Grandma Belle - Part 3 and some other stuff

After we returned from Paris we took it easy on Saturday.  The kids pretty much watched movies all day and played in the yard a bit while the grown ups unpacked, sorted laundry, ran a couple errands and rested.  That night we went to the Tex-Mex restaurant and had a great meal.

Playing in the yard

Sunday we took Grandma to Regensburg and showed her around.  It was pretty busy for a Sunday even though all the stores were closed, but she got to see the Cathedral, the Stone Bridge and had some sausages by the river.

Monday we did chores most of the day (laundry and grocery shopping) and then on Tuesday we took Grandma to Weiden.  We shopped around, got to go inside the Old Rathaus, had lunch and got some ice cream.  That night Grandma took us to the local Thai restaurant for our last meal before she left.

Wednesday we took Grandma to the airport and then came home and I mowed the lawn and cleaned the house while the kids played.  Overall it was a great visit from my Mom and we were sad to see her leave.  She may come back in October for a short visit as she's planning a trip with some friends to France.

It's been pretty low key around here since Grandma left.  Last weekend we went to the annual German-American Volksfest which was basically like a county fair.  We wandered around for a while and got some food (horrible nachos, slushies, blooming onion) and the kids went on a couple rides, but apparently we weren't in the mood because we were only there maybe 2 hours before we went home.  It was a beautiful day though so we went to the pool for a couple hours.  Sunday we went for a walk and had a picnic at our neighborhood fussball field.

Lazy Saturday morning (w/ Chai Tea)

This past week Lydia had a field trip to a Butterfly Museum through the summer program on post, and  Elise went on a hike at a Labyrinth.  Haaken had one day of daycare just to get him in contact with some other kids.  This weekend we don't have anything planned really - maybe a movie tonight and then possibly going to a nearby town on Saturday (Amberg) that is supposed to have a cool city center.