Just another week...

Hi!
Ok... it's Monday, just another week has started... for some very special (for example Petra is virtually throwing all kinds of delicious food at me because she's already cooking for the عيد الفطر

or `id-oel-fitr, (we call it Suikerfeest), the traditional day after the Ramadan... I have known Petra for about 5 years now (or is it longer, lol) and she makes these yummie sweet cakes!!

I hope I don't get them just virtually Petra, LOL! :)

Other than that, for us it's just a regular week. Work, school etc. We have made a count down calender for the boys (oh well, I didn't make it, Andy did, credits to him) and they put a sticker on it each morning... only 12 nights until... Disney!! We're going to Disneyland Paris during fall break! I think we -grown ups - are even more excited than the boys are... About a month ago the oldest was in the back of the car when we were driving (where he is supposed to be) and told me... Mom, I don't need to go to Disney! I was a bit shocked by such a revelation because my boys love themeparks (just not the scary rides!). "Not to Disney? Why?" He replied "Well, the local bus is an attraction too!!" Hmmm... I know I have great kids! But this? The thing is that they hardly ever ride the local bus and they LOVE it! We always go by car when we need to go somewhere... they only use buses on days out from school or the daycare they visit.... Hmm...my boy is a real thinker!

In fact my week didn't start very 'regular'... after holding back CTs a bit I was asked as a guest for .... Dawn Inskip. I was pleasantly surprised when they asked me because I haven't been such a great scrapbooker lately (lack of time and inspiration). But when I look at her shops I might even get some ideas for new layouts!

A layout that wasn't done by me but by Petra is this one (she took one of my pics from last summer):

Doesn't that look awesome?? Sometime I just don't know how she does it! Thank you Petra (did I teach you how to do this... ever??? I don't think so, lol)....

Well this is all for now, I will leave my own layouts until my next post!

Have a good day!

Birdpark Avifauna!

Last Sunday we had a beautiful day, it was almost like one of these days that are called Indian Summer in the States! We had tickets to see the birdpark and so we did arrive there around 10.30 am and left close to 5.30 pm... the kids walked around, played (a huge playground) and I took some photos of the birds:

Next zoo will be Ouwehand on November 9th, I just got our tickets through Girafpas today!

Two new layouts!

Hi!

I finished two LO's today so I thought I'd blog about them first, pictures were taken during our trip to Greece:

Then of course, it is weekend!! Today we went to De Bilt,

It is a small town nearby and there was a Parisian market there, in fact they sold all kinds of stuff. We did some shopping there and we ended up buying a bench for the front of the house at BSC. I will take a photo of it tomorrow as it's hard to explain what it looks like. This store is changing their garden furniture for winter sports now and so they were having a great sale. I also fell in love with a teak furniture set in that store... But even though we could probably get it for less than half price it was still too much for us. Besides, we swore we would never ever get wooden garden sets because we have to do too much to keep it like it is (or like we like it!). So that was a no-no anyway!

Tomorrow we will go to Avifauna with our Girafpas . I mentioned this before, it's a great deal on different zoos, this time we will visit a bird zoo. The weather is nice so it will be a nice day out! And probably a little time for photos too!

bye for now!

Day off!

Hi,

Usually I am not working on Wednesday, but there is always plenty to do, taking the kids to school, doing laundry, run errands etc. Today is a bit more relaxed. We took the kids to school together this morning (1 child each as they are in different buildings) and now I am enjoying my cappuccino in front of my new EEE pc in the kitchen... typing my blog. Ok I have had this little laptop for a while but I couldn't get it wireless so it feels new!!

Andy has just left for his fysiotherapy, he's finally doing a bit better but not ready for work yet (as his job is a physical one, maintenance of central heating). When he comes back we can run some errands , he can't drive the car with his injured leg so I drive. Can't believe that one game of tabletennis in Greece caused all this :). The upside is that the boys are happy that their dad is there when they come home from school!

Ok , just one layout for you today (image is clickable for some love):Credits
Holliewood Studios Falling for you
Taylormade Stitched in Place

Sun(ny)day for skiing!

Hi,

Today is a beautiful Sun(ny)day! The skislope in Nieuwegein
had Open house today and the kids could take lessons. We are going skiing in Austria next December with our friends Myra, Eelco and Tim and today we all went to the skislope. The kids took their lessons and we enjoyed coffee in the sun on the terrace and later on a nice lunch. Grandma and granddad also joined in and were proud to see the little ones on the skis!

More photos on our Flickr site (link on the right!).

Have a great day!