Checkin' out the Zebras in Konstanz

 Checking out the Zebras in Konstanz. Mother daughter day while papi worked.

Shopped til we dropped. Dixie bought a very cute t-shirt at Zara. She picked it out herself, and she payed for it herself, well with my money but still. She was very proud. If you're lucky she'll do a "Today's outfit" once she wears it.

After a lunch at Il Boccone with Anna and adorable little Sofia, we went for a "fika" and "icey" at Pano's. Also one of my favorite spots in Konstanz. Great day despite the fact that papi had to work. Once we got home, Dixie was all over papi, they played and played and played. Dixie is lucky to have such a devoted and patent papi, the best papi anyone can ask for.

A very cute friendship

There is a very sweet and cute friendship developing between these two little girls. Dixie and Sofia, two trouble makers. Despite the age difference of 1.5 years, they have so much fun together. I can tell when Dixie had a great playdate, she is exhausted in the evening and she sleeps through the night. Yay for that.

Thai fish cakes with yard long beans

I don't know what it is but I've been longing for Thai food, maybe I need a vacation to Thailand. Made Thai fish cakes the other night with a scrumptious and lime-ey salad of yard long green beans, sesame seeds and peanuts. So good.

My new colleague

I have a new colleague. She is cute, she is fun and she likes to draw curvy lines with a straight ruler.

Caran D'ache

Heaven is when you get to use mami's nice crayons from Caran D'ache. So many pink and purple shades to choose from.

She's fast and furious!

 

Rainy and grey morning but that didn't stop us from heading to Flaach to buy the best Swiss asparagus there is in Switzerland. Recommended by our dear neighbor, the Spargelhof in Flaach. And yes it was the best asparagus I've ever had. So tender, so sweet and soo good. Served the traditional way with spring potatos, "rohschinken" and homemade hollandaise sauce.

After lunch it cleared up and since Dixie is the fast and furious little biker now, she wanted to go for a bike ride.

Stopped to play with dandelions.

And we baked a cake. Dixie got to lick the paddel with an extra dipp in the choci batter. Scrumptious!

For dinner just in time for the first period in the World Cup Finals, Sweden against Switzerland, Anders served up the best burgers in town. Grilled to perfection and topped with chevre, lettuce, red onion, mayo and grilled slices of bread. So good. My man knows how to BBQ. What a great day! Now, let's finish it i style. Go Sweden, Go!

Blueberries

 

Big, blue and sweet blurberries in the backyard on this very sunny Saturday.

The blueberry fits perfectly in the little gap.

Mimi arrived!

Mimi arrived. 15 min to spare once at the gate. Crappy Swedish train made my mom run run run once at the airport. But she made it. Yay! Dixie is over the moon. Mimi is here!

Obatzda and beer

We arrived. The sun shined and Dixie was excited we brought the bike and she was ready to go biking with Milan and Jana after a few hours in the car.

After biking comes obatzda, bretzel and beer. Well, for me, I had an aperol with prosecco. Very refreshing! Enjoyed a nice time at the beer garden in Planegg just outside Munich.

Woke up to rain, but the rain didn't stop us for an excursion in to Munich. The kids were excited to go on the train.

A real Bavarian lunch. Schweinshaxe with knödel and dark beer sauce. Soo good.

After the lunch we took the kids to the Children's museum. A very cool museum. Martin was building the Colosseum dreaming he was the gladiator still standing.

Anders and Milan build a huge tower of only white legos. A very tall tower.

Dixie was busy with the sticks and the rubber bands. What a great toy invention. Sticks and rubber bands. Dixie loved it and it kept her busy for quite some time.

Back home at casa Langrocks. We ate a lovely dinner that ended well after the kids were in bed with a couple of touch downs. Oh oh for touch downs. So scrumptious! To add, Martin is one of the best bartenders I know.

Sunday morning, Happy Mother's day brunch at a local Italian restaurant. Dixie's favorite was of course the pasta and the cheese, as well as the little heart shape chocolate that was on each one of our place mats. It was very difficult to resist the chocolate for Dixie until after she was finished with the pasta.

Dixie fell in love with a little pig that Lisi had knitted, it was placed together with other animals on a side board in the Langrock's home. Lisi is very talented and speedy when it comes to knitting so she had made a pig for Dixie as well. I don't really need to add that Dixie loves presents... just look at her face.

Our new family member. Lola, the pig.

Happy mother with the best little daughter anyone can ask for. Naughty but very sweet.

The kids and papis surprised Lisi and me with flowers. Dixie was so excited to give me the flowers. Thank you Langrocks for a very nice weekend, we had so much fun! See you soon!