Weekend visiting the Orangerie and Mulhouse

Daniel came home and he was tired so I took the kids to the Orangerie Park downtown. As soon as we arrived, we saw a whole swan family, including seven cute babies, three grey and four white.









We rented a boat and I rowed. Ronnie was in charge of the camera with mixed results.





Oh dear...


Please wait for the green box, which means it's in focus...


Our swans again;


















Whew! That was over and I got my camera back. We went to the top of the waterfall and looked down.







Talia had to do her gymnastics;



Don't tell her that her underware is showing;



Spoiled children got cotton candy, again!







More swan family;



Then they did the cars (after the play area) twice!;















Cooling off by the pond before going home;





The next day we drove down to Mulhouse, which is about an hour away. Daniel's cousin was organizing a sort of Jewish youth sporting event so we made an appearance and saw a few people we knew. The only pictures I took were when they were playing in the boucey castle. It was super hot.

The little boy in the white is my children's third cousin. He's six months older than Ronnie. His dad, Daniel's second cousin, was the one running things and the son is wearing the T-shirt.









We went over to Daniel's business partner/friend's house afterwards. They have such a great house. I should have taken pictures (and next time will). I thought this was a fun picture of Talia doing yet-more gymnastics.