Fasching 2009

February 28, 2009

We went to the Kinderfasching parade in Mainz, Germany again this year. It was a great time, just like last year. This year, we dressed up, even James got into it a bit. The kids wanted to ride some of the rides, Toby only rode one ride and then he decided they were too scary for him. That worked out nicely for Thomas because we had bought a lot of tickets already!

Most of the parade consisted of people walking, this was one of the few floats.

Lots and lots of marching bands.

Toby not knowing if he should cry or not.  The funny thing was HE was the one that wanted to ride the rides so badly.

Pirate boy on a bumper bike.

When we decided to leave the festivities, we had about a 10-minute walk to get to our car.  We had a lot of people pointing and smiling at Toby and we thought it was just because they thought he was cute, then we realized that he basically passed out.  We tried to move him, but he would go back to this position.

Until later,

Emily

France Pics

February 15-19, 2009

Here are a few glimpses of our nice villa.  It was a 2-story, 2-bedroom, 2 1/2 bathroom unit with a full kitchen, washer and dryer, dining room and living room.  I could have stayed there for much longer than four days, that is for sure!

This pic is out-of-order, we were standing in line for The Pirates of the Caribbean and poor Toby just could not stay awake any longer.  I kept trying to entice him with, "Toby, stay awake or you'll miss Captain Jack!" Maybe he sensed that Disney Paris' ride didn't add Captain Jack a few years back.  I know I was rather disappointed! 

James and the kids riding the teacups.

Cute, cute Thomas!

I know that Toby won't remember going to Disney Paris, but he sure had a fun time that day!

As did Thomas!

Day 3: We had some morning visitors! They stayed at our backdoor for at least 10 minutes!

Day 3, continued: Paris

Notre Dame

The Eiffel Tower (I was quite surprised to see that it is actually brown in color, I always thought it was black).

Day 4: Thomas and James went back to Paris, Toby and I stayed at the hotel.  My feet hurt so bad that I could barely walk.  I put my feet up and finished reading Twilight.

Napolean's Tomb (Funny story about this, just days before we had watched Napolean Dynamite with Thomas, so naturally, he thought Napolean Dynamite was buried here!)

Pics of the outside of our villa on the morning that we had to check out and drive home to reality!

Until later,

Emily