Apparently eating a meal is quite dangerous. Case in point:
Helmet worthy meal
Helmet worthy meal
And to go along with Helmet worthy meals, check this out: they were told by men that women can’t create such technical products. You go GIRLS!!!! Invisible bike helmet
Aunt C and I had a Girl’s Night Out with my friends.
Mama and Aunt C
Girlies
Patio pool party
There was the Kids Fest at the Alte Oper.
Driving the car
And riding in the elephant
And then to the “Bobby” car
Now down the slide
Heading up the Main Tower with J and E
Aunt C snuggle time
Palmengarten – N in background
Fountain
Getting his feet wet
King of the…pump
Painting for C’s birthday
CD went with C to Rome, Italy for a week. We said our goodbyes to Aunt C and N. But told them we would be seeing them again real soon, as we are heading back to the USA in December for good.
When CD came back, I was happy to see him. He had a good trip with C and they had some male bonding time abroad.
Then it was back to the regular routine.
Applying deodorant
Traveling…by stroller
Hanging out with Alvin
And Bob the Builder
Driving fast Cars
Listening to our Fav Frankfurt band
Admiring ourselves in a lift mirror
Picking flowers for Mama
Looking SO DARN CUTE!
And re-fueling
Climbing stairs with O
Spinning the barrel with O
Licking the “plate” clean
Horse
“Klop Klop” That’s what the horse says! – YouTube
We had a baby shower for J.
Cupcakes by Mama
Favors
Boys bouncing
And the very next day I ran in another race. I was nervous as I was doing this one alone and the info seemed a little shady. I signed up for the 10km. On the way there it was raining and rained the whole time. I met some English speakers who took my picture and I took theirs beforehand.
Before
Then from the English info sheet online, it said that my race was to start at 9:50. I went to the start and watched all the people file in too. I thought to myself, “wow, they look like runners”. This event consisted of a marathon, a half marathon and a 10km. I kept trying to ask everyone around me what race this was and no one seemed to want to answer. HMMM. Then the gun went off. And I went. Shortly after we started I noticed that the other runners were booking it, running really fast. I said I could not worry about them and must go at my own pace. I kept trying to ask people what race this was and no one would answer. I finally heard English being spoken and turned to ask them, but went into shock as it was the people who took my picture beforehand. When they took my picture, they told me they were running the half marathon. Blood drained from me. I FINALLY found someone who spoke a “little” English and said “this is the 10km, right??” Her face went to dread. She slowly shook it and said it was the half marathon- about 13 miles/ about 21 km. I shrugged and said “oh well”. She turned behind us and said “there are still people back there”. I meekly smiled at her and let her go on her way. I was committed as there was no turning back or around. This course was all through the woods so it was not possible. It was also pouring rain the whole time! I will say it was not a great experience as I was not able to train for a 10km, let alone a 21 km. But I knew I would be ok. I enjoyed the “quiet time” I had and I just kept swimming. 🙂
I was even reminded of CD while running:
Klop Klops crossed my path
The sad part though? I did that all for nothing as my chip had me registered for the 10km so it never activated when I started for the half marathon. HA! I just chalked the day up to another running experience. One that everyone could get a good laugh out of when swapping running stories. 🙂
My motivation, you ask??? First was not to be left in the woods, as I knew there was no one to look for me as I was on a completely different course than the race I should have been running in…and for that matter they didn’t even know I was running as my chip never activated. 
My other motivation was the following pictures:
FREE Beer!
Reese’s that I had in my bag. This was a treasure as you can’t get them here in Frankfurt. I bought it on one of my outings with Aunt C and N when they were here!
I then had to get back to chasing CD the very next day. 🙂 I enjoyed this much more than the cold, raining and LONGER race that I ran. (I went back thinking that I got the times messed up for the start of the race, but nope….the English page was wrong, but the German page was right. Go figure!)
Klop Klop on the way to the park
Digging trenches
Soccer
Water play
Train time
Riding with O
Super Baby!
Super Baby! cape
Pretzel time at Rewe
This ends August 2013.
Best, Wurst & In-between 