Legoland Germany 2013

 

Ever since LEGOLAND Dallas opened I wanted to take my kids.  And since that never happened we decided to take the trip to the LEGOLAND Germany. I do not think we could have waited until summer break.  Despite the little drizzle from time to time we had a great time. 

 

 

 

Big LEGO people were everywhere.

 

There were famous micro buildings from all over the world.

 

This arena was cool.  SO MANY LEGO PEOPLE.  Ian loved it.

 

The blades of the helicopter were moving as well as the LEGO dude was moving.

 

We could not pass the chance to pose with STAR WARS LEGO PEOPLE.

 

These random forest birds and other animals built out of LEGOs were everywhere.

 

Here were are looking for some gold.  It was a cool activity and a chance to have a mini lesson about California Gold Rush.

 

When it was raining harder we went inside one of the building workshops.  Kids were able to create and race their own cars.  There were also a lot of dads at work.

 

Ashley trying out a ride.  Probably the only one ride that is mostly for adults or at least older kids.

 

Yes, it was not raining when the kids started this boat ride...

 

... and it started to rain again, but they did not care.

 

Then they decided to try out bigger boats.

 

Farewell shots!!!!

 

It was truly amazing the creativity and patience that was involved in designing this park. 

Ian's Art Expo

Last night Ian's school had an Art Exposition.  Not too long ago I spoke with one of the moms regarding the fact that kids are not bringing much artwork home. But after last night I sure do know what the kids were up too all this time.

There are four classes in Ian's school.  The teachers shared with kids the art work of the famous artists like Pollock, Klimt and others.  Then they were working on using similar methods in the classroom.  Parents received an official invitation.  So formal!!!

Here are some of the Ian's Productions:

 

Since each class did some different I took pictures of the other projects that were displayed.  Maybe kids and I will try those during our upcoming week of vacation:

 

Carolyn was happy to find her friend while we were exploring kids' artwork.

 

So few, so precious.... Sunny Days that is....

As we are still experiencing temperatures in 50s, 40s, and rare 60s (10-15 in Celsius), the rare sunny days are embraced here in Luxembourg. Last Saturday was a nice day here and we have spend the whole day outside.  Yesterday, today, and what it seems like the rest of the week we will be having rain :/.

I know that spring is full of crazy weather and Luxembourg is not any exception.  Here are some pics from 2 weeks ago.

So it was a fabulous weekend. We packed a picnic lunch and headed to the park. We were one of the very few visitors.  At some point it got almost too warm and we moved our blanket in the shade.

 

That same weekend there was Octave going on in the Luxembourg city.  It is a religious event.  Many Catholic believers come to the city to visit Notre Dame cathedral and pray.  We have caught the last  procession of the weekend.

 

 

On the way back to the car we saw that many more people got the same idea as us to spend some time in the sun :)))

And after all this beauty of the sun and flowers, here is what we saw on Tuesday:

Yes, it is hail.  Kids and I waited 30 minutes in the car for it to pass.  FUN TIMES.