Mom's Visit

My amazing mom came out to visit us and stayed 3 whole weeks! Ryan and I were on our cruise 12 of the days and mom watched Kherington for us.

We tried to pack in as much as possible while she was here...hopefully she'll come back and visit us again. So...what did we do? Well, here's out play by play with the pictures that I had on my camera.

Thursday - Mom arrived in the afternoon. We were able to snatch her just as she exited the baggage area which was very lucky.

Friday - Let mom adjust a little to the time change then went to Stockel market and had the BEST waffles made in Brussels.

Saturday - Day trip up to Amsterdam. Kherington had a nice nap in the backpack for most of our time there. Mom bought some tulips and planted some in our back yard AND weeded for us while she was here. We were in search of some German food and had seen a bratwurst stand at a market, so we found out way back there. Ryan made friends with the guy and found that he's a fugitive from Cleveland (haha)...he was nice and gave Kherington a free hot dog and bun.

Sunday - Church. Mom drove home...I must say I think having her drive in this crazy place is probably what it feels like to have a 15 year old first get behind the wheel. In the evening, we explored downtown Brussels.

Monday - Day Trip to Ghent. It was kinda sad that they were doing major construction around the main square and very interesting that the public walk ways went right through the construcation area where back hoes and whatnot were in use. On our way home, we stopped at the Neuhaus Chocolate Outlet.

Tuesday - We stayed around home and did the normal stuff to make sure mom would be okay while we were gone...that means grocery shopping (how to buy produce and how to actually use the debit card) and gas station (how to fill up the car).

Sunday - Mom picked us up from an airport that's about 45 minutes away. Kherington was VERY excited to see us :) and is much more cuddly than she was before (which still isn't a ton...she's an independent little girl).

Monday - Day trip to Colonge to got to the Christmas Market at the Cathedral. We made a pit stop in Aachen to grab a kebab from my favorite kebab place....if you're ever going through definitely stop because they are AMAZING! It was FREEZING, but they had some good food to keep up warm. I discovered that I do not like roasted chestnuts...I always thought they sounded cool because of the song, but I'll never buy them again. We also tried these deep fried potato cake things (like hashbrowns, but they have flour in it) with a side of applesauce to dip them in (Kherington enjoyed these), bratwursts and a mixed bag of sugar coated nuts.

Tuesday - Trip out to the Le Creuset outlet in France. Mom now owns a beautiful Blue Enameled Cast Iron Pot :). We also stopped at Flanders Fields on our drive out.

Wednesday - Mom decided since she loves the morning so much she would fly out at 6am...meaning her flight left at 6...which means we went to the airport before the crack of dawn.

We had an awesome time and can't wait for more visitors to come :)