another year another wrinkle...

first off, i wanted to share Nikoy's first smiley face, drawn, unfortunately on an etchasketch type thingy, rather then a piece of paper! ain't it cute?

so, we spent the weekend down in Heidelberg! it was so much fun! the castle was beautiful! so many pictures so little time! the girls enjoyed themselves even though it was pretty chilly! the wind wasn't helping! but the scenery was beautiful.we went with a few friends, and we all really enjoyed ourselves!

the girls of course were ever popular among the fellow tourists! (especially the Chinese/ Japanese travelers! gotta love the blond hair blue eyed beauties!) at every turn there was someone wanting a picture of the cute American kids! what a culture shock! you cant open your eyes back in the states without seeing a blond! (whether or not, they're a true blond, is a whole different matter)

Nikoy and Kaylee made so many friends at the castle between the Germans and other various tourists! we had to keep a close eye on both of them! they are such friendly little girls! why cant the world be like this? I don't know you, you look different, and I have no idea what your saying, but you can be my friend anyways!
the view from the castle was amazing! you could see the entire city! and the architecture was beautiful, most the houses looked like little miniature castles themselves!! from what we were told, this bridge in the background was used in the movie triple X.... we haven't seen it for a while, but apparently the city's famous for the bridge!

we couldn't read what this stone says on it ( no one in our party spoke German!) but it was awfully fun to hide behind!

the courtyard was beautiful! a great place to stop and relax and smell the fresh air! for being the middle of January, the grass is still a beautiful shade of green! and yes we are planning on going back when the weather was better, and warmer, and definatly sunnier!
they had these beer kegs that were huge! how anyone can drink that much I'll never understand!

this keg went all the way to the ceiling! and there was another room that was huge! and the only thing in it was an enormous keg! that took up the hole room! there was just enough room to walk in fill up a pitcher and walk out!

the girls of course took every opportunity to be cute, Kaylee loved her Capri sonnes ( we're in Germany remember??) and Nikoy would run somewhere and strike a pose and yell "mommy take my picture!" and mommy would be more then happy to oblige!

the sunset from the castle courtyard was beautiful! absolutely breath-taking! we had so much fun on this trip! and we cant wait to go on another one! a perfect end to a perfect day!