Devil's Table

Today is Wednesday, which means it's field trip day. Our ward has planned activities every Wednesday and Friday for families with young children. Parks, pools, playgrounds, etc. Today we went to a playground called Devil's Table. Why is it called that? Well, there is a cool rock formation that looks like a table, and if you want to climb up to it, you have one devil of a time, so I think that was the reason behind the name. It was about 45 minutes away, and once again I gotta tell you how nice it is to have a movie player in the car. The kids watched Horton Hears A Who (checked out from the air force library) and there was peace in the car for most of the drive. Once we got to the playground, the kids quickly found some cool electric cars to ride around on. Jaxon wants to get one for his own personal use at home. He actually popped a tire on his after a while and I am just waiting for the Polizei to show up and fine me for leaving the scene of an accident and not reporting it to the proper authorities. We just put the car back quietly and walked away. Mason was a little too young to ride one by himself, but his big sister helped out in that department. They had a blast!







The park has a great huge long slide that we all, yes even me, slid down. Regretfully, there are no pictures of me going down with Ella and Mason. We had fun. There are huge big rock steps to climb in order to get to the top of the slide. Ella walked up the steps, two times, all by herself. Mason? I carried him both times. The funny part was when he said halfway up, "My legs are tired!" Really? Good thing today wasn't legs and back with Tony. Here are Colton and Jaxon going down the slide:



And here are Ella and Mason on a smaller slide:


No German park is complete without a zipline:



We found a cool big swing to relax in for a few minutes.



And I don't know what to call this swing-like device but the kids loved it too!


And it seems lately that no German outing is complete until we've had the following to eat:

Pommes (french fries) and lollipops. (No idea why Ella has that look on her face.)

After the park we had to go to the KMCC and pick up things Jaxon needs for his Boy Scout Camp next week. He was in heaven looking at all the cool camping stuff. "Can I have this?" he would ask. "Uh, Jax, its a huge machete, I don't think you're gonna need it." "How about this?" "Hmm...huge knife, probably not a good idea."
We found pretty much everything he needed and a few things he wanted. Like this:

He really wanted a flask. I know, I know what USUALLY goes in there, but he wanted it for water. So I caved. Oh, his haircut? You noticed that? Yup, that was another reason we had to go to the KMCC. It was getting long and he needed a trim. Guess who he got to cut his hair? The scary lady!! There is one hair stylist there that has huge big scary lookin' hair and a scowl on her face most of the time. She turned out to be super nice and said Jaxon's hair is great and fun to cut. She even gave the kids more lollipops. So, now we learned that appearances can be deceiving. Moral lessons and a hair cut. Not a bad deal for under $12.
Here he is with his new hair cut:


But out of all the things we saw today, my favorite one was this:

The BX already has Back To School stuff out!! Its still June!! Hee Hee!!!