Playmobil Fun Park

Today after naptime Juju, Parker and I packed up and headed to Playmobile Fun Park.  It is about an hour from our house, so not a  bad drive :).  In retrospect this park is more geared toward 3-10 year olds, nevertheless, Parker had a blast.  For those of you familier with Columbus, GA, the park was about the size of Lakebottom Park, but filled with MANY trees, tree houses, ponds, waterfalls, a water splash park, and a large toy store with every type of Playmobile that you can imagine!  At one point, Parker and I got ourselves up a tree (literally) and had to back track to get down.  It was lots of fun and we can't wait to go back in a year or two....

This little "boat" was anything BUT stable....

 Parker makes a friend...

Parker vote's Republican....

Bath time with baby Allison...

Salzburg, Austria

Aunt Juju arrived (sans bags) on Monday morning......so we had to do some shopping in Regensburg :).  For those who know us, this was right up our ally!  Tuesday morning we all (minus John) piled into the Odyssey and headed for Salzburg, Austria.  Aunt Juju's favorite movie is the Sound of Music, so we decided that we must visit where it was filmed.  Salzburg is about a 3 hour drive from where we live, so we arrived at our hotel about 1pm.  At 2 we headed to the the meeting spot for our "Sound of Music Tour".  Immediately both Juju and I began to have second thoughts.  For one, there were tons (many) Asian tourists with large cameras, and two the tour was 4 hours long on a large tour bus!  So, we promptly changed to a private tour the following morning for just our little group!  We spent the rest of the afternoon exploring Salzburg and shopping.  After dinner and Parker's bedtime, we watched the Sound of Music.....  Wednesday morning we got up, had breakfast and then met Gunter (our guide) in the lobby of our hotel.  Gunter was great!  He took us on a 2 hour tour of the city, that was much more "Parker Friendly".  We had a great time in Salzburg!

Weltenburger Kloster

On Saturday we all piled into the Odyssey and drove about 30 minutes to the oldest monastery brewery and the second oldest brewery in the world.  The monastery was built in 1050 AD.  It was built on the Danube river surrounded by beautiful hills and a small village.  To get to the Kloster you have to park on one side of the Danube and catch a ferry across the river.  However, the ferry stops running at 5pm.....we didn't know this.  So at six when we decided it was time to head home....there was no boat.  For those of you who don't know, the Danube is a large, fast moving river....there was no way that any of us were going to swim across, especially after the amount of beer we had consumed!  So, we walked to the village and found a nice man to drive Justin about 20km down river to a bridge and then back up to the car.  The rest of us hung out with some locals and enjoyed another beer while we waited for Justin to bring the car around.  So, the lesson for the day is:  read all signs concerning ferry hours and don't get stranded without your car!

Fun outside...

Not much has gone on here in the last week.  Which is fine by all members of our house!  Last Saturday we went to Regensburg with the Michel's to a Fest.  It was huge and there was a ton of stuff to do, from fair rides to beer to shopping...there was something for everyone!  We spent the rest of the weekend playing outstide....the weather is, well, it's ok.....

 As for Bailey, she has a new favorite seat.....you can imagine how Parker feels about this.....

Happy Mother's Day!

We have had a great Mother's Day weekend!  The weather has been so nice, finally warm :).  We grilled out last night with the Michel's and after the girls went to bed we stayed up drinking, eating, and laughing......I think it's safe to say that we all had a good time!  This morning John and Parker woke me up with breakfast in bed, it was a perfect way to start my day!  Here is a short "photo" recap of our weekend....Oh yeah, Parker got her first "strawberry"......

 Parker and Baby Allison.....

All the way from Cabo....

Although we weren't able to go to Cabo this Easter with Juju and Larry, they came home bearing gifts..... we're not sure what to think of this "cape"....

 We also decided to wear it other ways....while on the phone :)

 Had trouble seeing out of the eye holes......

 Wouldn't even take it off for snack time.....

Thank you Juju :)

For the LOVE of Bailey....

There are no words to describe Parker's feelings for her "dooog", Bailey.  She refers to her companion by a variety of names:  baby, Bayleeee, and dooog.  They are the best of pals, when it's to Parker's convenience.....but heaven forbid, Bailey should try to eat something of Parker's.  Parker will let into her with flying arms and screaming (which I'm positive, if I could speak "baby", would be profanity)!  As for today, it was all LOVE.....