hands and it was really fun :-D

Johannisfest.... one of the greatest fests Mainz has to offer!! Every year there are 4 days dedicated to party, rides, eating, drinking and Johannes Gutenberg - the Millenium Man. Coincidentally he was born in Mainz so we have all the right to party, right? :-DD
This last weekend in June is always fun and this year was no different. We even did some Geocaching in between.. lol..




I´m an old fart :-D but sweet!

yippeh!

yay yeah!

what better place to sit, play and listen to live music than in the shade of the Dom?

1000 years old and still there... the Dom - we didn´t go inside the museum this time but it´s definitely worth it!
Isa ALWAYS has to go inside and light a candle "for the poor children in the world".. can you tell she´s going to a christian Kindergarten? lol


some small fries...

we´re flyyyying!!!

bye then, I´m off to fly around - he wasn´t scared like Isa and had a blast! Isa lost her fear after a couple of minutes in the air though.. but I got diiiizzzyyy and a bit nauseous.. lol

nauseous? yup, this guy, too.. he he




Monday, June 18, 2007

FINALLY - no training wheels



YEAH! Finally we could convince Isa to take the training wheels off.. yup, the child that every circus would be proud of that climbs on every tree, jumps from high places and fits monkey description at times had refused to take off the training wheels forever and ever and ever... you get the pictures..
Her friend Leoni just gave her her own bike again today and she simply took off... Yippeh!!
And afterwards I actually caught Alex working (doing the lawn.. lol) worth a picture any day :-D

Sunday, June 17, 2007

Lost Place - Safariland

Oh yeah - what a day! Yup, it´s father´s day and after torturing Daddy with a window painting and new Salsa CD´s we took a geocaching trip across the river to a lost place...
I remember going to Safariland when I was quite young - they used to have an area where you could drive through with your own car and the monkeys would play on your hood, the lions would walk across your path and all that good safari stuff. An ostrich poked me right between the eyes when I was there one time which I still remember.. lol.. the first and only animal that didn´t take to me right away - wonder why!
So today was the day to drop by and pay a visit to the "contemporary witnesses" that were forgotten in the middle of the woods when they disassembled the place 15 years ago or so. The places you get to visit through geocaching are wonderous sometimes.. lol.. I really enjoyed this and so did the rest of the Clan, even our chief!






Good thing we had Army backup.. lol





Isa had her first find and was waaaay excited.















After checking for ticks we stopped at a nice area with a water pump that delivered crisp and cold water - quite refreshing!!















































Nearby there was a flock of sheep with their shepherd and dog that were really nice and let the kids close and we had a nice sunday walk on top of it.




















On the way back over the Rhine there was a really really nice old cool Harley Davidson next to us and I had to take a picture, what a bonus!!
After a quick stop at the ice cream parlor we fired up the grill and rewarded ourselves with ribs and bratwurst.. what a perfect sunday!!!

Sunday, June 10, 2007

Beach day in Oppenheim :-D

Yeah yeah yeah... german children must turn out horrible because they grow up in such freedom.. just strip your clothes and hop in the water without people giving it a second thought..
I see nothing wrong with it, if you do don´t read on please.
Well, there´s actually not that much to read about, just wanted to share the fun time they had at a bikeride to the local fleamarket by the river that turned into a beach outing..



poor Juju being chased..
















today´s children.. I love this picture :-D

























the overseer... guess the bikes are alright
















makeshift blanket made from mom´s shirt so they can sit.. lol..

















the overseer is still doing a good job




















this is great!!














I´m a water rabbit..
or frog

or something












friends Kyra and Leo

Senckenberg Museum

Absolutely awesome Museum of Natural History - the Senckenberg Museum conveniently located right next to parts of the University of Frankfurt.













T-Rex outside sporting a Galaxy Jersey - the World Bowl is coming up on June 23!!!
P.S. -he has a micro geocache hidden as well :-D my little reward for dragging the monsters through FFM.. he he










oops, what did I do this time? The vulcano is smoking.....
















Hi Baby Triceratops, I´m Baby Jujusaurus!!! :-D


















Juju on his busride through Frankfurt









Can I throw him into the Dino pit now?









aaaah! He´s gonna get me!!!!

















well deserved break upstairs..












and a cooooooool off at home afterwards!

Graduation... Class of 007





subtitles should read SOB SOB, SNIFFLES - WAAAAH!!!! Our baby has graduated!!!!
We only have a handful of pics available right now because of battery issues (ehem..) but the graduation ceremony was great, yet looooongggggg
OK OK, I admit publically that I cried when they walked in.. sniff.. good thing I had Juju on my lap and all eyes were on the Seniors - oh yeah and Juju had a shirt to wipe my eyes on.. grin..
Enough of that though - it was great. They had prepared some James Bond music and the band did really good, the partial drumline was great and they had even prepared a rap/song piece while a short movie about the year was shown.
One of the good things was that this time I had no nursing toddler with me that cried "mommy I want boobie" during the turning of the rings and tassles.. ha ha ha..
Supposedly the whole ceremony should have been online since last night but I haven´t found it yet. I will post the link as soon as I can!
And of course, I will add pictures, too!!!!!






ok, let me pose as if I´m actually cool.. he he

















yeah man, I can´t believe it either.. they actually let us graduate!
lol

Saturday, June 02, 2007

Medieval Festival (13 May 07)







Do they bite???????

Up here at the Landskrone they have the perfect background for a medieval festival - miracle this has only been the 2nd year!
Last year was fun, this year was more fun since we didn´t have to drag Juju all of the time, just part of it.. lol
There were swordfights, a hanging, lots of beer, food and wine, fun for the kids and so on.. This year we didn´t have to invest 40 € in a new medieval shirt for Alex though - wohoo!
wonder if they had forgotten him last year.. lol

our favorite - he was soooo much fun!

hmm... he looks in pain..


the FRO and the hemp... lol



snowwhite and her prince :-D