Middleburg Hunt's Point-to-point Races

Mandy invited us again to join her colleagues for a little outing into the Virginia country side. This time we went to watch some horse races at Glenwood park north of Middleburg. After a long delay because we had to wait for an hour for latecomers at the meeting point it turned out pretty nice
First all the children could see the horses at the warm up area and could autographs from trainers, owners and jockeys

Mia also showed a cartwheel

 Then it was time to watch the first of seven races

Between the races some fox hounds were shown

Then it was time for lunch

We had a great view from our spot

At the end a group picture was taken

 It was a great day to be outside

Habitat Day

Mia's class ventured out to a little pond on habitat day

Cuddeling Up with Mr Mimi

Mr Mimi was back we came back from our 8 day vacation.

Visiting Lorene in New Bern, NC

On our way back home from South Carolina we stopped in New Bern, NC to see Lorne and Walton who were just a few more weeks away from having their first baby.

After breakfast they asked Mia to look for the Easter basket they had hidden in the living room.

 Mia was very happy with this kind of surprise

After this they too us to Beafort an old harbor with an pirate museum dedicated to Blackbeard

 Then it was time for some outside activities

 We were all hungry for lunch

 Mia wanted to head back to the climbing tree

A group picture before heading back to New Bern

After a night with the NCAA basket ball semi finals Lorene read Mia the Easter story the next morning on Easter Sunday

Charlston, South Carolina

After five days in Wolfgang's beach house it was time to head south to Charleston. Ji always wanted to go and with the old town only a two hour drive from Myrtle Beach, this was a good opportunity to go.

Our hotel was in a nice old neighborhood

After dinner at a BBQ restaurant we  walked around in the old town and headed to a park at the waterfront

 We also saw the market which was empty at night

The next morning after breakfast we went back to the market

 Mia had to cool of with some cold limonade

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

With his new beach house almost complete Wolfgang invited us and some other friends to stay at his 12 bedroom place in Myrtle Beach. It was still a bit cool - we saw some big snow flurries on the drive to South Carolina - but it was a very nice place on a beautiful beach

With some other children in Mia's age - including Larissah - it was of course fun for her even if the weather was not perfect

We took turns cooking

 One day we tried to fly the kite

 

 At another day it was warm enough to play on the beach

Then we had all lunch together at the bay

 The evening of the same day it unfortunately turned cooler again

The next day we explores a science museum

Mia loved the rope walking and Jeff's younger daughter walked with her