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My first cousin came over from Germany to visit with her two kids for a few days this week.  Which makes the kids second cousins to me?  Third cousins to my kids?  Second cousins once removed?  Not sure, but Toots was determined to know. 

Anyway, first up in oor wee toon was a trip to Brick Built at the Garioch Heritage Centre.  Actually, the Garioch Heritage Centre was the aim, a world build of Lego bricks was a bonus.

There was a whole airport built in Lego, which was Joey's absolute best dream come true.  "Maybe I can have this in my bedroom?!?!?"  Eh... sure.

The Lego Castle that started it all - the first Lego set to appear
with mini figures

As well as a number of Lego models there was a graffiti wall, soft bricks, and a car jump track, which I think was the highlight for all and would have been experimented with far longer had we not a chicken roasting in the oven.

The next day couple of days saw us gaddin' aboot the Garioch.  First up on a mingin' day (at least they were seeing the Scotland we all know and *cough love!) was Wynford Farm, where we took Tiger as '4-year old playmate extraordinaire'.  There was loads to do outside as well as in, except it was minging, so our outside time was fairly limited.  And the heilan' coo that Miss Crawford was so desperate to seek must have been off somewhere sheltering from the rain, because it was no where to be found.

The next day dawned much nicer, so off to our favourite castle we trotted...

It was really lovely having them come to stay, and though my kids' German is pretty much non-existent, and CindyC's kid's English is limited to yes, no and snow (?!), they seemed to make themselves pretty well understood.

Bis naechstes Mal!