Deven & the dishes

Tonight I found something new to my liking; helping mom do the dishes. The problem is if I really like something, I don't want to stop doing it. So when mom was all done stowing the dishes away she decided to 'dish' me on the spot. I get to stay up a bit later cause it's Friday but the clock was ticking away and a big crying game wasn't avoided by giving me my way. I can be very 'taurus' like that mom says ;-)

Bye bye babies

I'm a big boy now I can walk so last thursday I was officially promoted to the toddler group at daycare. The farewell party at the baby group was the usual drama (it's my party and I cry if I want to) but they made me a nice paper hat and I got a super cool soccer ball as a farewell present. Back home I find I'm pretty fond of my farewell hat, but apart from that I think I like the toddler group much better! The playground is way more interesting for one ;-) Mom forgot her camera that day but we'll get some pics from the baby nanny soon.

Sint & Piet happening

I had already seen these guys on the telly but today I got to see them for real. We went to welcome Sinterklaas and all the Piets arriving by boat over the river Amstel, together with little Jop and auntie Nienke. It was real crowed as we biked along with the boat going over Amstel but then the moms went ahead and found a front row spot where the steamboat (and a thousand other boats) arrived it's destination. I was very impressed with the whole event, boy I've never seen so many kids and parents in my life, so afterwards we all went to the much more quiet zoo where I had my first poffertjes, yummie, and then Jop and I shared a ride. That was enough excitement for today that's for sure ;-)

Showing off

Not only did I have a mild case of the water pocks last week, I also got a bad shiner under my eye in my relentless urge to show off my climbing skills. So here's the damage! Don't I look like a tough rookie ;-)

Update

Yeah folks, mom's been real busy again. Joff and the grand folks had to be called in to babysit me while she went out doing most important things apparently, so we fell behind on my blog, and there's so much to tell. Apart from the fact that I am off the wall with energy running around like a mad man and refusing to go to sleep sometimes, I am developing an amazing sense of rhythm playing with my super cool Casio synthesizer and I am about to be transferred to the bigger kids' group at daycare which is a gradual process but so far I'm not exactly enjoying it. I've also been measured and weighed again last week, scoring perfectly average with 11,325 kilograms and 82,4 centimeters and I am officially off the baby bottle and formula milk. In the mean time I am totally into the moon, looking out for it day and night, as well as airplanes. I can actually say the words 'maan' and 'vliegtuig' along with something resembling 'Teletubbies'(my favorite is 'Lala') and 'weg' when something disappears. When we go out I love to fool around with the pretty autumn leaves that happen to match the color of my hair so mom takes pretty pictures of that. Then this weekend I had an outbreak of the 'water pocks' which itches like hell and makes me a bit cranky, but mom says it will be over in a couple of days. That's it in a nutshell. Water pocks picture coming up (I hope ;-)