March 3

Dominique came home with this "friends' book" to write in. Before I went to bed, I noticed what she had written.

She wants to work at "Summerhill" when she grows up. Summerhill is one of Patrick's companies. So cute that she wants to work at daddy's office....ha, wait till she's a teen. we'll see what she wants then.

xxx, H.

March 2

I got to babysit these little feet today (Monday). Well, I got to babysit the whole baby :) I took the liberty of removing her socks and taking photos of those chubby baby feet.

xxx, H.

March 1

do you think i'll be able to keep this one alive for longer than 2 weeks?

xxx, H.

Febuary 28

Valentin discovered this felt/fabric playpiece that my mother made for Pascal, when Pascal was around the same age. Valentin loves sticking the kittens and bears on the velcro, preferably in the air.

xxx, H.

Febuary 27

I bought this journal the other day. It's so much fun. I get to really WRECK it!!! :)

xxx, H.

Febuary 26

i'm so happy we got these faucets for our new bathroom. They were a bit overpriced, but worth every penny.

xxx, H.

Febuary 25

it's grey and chilly outside, but I did spy the first signs of spring. Can't wait for winter to be over, allready!!!

xxx, H.

Febuary 23

nothing like a good meal of kale (boerenkool) and sauerkraut with "rookworst" (smoked sausage) after a week of not eating very healthy.

xxx, H.

Febuary 22

this is what blocked our doorway on Saturday night (actually Sunday morning...we got home at 2.30).

xxx, H.

Febuary 21

waiting for the bus to take us back to the airport, for our flight back home, this caught my eye. I really like the way the lines cross each other with the fun blue accents of the tiled floor.

xxx, H.

Febuary 20

behind every cloud is a silver lining.

xxx, H.

Febuary 19

yes, he can be a cry-baby.

xxx, H.

Febuary 18

lights on the ferriswheel at the amusement park in Playa Del Ingles.

xxx, H.

Febuary 17

lovey-dovey's. lots of parrots and other birds and animals to see in Palmitos Park (Gran Canaria)

xxx, H.

Febuary 16

such a cute peek-through!

in the mountains of Gran Canaria.

xxx, H.

Febuary 15

beautiful Bouganvillia flowers! brings back so many good memories of my childhood.

xxx, H.

Febuary 14

happy Valentine's Day. Love to see the click between my two boys.

xxx, H.

Febuary 13

too busy doing laundry and groceries....getting ready for our vacation the next day.....so no photo.

xxx, H.

Febuary 12

sunrise!

oh how I love to see sunshine in the early morning!!!

xx, H.

Febuary 11

the grid on the window of our frontdoor.

xxx, H.

Febuary 10

I forgot to take a photo, so I leave you with a very sweet one of Valentin and his great-grandmama, Oma Eefje. She's 92 years old and still loves a party.

xxx, H.

Febuary 9

we're gonna have to redo Valentin's room sometime soon. But I WILL miss seeing these fairies along the walls. It used to be Dominique's room. 8 years ago I was totally into 3-D cardmaking. And when we bought this house, I saw a huge poster with lots of fairies on it. I made it into a very large 3-D wall decoration. And photocopied all the fairies I had cut out, cut those out as well and pasted them on the walls to make a border. Heaps of work! But Dominique did have a unique room!

xxx, H.

Febuary 8

the loot..........

Patrick got 43 books and lots of bookcoupons and cash. He'll be reading for the rest of the year!

xxx, H.

Febuary 7

getting ready for Patrick's 40th birthday bash.

xxx, H.

time to catch up again.

I see I left you off on Febuary 6, so it's back on track now.

Febuary 6

Pascal won't wear anything else (well, under his clothes, that is)

xxx H.

Febuary 5

Mini Luke Skywalker.

xxx, H.

Febuary 4

footprints (actually pawprints of our neighbor's cat) in the snow.

xxx, H.

Febuary 3

why do all my plants (with flowers) die?

xxx, H.

Febuary 2

A very small pram that Dominique got for her first birthday. Now, Valentin plays with it a lot.

xxx, H.

Febuary 1

watching the final of the Australian Open, between Nadal and Federer. Too bad Federer lost.

xxx, H.

January 31

it had been freezing again that night. Ice on top of an old wiskeybarrel.

xxx, H.

January 30

just a cute one!

xxx, H.

January 29

at least someone likes to look at my scrapbooks. Although I have let him know that photoalbums and scrapbooks are "no, no" for him.

xxx, H.

January 28

Dominique is on the waiting list for guitarlessons. Nope, no guitar-hero stuff for her....she wants the real thing. Patrick thought she could use a guitar already :)

xxx, H.

January 27

okay, let's get back on track. here's proof that we have a bigger munchkin in the house as well, who loves to sneak his lego downstairs and play with it. Without having to spend time alone in his room.

xxx, H.

and of course I forgot to upload my photo of today. Duh.............so you'll get that, together with tomorrow's photo.


xxx, H.

January 26

lovely sunrise! love seeing that, and knowing that the sun will probably be shining that day!!!

xxx, H.

January 25

more proof of the little munchkin.

he loves playing with the wooden dolls that come with a double-decker bus, that my parents had given my nephew. He wasn't playing with it anymore, so Valentin inherited it.

here, he has set them up on a ridge on the outside of our shower.

xxx, H.

January 24

yes we live in Holland, in Zaandam, near the Zaanse Schans with all its windmills and clogs. So we have two pair in the yard.

xxx, H.

January 23

just chilling out after school. Of course, little munchkin joins in!

xxx, H.

January 22

Pascal is taking keyboard/synthesizer lessons. He started in September, last year. And knows so many songs already. So cool to hear.

xxx, H.

January 21

Proof that we have a little munchkin around the house!

xxx, H.

January 20

I was doing some grocery shopping the other day and I saw this can of Root Beer. It brought back instant memories of making our own Root Beer in Papua New Guinea or buying it in the "Teen Centre" (our place to hang out).

So I bought a can, put in the fridge and then went for it today. Too bad I didn't have any vanilla icecream in the freezer, or I would've made a Float!!! yummy. But the Root Beer sure tasted good and very familiar. Pascal tried it and really like it as well. So it looks like I'm gonna have to buy this more often. :)

xxx, H.

January 19

Just a another dreary "Blue Monday" in January. Wish it were spring!

xxx, H.

January 18

looking out my window, while sitting behind the computer in my scrapspace, I saw a bird's nest in the arbour, at the back of our yard. Using my telelens, I wanted to get a photo of it. Mind you, I was still inside, seeing as it is pouring rain. But while zooming in, I noticed this very pretty picture and decided that would be my photo of the day.

xxx, H.

January 17

trying to teach Valentin different colors, using building blocks. Mainly, he just wanted to build towers!

xxx, H.

January 16

a typical day in the life of Valentin. Lots of reading, by himself and by us.

xxx, H

January 15

every once in a while, Valentin likes to get his hands on stuff he's not allowed!!! we put the billiard table away now, so temptation's gone.

xxx, H.

January 14

nothing like a box full of new supplies to make a girl happy! :)

xxx, H.

January 13

yesterday I realized that I hadn't gotten rid of all my x-mas decorations. oops. but they're still cute to look at.

just another catch up

Here's the photo from January 8: fooling around with Valentin.

xxx, H.

January 12

Nothing like enjoying reading a book with a cup of coffee, while Valentin is watching t.v. Such a bad mum, I should be reading a book with him! :)

xxx, H.