On the Beach

Today we got up earlier planning to go on a small adventure.  After breakfast, the girls revolted.  Anna said she wanted to stay here and play, not go.  So, we changed the plan.  Once that was decided, Heine told the girls they could help him let all of the animals out and feed them.  So, of course we had to wait to do that.  They had a blast feeding everyone and Sabine even got to hold a pigeon chick.  Anna didn’t want to.  They also saw rabbit babies.

After everyone was fed, the girls were ready to go.  We drove to Wremen.  It is a cute little town on the mouth of the Weser.  We went through town to the National Park and walked along the dike.  The weather is still warm and beautiful although it is cooler today.  It was windy up on the dike but so clear that you could see quite far.  We made our way down to a playground and the girls played for a bit.  We then took a peek at the beach.  The tide was out but we decided not to walk.  The ground is essentially very wet sand and Patrick wasn’t dressed for it.  We saws tons of vacation homes and thought it would be a great place to relax.  We made our way back to where we parked for lunch.  There were some little food trucks there selling fish and such. 

We then made our way back to see Oma and Opa again.  First, however, we stopped at the bakery.  When we were in town on Tuesday, we saw a display of Berliner.  Since then, both Patrick and I have been craving them.  Sweets in hand, we went back to see Oma and Opa again.  Sabine was really excited to be going back and she gave Opa a big hug when we got there.  Oma and Opa needed lunch first so Anna ate with them.  Sabine played.  We then ate our coffee and cake.  Anna ate a whole Berliner.  She was very proud of herself.  Sabine just ate the frosting off of half of hers.  The girls then went outside to play.  They had a great time.  Anna was pushing Sabine high on the slide and Sabine’s shoe came off.  They both laughed hysterically about it.

As soon as we were done with coffee and cake, we hurried back to Heidrun’s.  Martje and Lina were coming to visit and we didn’t want to miss that.  Sabine was sad to leave Oma and Opa though.  She wanted to stay with them longer.  So, we are going back for breakfast on our way out of town tomorrow.

Anna had a great time playing with Martje and Lina once she got over the language barrier again.  It was warm enough for the girls to play in a little pool.   They splashed around for a while but the water was cold so they didn’t stay long.  Sabine wanted to play more but we made her get out because she was getting really cold.  She was also really tired so she came in to watch TV and relax.  While we were sitting in the house the girls started screaming.  The baby geese had found the pool.  They took a little swim.  It was really cute.

Martje and Lina didn’t stay long.  They have school tomorrow and had to get home to go to bed on time.  Anna and Sabine watched German TV until dinner and then played a bit until bath time.  We wanted to take advantage of having a bath tub.  Anna does great in the shower but Sabine doesn’t and most hotels have just showers no bath tubs.