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

Spring, Keukenhof, Postel.

Living in the bulb growing district is so lovely, every year it never fails to stir up a little excitement... yes they are just flowers, but there are so many of them, and they are so fragrant when we drive/ride past, it's quintessential Holland. Throw in wooden clogs and windmills (see photos below!) and you have it all!

Aunty Doris, Kinderdijk

Good Friends

A good friend is one that you can open the door to wearing pajamas, bed hair, eating a mid-morning snack of noodles without embarrassment. Timo, Yara and Marjolein visited and we had a divine time playing, picnicking, relaxing! If only we could do this more often....

Spring....

It's time: the heady days of too-cold sunshine. Stubbornly putting away the woollen tights. Freezing because of it. But it's sunny, for the love of all things yellow, it's SUNSHINE. Hanging out the laundry in chilly 8 degree mornings. Bringing back damp clothing that have half-dried by the end of the chilly sunshiny day. Shifting the garden chair to keep up with the shrinking sunshine wrapped up in a fleece blanket because it's SPRING. It's really fabulous, it really is!!!


Our first Spring BBQ

Finally out in the spring, what a relief!!!

Our eating club

Kinderdijk; Ma, AUnty Doris & Kaemon in the Hyacinths; Family; me & the boyz

Douwe's Banana Choc Birthday cake (copied from Zang Toi's in Sungei Wang), Hot cross Buns, Kaemon's Easter Breakfast @ Kindy (he was the only one to stay seated and eating the entire time...), @ Kinderdijk.