Quinten's here!!

3 weeks early so a nice surprise! 1 hour birth so we didn't have time to get to the hospital! 3 weeks less pregnancy so enjoying the reprieve!
We still had to decide on a name, so after trying out a few names per day, we finally decided on Quinten and thankfully, it's stuck! Third time is SO much easier than the others, I even feel almost mentally normal and it hasn't even been a week yet. The boys love him, they are proud big brothers and are very sweet and helpful.

BBQ season

Summer is great, the traditional weekend breakfast on the BBQ...yum! We've had a lovely house guest Renee,douwe cooked a meal for the first time in living memory, and the boys moved into bunk beds. Nelson sneaks up to the top bunk and cuddles up to him when Kaemon's fast asleep.

Summer Lovin'

Sometimes BFFs. Our gorgeous boys ♥ Kaemon is sweet and perhaps a little introspective, there's a lot of thoughts going on in that head of his. He's a relaxed boy, and cautious (he's Nelson's road safety captain)sometimes it takes a while to convince him to do something, but when he does decide to do it, there's no problem. He loves a good feed, and one can always bribe him with a promise of food. He has ridden his bike WITHOUT side wheels! Loves cars, trucks, machines, singing and dancing....a curious combination. ♥ Nelson is a a cheeky monkey, he's got the same cheeky monkey genes as Shawn, Lana and Noah. What a crazy combination in August...he loves laughing, making others laugh. He's already figured out how to tease his bigger brother, but he loves little babies and insects. He eats a lot (after first refusing and asserting his authority). He's out of nappies thankfully, wasn't looking forward to 2 babies in nappes in October!

Nelson our cheeky monkey. Uncle Dirk is moving to Leiden/Oegstgeest!!! (Got a job here) That's the best news ever :) The boys are very excited...

Weekend in Nijmegen

Nelson Turns Two!

Our Nelly Belly Turned Two!! He's a cheeky monkey this one- so lovable and just edible. What's more amazing than feeling the lurve for one child? Having TWO- the repetition of the gooey, super-elative feelings for the second time doesn't at all take the shine off it, in fact it makes it more shiny!

Nelson had a wonderful time, eating everything in reach- the rest of the day he was coming down hard off the sugar high.

Rainbow party food:

Party time in the mud

The adventure playground

Pinata for under-3's (no chance of head injuries)

The Joy

A lovely afternoon at the beach, picnic dinner with friends and ending with icecream! To quote Nelson:

'ice cream, ice cream. happy. happy.'

'Breakdancing'

The boys are quite obsessed with breakdancing, incorporating various styles of modern, tap, ballet, gymnastics, jazz into it!

A lot of pictures are going to follow: it's been a long time! Nelson is nearly two, he loves nijntje/miffy and was stoked to see the invitation: 'Nijntje! Nels! Nijntje! Nels! Partay!!'. Also Amah and Kongkong visited, and we had a great time! Food, Laundry, Book reading, babysitting they took care of everything :)

Koninginnedag, Zaanseschans