Family Fun

On Saturday we met up with Günter's family at a Corn Maze.

It was fun but a little embarrassing since we couldn't find any of the points to get a stamp and we would find other family members with nearly their card full. Of course we had two small kids to slow us down.

Both kids thought it more fun to cheat and go off the path through the corn rows. It brought back some memories of me detasseling corn when I was a teen.

Afterwards we rented some Go Carts (that you pedal) and rode around with the kids on the back or pushed them.

We had dinner after at his parents house. All Günter's siblings were there with their families or significant other. We had to leave quickly after dinner since it was getting quite late to get them to bed. Surprisingly they didn't fall alseep on the way home. We brought home Günter's niece and nephew so we moved Jenna's bed into Niki's room and Jenna's room is now the guests room. But it has been disasterous since the kids spin each other up with laughing and talking. After go in numerous times to tell them to go to sleep Niki said, "I told Jenna stop talking!" But he is as much the guilty party as she is!

After church on Sunday we stopped by Jenna's school since they were having a huge festival. I couldn't believe how many people were there. Cars were parked half a mile down the road and in fields nearby. They had all kinds of booths and activities for the kids. Jenna had a little paper hat made and she sat there all cute while they did it.

There was a lot of food and music going on. One thing that amazed me was this handicapped band. They were very good.

Today (Monday) we took the kids to swim at Calypso in Saarbrücken. We got there shortly after 10 am and paid for 3 hours. The child play area was disapointing but the kids liked the slide. They had some amazing pools and slides--a diving/lap pool that beside the lanes, 12 feet deep with cool statues of sea animals and boat wrecks and treasure. The slides had some you used with intertubes, a dark one (with lights once in a while), a fast (but short) one, a river ride (that part took you outside which it was raining, so that was fun). I liked the hot tubs! There was another track pool that had quite a current going and the our kids enjoyed that one a lot. They are getting so good and I am very proud of them. They both wear floatation suits but can "swim" independantly now. They like to jump in and go without any assistance (even though we stand close by just in case). One time there was a scary thing that happened. Günter was with Melinda and Christopher on the slides so I had both kids in this track (with a strong current) and Niki broke off to the side to go out and the current pulled me with Jenna on down. I grabbed the side and Niki was holding the side of the pool (going out where their wasn't a current) and I yelled to people going in to help. Niki was quite hysterical and I felt so helpless because there was no possible way to swim back "up stream" to get him. A nice lady finally brought him down to me (and I was holding on with all my might just to stay in place). I took the kids out then and we played in the kiddie pool until Günter joined us. We couldn't believe how long they lasted. We had something to eat around 12 but they all wanted to stay longer and we didn't leave until 4:15! It ended up costing about equivalent $14 for each of us but Jenna & Niki. (Yes, Jenna did her routine poop, but I was prepared this time so nothing humiliating happened).

Niki was quite funny on the way home and said Jenna had a cheese burger in her nose. Later we figured out he meant she had a cheese BOOGER in her nose. Made us laugh! When we put them to bed at 7 pm they didn't talk too long before crashing after all the swimming and not getting a nap. Now to sleep I go!

Posted by Krista at September 3, 2007 08:23 PM