More assorted things

We love dress ups!

Josh rock climbing at Evie's 6th birthday party...

Made it to the top! 

Lew's latest trick... Pants down party!

Alles uber Dinosaurier. As if German wasnt hard enough, now I have to read dinosaur names in German as a relaxing bedtime story.

Yummo, free Deli meat. Having never experienced this before Lewie was a little confused and thought it was a trumpet. Doo-da-doo!

Lew giving Josh the evil eye, "This is my ride"!

Eating cheese

Not particularly blogworthy but it was awesome. Stick a wheel of camembert in the oven et voila! 

Odds and ends

Catching up on blogging so here is a random assortment of life around home. 

No one puts these boys in a box... In a corner...

Dress up time. Guten tag Herr Joshua!

Go Cattas! 

In the hunt for Pizza we found a cool place that lets the kids play with some dough while we waited. 

We also found a proper French bakery in the city and enjoyed a spot of croissant and proper coffee. We resisted the champagne breakfast option of the neighbouring table!

Our local supermarket has joined the trend of free fruit for kids so Lew enjoyed his first full apple! 

Köln zoo

Gotta use the yearly pass at the zoo before it runs out! 

Look at my picture mummy.

Yes, those are big fish Lewie. No, we are not going to "hop up".

Crocs basking under the heatlamp. Seems mean to tempt them with tasty things wandering around behind the glass! 

Feeding time at the zoo. We were as close as the photo suggests, and glad it was the giraffe's feeding time, not the croc's!

The Nilpferd (Riverhorse) made quite a splash! 

Bonn Natural History Museum (Museum Koenig)

Today we headed for nearby Bonn to check out the Natural History Museum... Cue stuffed animals and intricate diaramas. 

What can you see?

I see a bird! 

Josh was a fan of the audioguide, but mostly because it was an iphone that he could fiddle with. Tell us what you learn Joshie!!

Some pics of our beautiful boys

"I can't talk right now... I'm on the remote."

Köle alaaf!!

Karneval - the fifth season is upon us. 

Six days of dress ups and the biggest partying in Germany. 

First day it was our local karneval commitee's tent for the family day. A nice intro to the crazyness to come! It wasn't planned, so I guess Josh was a little surprised when I turned up dressed like this 2 hours early. He didn't want to come! :(

Are these glasses real?? Hang on...

That evening Kirstie hit the town with the gals for Ladies night. 

On Sunday there was a small parade... that went past our house!  House party time. 

But first, some sort of interesting green schnapps that our neighbour Nicole brought! 

Here comes the parade. Karmelle!!

Basically carnivale floats go past and chuck bucketloads of lollies at you... Only if you shout "karmelle" at them (or even if you don't). 

Karamele!  "This is better than Halloween!" 

And flowers for the beautiful Fraus. 

We would atttact MORE strange looks if we weren't dressed like this. 

The aftermath... Oh man I can't have this much chocolate in the house. 

That night we pushed on for a parents only outing to a local Karneval party. Locals in the crowd with Australian themes were sought out... Straughnie...!?

Crocodile Dundee...! 

On Rose Monday there is the mega mega parade in the city with a million spectators! However, Karneval had destroyed us and we had to watch it on the telly nursing our sore heads and eating karmelle! You win this round, Karneval. 

Maastricht 30/01/2016

It had rained all day and we were all going stir crazy. Ok thats it everyone in the car lets go to Maastricht for tea!  

As we got off the highway we both noticed the backpackers we had stayed at in another lifetime... Guess we have been here before!

Wait for me Joshie!

Some costumed folks wandered by playing something that Josh didn't approve of. 

The rain followed us here so we took shelter where we could. 

Lew's 'kids' meal would have fed four of us. 

Josh's flemish stew was the best choice! 

And Kirstie's salmon in a bag...hmmm non German cuisine!