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| June 2010 |
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Monday, June 28, 2010
World Cup fever!
Sunday morning was Germany's first game in the World Cup knockout stage. Our neighbors invited us over to watch the game and made us a delicious breakfast (thanks so much Eric and Shannon!). I think the pictures tell most of the story... Felix is quite focused during the game.
GOOOAAALLLL!!!!!
Malea is all about Germany goals too!
Go Germany!!! (And sorry Rebecca! I hope we can still be friends... )
GOOOAAALLLL!!!!!
Malea is all about Germany goals too!
Go Germany!!! (And sorry Rebecca! I hope we can still be friends... )
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Saturday at the farms
Saturday was all about enjoying life on the farm. We started with a trip to Featherstone Farms in Rushford for their annual CSA Strawberry Social with our neighbors Shannon and Eric. We didn't make much progress with the berry picking at first. Malea ate them just as fast we we filled her pint! Strawberries are so sweet picked right in the field!
We hopped on some hay bales to take a tour of the farm. Malea, and all the other kids were pretty fascinated by the tractor pulling us through the fields.
It was neat to hear about the farm, it's history and philosophy from Farmer Jack, and to see the fields where our veggies grow.
We got a double-dose of farms this Saturday. In addition to Featherstone, we headed over to a friend's house in Stewartville later that afternoon where Malea went on her first (and second) horse ride! She loved it and "ride horsey!" has now become a regular saying in the Diehn house!
With all the recent World Cup exposure, our friend Mike, thought Malea should also spend some time enjoying classic American football too.
All-in-all, it was a fantastic Saturday. We love summertime in Rochester!
We hopped on some hay bales to take a tour of the farm. Malea, and all the other kids were pretty fascinated by the tractor pulling us through the fields.
It was neat to hear about the farm, it's history and philosophy from Farmer Jack, and to see the fields where our veggies grow.
We got a double-dose of farms this Saturday. In addition to Featherstone, we headed over to a friend's house in Stewartville later that afternoon where Malea went on her first (and second) horse ride! She loved it and "ride horsey!" has now become a regular saying in the Diehn house!
With all the recent World Cup exposure, our friend Mike, thought Malea should also spend some time enjoying classic American football too.
All-in-all, it was a fantastic Saturday. We love summertime in Rochester!
Friday, June 25, 2010
kidDISCO
On Thursday, Malea and I went to kidDISCO, part of Rochesterfest.
Not sure what kind of dance move this is... I think Malea just needed a quick rest on her purple balloon before hitting the dance floor again.
Malea posed for a picture at Apple Juice Studio's "Un-booth."
Photo credit: http://applejuicephotography.com/
Not sure what kind of dance move this is... I think Malea just needed a quick rest on her purple balloon before hitting the dance floor again.
Malea posed for a picture at Apple Juice Studio's "Un-booth."
Photo credit: http://applejuicephotography.com/
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Ireland part 2
From Skibbereen, we headed east to Kinsale. We took some time to enjoy the scenery and say hello to a couple cows. Malea loved being up close to an animal she so often reads about!
Moo!
Since Kinsale is known as the gourmet capital of Ireland, we treated ourselves to a seafood lunch at the Fishy Fishy Cafe.
It was a leisurely European-style lunch. Good thing, between courses, Malea had a new set of animal-shaped bracelets (all the rage in south Florida, we hear) from Oma to play with.
Afterwards, we strolled around town.
On Wednesday, we drove to the Fota Wildlife Park where the majority of animal stroll right along side you.
We made a quick stop for arts and crafts - a lady bug on a stick.
But then we were off again to meet some birds and gibbons.
After so much walking, an ice cream break was in order!
Now, just in case you've been worrying about how close we are to some animals, Fota does keep a few animals (e.g. cheetahs) behind fences. We still got very close and Felix and I were surprised to find out that cheetahs meow and purr just like our kitty cats! To top off our visit, we saw the cheetah feeding. We didn't get to see the cheetahs reach quite their top speed of 100 km, but they did reach a respectable speed chasing a chicken on a zip line!
Dinner that night was at Market Lane, another fantastic restaurant serving local Irish specialties. I tried colcannon (mashed potato and cabbage) for the first time and it may rotate through our home dinner menu every once in a while.
Malea enjoyed a ride around the Clarion Cork lobby before we left Cork to head north toward Limerick.
We met up for a late lunch with Max, Jenni, Piper and April at the Locke Bar and then headed to King John's castle.
The courtyard was a fun place to explore and play.
Malea pointed out all sorts of landmarks in Limerick from the top of tower.
The is the best picture I have of Malea dancing her jig to Irish music.
The next morning, we said goodbye to the Emerald Isle.
And long story short, except for a brief 5 min nap just as we landed in Newark, Malea was awake and taking everything in from the time we woke up in Shannon, until we put her to bed in her crib a good 17 hours later!
Thank goodness we borrowed this portable DVD player from our friend Gail. Elmo was a welcome distraction as the caffeine was wearing off. While Malea did great, it's hard to keep a toddler entertained in such a small space!
Even as we were riding the Park N Fly shuttle to pick up our car, Malea was already asking when we could "go airplane!" again. What a travel bug!
More Ireland pictues
Moo!
Since Kinsale is known as the gourmet capital of Ireland, we treated ourselves to a seafood lunch at the Fishy Fishy Cafe.
It was a leisurely European-style lunch. Good thing, between courses, Malea had a new set of animal-shaped bracelets (all the rage in south Florida, we hear) from Oma to play with.
Afterwards, we strolled around town.
On Wednesday, we drove to the Fota Wildlife Park where the majority of animal stroll right along side you.
We made a quick stop for arts and crafts - a lady bug on a stick.
But then we were off again to meet some birds and gibbons.
After so much walking, an ice cream break was in order!
Now, just in case you've been worrying about how close we are to some animals, Fota does keep a few animals (e.g. cheetahs) behind fences. We still got very close and Felix and I were surprised to find out that cheetahs meow and purr just like our kitty cats! To top off our visit, we saw the cheetah feeding. We didn't get to see the cheetahs reach quite their top speed of 100 km, but they did reach a respectable speed chasing a chicken on a zip line!
Dinner that night was at Market Lane, another fantastic restaurant serving local Irish specialties. I tried colcannon (mashed potato and cabbage) for the first time and it may rotate through our home dinner menu every once in a while.
Malea enjoyed a ride around the Clarion Cork lobby before we left Cork to head north toward Limerick.
We met up for a late lunch with Max, Jenni, Piper and April at the Locke Bar and then headed to King John's castle.
The courtyard was a fun place to explore and play.
Malea pointed out all sorts of landmarks in Limerick from the top of tower.
The is the best picture I have of Malea dancing her jig to Irish music.
The next morning, we said goodbye to the Emerald Isle.
And long story short, except for a brief 5 min nap just as we landed in Newark, Malea was awake and taking everything in from the time we woke up in Shannon, until we put her to bed in her crib a good 17 hours later!
Thank goodness we borrowed this portable DVD player from our friend Gail. Elmo was a welcome distraction as the caffeine was wearing off. While Malea did great, it's hard to keep a toddler entertained in such a small space!
Even as we were riding the Park N Fly shuttle to pick up our car, Malea was already asking when we could "go airplane!" again. What a travel bug!
More Ireland pictues
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