Visit to Mandeville

The weekend before Halloween we went to Mandeville to visit Opa because he had to spend his birthday recuperating in the the hospital.

While we were there, we went to Oktoberfest at the church where Oma's school is.  We enjoyed yummy German food.

Rachel got her face painted with a spider this time.

There was a very fun bounce house!

Best of all...there was cotton candy!

Here is Rachel when we arrived home for nap time.

One of the best parts of the weekend was visiting with little Mia (and her parents Aunt Dana and Uncle Richard, too)

Even though she is 3.5 months older than he is, Owen already outweighs Mia.  She has him beat on skills though - she was sitting up and crawling while he can only roll over.  

Uncle Richard and Owen

Oma feeding Owen

Owen relaxing at Oma and Opa's house

Rachel enjoys playing with all of the toys that she only gets to visit when we go to Mandeville.  She loves playing with the carriage that we used when we were kids.  She even gets to play with a doll that is almost as old as Tante YaYa!

Owen loved riding on the swing at the park.

Rachel loved the swings, too.

Owen relaxed with Oma while Rachel ran around and around at the playground.

Rachel got more of her energy out chasing bubbles that Oma blew.  It looks like she caught this one with her mouth.

Before we left town, we did a little photo shoot in their costumes on the lake front.