Wage, Babo and Jeero suggested to Scottish mum that instead of taking the long drive down to Koblenz which was already planned that we should go visit Monschau which was only a 30-40min drive from where we live outside of Aachen.
The village of Monschau is pretty cool, it is high up in the hills to the South West of Aachen and as such there is more snow around. The streets of the village are all small and are surfaced with cobble stones, with many buildings having that cool "leaning" style to them as they've moved a little since they were first built.
Wage, Babo and Jeero were all dressed for the colder weather and after seeing how fast the water was flowing down the river, they decided to pose on one of the bridges with the steeple of the church at the village square poking up over the buildings which lined the river, and the outline of the old ruin which sits on top of the surrounding hillside.
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Saturday, 26 December 2009
Friday, 25 December 2009
Uglyworld #254 - Babo Meets The Stig
Babo called our local supercar dealership today to try and arrange a test drive of a car (she wouldn't listen that it was christmas day and that the people who work there would all be off on their xmas holidays).
Babo was adamant that she could acquire the keys of a sports car for a day or two and marched round to their door to sort this out!
She knocked on the door several times to no answer and then started shouting "cooo-eeeee" through the letterbox until a figure moved in the back room. Unknown to Babo The Stig from Top Gear had been drafted into the dealership as a security guard over the festive period.
Babo tried to ask Stig for the keys to a 911 Turbo, no response from the Stig so Babo moved down to a 911 Carerra, still no response. Babo was beginning to get a little annoyed and decided to try and stare Stig out - unfortunately she's not watched Stig on TV before so he's still standing there now!!!
Babo was adamant that she could acquire the keys of a sports car for a day or two and marched round to their door to sort this out!
She knocked on the door several times to no answer and then started shouting "cooo-eeeee" through the letterbox until a figure moved in the back room. Unknown to Babo The Stig from Top Gear had been drafted into the dealership as a security guard over the festive period.
Babo tried to ask Stig for the keys to a 911 Turbo, no response from the Stig so Babo moved down to a 911 Carerra, still no response. Babo was beginning to get a little annoyed and decided to try and stare Stig out - unfortunately she's not watched Stig on TV before so he's still standing there now!!!
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Uglyworld #236 - Ox and Babo Get Carried Away Wrapping Up Presents
Uglyworld #236 - Ox and Babo Get Carried Away Wrapping Up Presents, originally uploaded by www.bazpics.com.
This year we're doing both - we will give some presents tonight and the rest tomorrow...anyway, back to the story...
Tray had been upstairs showering while Ox and Babo wrapped up all of the remaining presents, and when she came downstairs she hunted high and low for the remote control for the television - without success.
She decided to ask Babo and Ox if they had seen it as all the other uglies were either outside playing in the snow, or were hiding in their own little part of the house wrapping up their remaining presents too.
Of course Ox and Babo had no idea where the remote control could be, secretly Tray had seen it in their wrapping paper but didn't want to disturb their fun and left them to it.
Wednesday, 23 December 2009
Uglyworld #235 - Ugly Xmas Tradition Of The Cookie Queue
Tonight we were treated to what Babo referred to as "a really, really, really important tradition in the history of Uglydolls".
On the night of 23rd of December once all of the smaller uglies are already in bed fast asleep the big uglies all get together to recreate the historical act known as the "Cookie Queue".
I asked Babo what they needed to make it happen and what all was involved, Babo took me to the side and whispered, "Can you bring us some cookies? In all of the excitement I forgot to get them today!". I told him I could arrange this no problem if he told me a little more about the ancient ritual they were going to re-enact.
Babo explained that it was the way that the uglies grow from being little to big - that as the clock changes from 23:59 to 00:00 on the 23rd/24th December all the big uglies must be queued up and ready to take a cookie from the jar one by one until they all hold one in their hand at which point they all must eat them together.
I asked Babo what would happen if one of them forgot about the ceremony or there were no cookies available, to which he replied "terrible doom, best not to even think of this as we have cookies and all of us are ready".
As the clock struck midnight Babo started the procession as they each took a cookie from the jar and then once all were standing ready with cookie in hand they all munched them together.
It was akin to watching a wildlife program on the discovery channel with hidden cameras setup to capture the action, really cool!!!
On the night of 23rd of December once all of the smaller uglies are already in bed fast asleep the big uglies all get together to recreate the historical act known as the "Cookie Queue".
I asked Babo what they needed to make it happen and what all was involved, Babo took me to the side and whispered, "Can you bring us some cookies? In all of the excitement I forgot to get them today!". I told him I could arrange this no problem if he told me a little more about the ancient ritual they were going to re-enact.
Babo explained that it was the way that the uglies grow from being little to big - that as the clock changes from 23:59 to 00:00 on the 23rd/24th December all the big uglies must be queued up and ready to take a cookie from the jar one by one until they all hold one in their hand at which point they all must eat them together.
I asked Babo what would happen if one of them forgot about the ceremony or there were no cookies available, to which he replied "terrible doom, best not to even think of this as we have cookies and all of us are ready".
As the clock struck midnight Babo started the procession as they each took a cookie from the jar and then once all were standing ready with cookie in hand they all munched them together.
It was akin to watching a wildlife program on the discovery channel with hidden cameras setup to capture the action, really cool!!!
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Uglyworld #234 - "Is It An Early Xmas Present For Us?"
Wage and Babo had heard me answer the door earlier this evening and wondered who was there and more imporantly what they wanted (i.e. had they brought anything interesting, or tasty for that matter for them to "take care of" for me).
I told them that it was only some local kids selling homemade biscuits in order to give a better christmas to blind local rabbits (not sure how they bought that story, but it seemed to work all the same).
Later on I summoned Babo and Wage to the living room where I told them to stand perfectly still with their hands over their eyes. After catching them both peeking through their fingers a few times they finally did the job properly, and I placed something in front of them and then quickly got the camera ready and shouted "ok, open your eyes NOW!!!".
The expressions on both of their faces as they turned to each other and shouted "TRAY" was simply priceless - as you can see in the photo they even held hands for a brief second or two amidst all of the excitement!!!
P.S. The hat Wage is wearing is my first ever attempt at crocheting, and I reckon it came out quite well :)
I told them that it was only some local kids selling homemade biscuits in order to give a better christmas to blind local rabbits (not sure how they bought that story, but it seemed to work all the same).
Later on I summoned Babo and Wage to the living room where I told them to stand perfectly still with their hands over their eyes. After catching them both peeking through their fingers a few times they finally did the job properly, and I placed something in front of them and then quickly got the camera ready and shouted "ok, open your eyes NOW!!!".
The expressions on both of their faces as they turned to each other and shouted "TRAY" was simply priceless - as you can see in the photo they even held hands for a brief second or two amidst all of the excitement!!!
P.S. The hat Wage is wearing is my first ever attempt at crocheting, and I reckon it came out quite well :)
Sunday, 20 December 2009
Uglyworld #232 - Snow Watchers
Wedgehead, Cinko and Babo were amazed when they found out that there had been a reindeer in our garden and spent the entire day standing looking out of the window watching out for another one.
They said that it was too cold for them to go outside as they don't have any warm clothes to wear yet - they keep asking Mireille and me to make them some clothes to keep them warm during the winter months.
I'm actually working on my first ever hat for big Wage at the moment, while Mireille works on a Santa hat for Babo - hopefully they'll appear in the coming days ;)
The trio of snow watchers are also in for another surprise, as "Scottish mum" will be arriving here tomorrow afternoon - will be fun to see their faces then!!!
They said that it was too cold for them to go outside as they don't have any warm clothes to wear yet - they keep asking Mireille and me to make them some clothes to keep them warm during the winter months.
I'm actually working on my first ever hat for big Wage at the moment, while Mireille works on a Santa hat for Babo - hopefully they'll appear in the coming days ;)
The trio of snow watchers are also in for another surprise, as "Scottish mum" will be arriving here tomorrow afternoon - will be fun to see their faces then!!!
Uglyworld #231 - Shhhh There's A Reindeer In The Garden
Babo and Ice-Bat were standing at the window looking out towards the garden and all of the snow which lay there.
All of a sudden they could hear footsteps coming down the stairs to a chorus of "shhhh" from Wage, Jeero and Ox. Once the trio were beside Babo and Ice-Bat they whispered, "There's a reindeer in the garden".
They all quickly put on their clothes and I gave them a carrot each to take with them as they slowly walked towards the reindeer who was munching away on some grass down near the swimming pool. I had warned them to be as quiet as possible and not to make any quick movements or the reindeer would run away.
Thankfully they listened to my advice and were able to get right up close to the reindeer and feed it the carrots they had with them.
Ice-Bat looked to be the most afraid, whilst still looking at the deer with the same excitement as all the others.
All of a sudden they could hear footsteps coming down the stairs to a chorus of "shhhh" from Wage, Jeero and Ox. Once the trio were beside Babo and Ice-Bat they whispered, "There's a reindeer in the garden".
They all quickly put on their clothes and I gave them a carrot each to take with them as they slowly walked towards the reindeer who was munching away on some grass down near the swimming pool. I had warned them to be as quiet as possible and not to make any quick movements or the reindeer would run away.
Thankfully they listened to my advice and were able to get right up close to the reindeer and feed it the carrots they had with them.
Ice-Bat looked to be the most afraid, whilst still looking at the deer with the same excitement as all the others.
Saturday, 3 October 2009
Uglyworld #147 - Big Babo Found It Harder To Say Hello
Once it seemed that all the little uglies questions had been answered Wage told them all to close their eyes and count to 10 as he had a surprise for them.
All of them tightly closed their eyes and started counting....
1...2...3..4....5...6....7..8....9...10 - and opened their eyes.
Screams echoed around the room as they old started running off in different directions with their arms being thrown around like crazy.
Big Babo didn't know what to say to it all, he only wanted to say hello to everyone and let them ask him questions like they had done to Wage previously.
Little Babo almost ran right into my camera as he was in such a panic to get away.
All of them tightly closed their eyes and started counting....
1...2...3..4....5...6....7..8....9...10 - and opened their eyes.
Screams echoed around the room as they old started running off in different directions with their arms being thrown around like crazy.
Big Babo didn't know what to say to it all, he only wanted to say hello to everyone and let them ask him questions like they had done to Wage previously.
Little Babo almost ran right into my camera as he was in such a panic to get away.
Uglyworld #146 - Maximum Wage Was An Instant Hit
This morning when Babo woke up he was greeted with the smell of a cooked breakfast coming from upstairs.
Babo shouted from downstairs "Baz, can I have an extra egg today?", and he was stunned when he noticed I was sitting downstairs on the couch watching TV!!!
He woke Jeero up and asked him "Baz is down here, who is upstairs making breakfast?"
Jeero replied "Don't worry, it will be Mireille, just go back to sleep!"
Icebat had been awakened by the Q and A session and decided that he would fly upstairs and say hello to Mireille.
As Icebat flew back down he had a massive smile on his face at who he had found in the kitchen - Maximum Wage had been upstairs making them all breakfast to break the ice.
All the little uglies thought Wage rocked and scoffed down their breakfast so that they could spend more time asking questions to the big guy.
Babo shouted from downstairs "Baz, can I have an extra egg today?", and he was stunned when he noticed I was sitting downstairs on the couch watching TV!!!
He woke Jeero up and asked him "Baz is down here, who is upstairs making breakfast?"
Jeero replied "Don't worry, it will be Mireille, just go back to sleep!"
Icebat had been awakened by the Q and A session and decided that he would fly upstairs and say hello to Mireille.
As Icebat flew back down he had a massive smile on his face at who he had found in the kitchen - Maximum Wage had been upstairs making them all breakfast to break the ice.
All the little uglies thought Wage rocked and scoffed down their breakfast so that they could spend more time asking questions to the big guy.
Friday, 2 October 2009
Uglyworld #145 - Sleeping Ugly
Don't worry - the title doesn't mean we're in for an Uglython of the little guys acting out famous kids stories...
With the magic beans due to release their magic tomorrow the little guys all decided that it would be a good idea to head to bed. Wage, Jeero, Babo and Wedgehead were tucked up in bed for 9pm in anticipation of the big day which lay ahead of them all.
Shortly after they were all sound asleep the door opened and in walked the product of one of the magic beans, Maximum Wage said he didn't want to wake them up as they looked as though the needed their sleep, and it was his fault that he had arrived earlier than planned anyway.
They're still all snoring away blissfully unaware of their new big cousin.
With the magic beans due to release their magic tomorrow the little guys all decided that it would be a good idea to head to bed. Wage, Jeero, Babo and Wedgehead were tucked up in bed for 9pm in anticipation of the big day which lay ahead of them all.
Shortly after they were all sound asleep the door opened and in walked the product of one of the magic beans, Maximum Wage said he didn't want to wake them up as they looked as though the needed their sleep, and it was his fault that he had arrived earlier than planned anyway.
They're still all snoring away blissfully unaware of their new big cousin.
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