Femke then and now...

When I was browsing through old pictures, I came across this one from a 4 month old Femke... And see how she looks now... Amazing that a baby face can show so clearly how she will look many years later..

Halloween at Femke's school...

 
 
 
 

Best of Lente- 5 months old

 
 
 
 

Back in Town..

After 1 month break in The Netherlands and hardly access to the internet, finally a post again from us! This picture was taken in Veere, in the South West of Holland, near the place Arthur was born and grew up. Our jackets reveal that it was cold those days.



Arthur's mother was on a holiday herself, so for 4 days we stayed alone in her apartment and borrowed her car. It was nice for a change to do things as a family of 4..As all expats do know, when you're in your home country, one usually does things with parents, siblings, friends and is therefor hardly alone.
With a tourist guide of the province Zeeland we enjoyed so much the beautiful country side and charming villages that characterize Holland. It is in those moments we miss 'our' country, although we don't have concrete plans to move here (yet).



It was a long time ago that a picture was taken of the two of us. We've been together now for 10 years, we have 2 wonderful girls and exciting plans for the future.. but it needs work to find the time to do things together. That's why I like this picture so much: it reminds me that there is an 'us', next to being a family.



In Middelburg we were just walking in the streets, when suddenly Arthur said to me, Look behind you, and this is what we saw, this beautiful church, in the middle of many houses! We decided to go inside and it happened we were just in time for a tour.



The climbing of the stairs to the tower was narrow and difficult so we left Lente downstairs with a nice lady. When we were on top we could hear her crying echoing in the church.



Beautiful views on Dutch houses. We had so much luck with the weather this day.



Femke, now 3 years, is a very good travel compagnion. It seems she has inherited our love for travelling, likes to get on planes and trains, go for long walks, mingle with strangers, and is luckily not so affected by change of routines (sleeping in her own bed etc)...



For a few seconds we were puzzled when we saw this picture, because WHO HAS TAKEN THIS PICTURE?? Well, Femke of course..



We concluded that IF we would move back to the Netherlands, the town of Middelburg would be high on our top 5 list. It is charming, clean, with a few nice parks.





Even the grafiti is part of Dutch culture.

Mum & Femke

Fun at the beach

Femke- almost 3 years old!

Only a few more weeks to go and Femke will turn 3 !
Her first 2 birthdays she cannot remember, but this one for sure. At the nursery they already celebrated birthdays of classmates so she understands the concept now.
She sings the birthday song every day and repeats that we will go to Holland, and oma (grandmother) will pick us up, there will be cake & candles & presents.

Our little baby is not a baby anymore. She speaks better English and Dutch every day, sings songs, can do the Alphabet song, does imaginary role play alone or with friends or with daddy, is potty trained, likes to jump from heights, loves to dance, smiles a lot, is sometimes very jealous and wants attention from mommy (especially when she is breastfeeding Lente!), is sometimes very naughty although her teacher say she is a good girl in school, loves the songs from Paddy Casey, remembers so many experiences she had, has a favorite boyfriend Thomas whom she met almost 1 year ago at the beach (they are still friends), loves to make Lego towers and playing with blocks (?), loves books but has no patience to listen someone reading it to her......

 
 
 
 

Two sisters...

 

Lente 2 months and weekend at the sea

A week ago Lente had a check up at the pediatrician. Besides the running nose and coughing (we all were sick those days!) she is doing fine.
She now measures 61,5 cm and weighs 5.5 kilo's.
On my birthday, she gave me 2 wonderful gifts: she slept through the night, which means 7 hours in a row, AND she started smiling !!! How beautiful she looks then..

Our webalbum with recent pictures of our 2 girls during a weekend away to Ain Soukna at the Red Sea. This time we stayed at the Movenick Hotel.

Femke 1 to 2 years...

Here we posted a blog with pictures of Femke from birth to 1 year...
As her third birthday is coming up 25th of August, take a look at her 1 to 2 year old pictures....End of August we will show a collage of the 2 to 3 year period..