Sunny and... cold!

I finally figured out why mom is trying so hard to make me wear a warm hat. Up until now I refused but it's so cold out that I finally budged ;-) The sun in the park was nice and warm though hmmmmmm

Bean bag

Apart from all my new Lego and books I am super stoked with the bean bag mom made me for X-mas! (and so is Monkey the cat)

X-mas day II

Then we went to the grant parents in riverland where I had to be entertained through a long brunch with uncle Bert and auntie Annie so they just threw presents at me until I fell over and hit the sack ;-)

X-mas day

we were off to a good start; I got to run around naked YEAH!... uh, until I peed all over my new Lego

Pre X-Mas delights

It's not even X-mas and I already had my first presents from Santa. When we got back from our Holiday uncle Joff - who had looked after Monkey the whole week - installed a surprise Christmas tree including presents and cards. I totally got the hang of unwrapping presents so mom hardly had time to grab her camera. I love my new Lego set and played with it all day. Mom and I also went to visit my daddy and Nolan yesterday. (Oeps no pictures, but it was real fun playing with Nolan and his old toys!) They too had a big Christmas tree with presents for me. I got an even bigger Lego set, a complete farm, so now our house is filled with bits and pieces that fit very well together and I am not even looking at my old toys any more. Tomorrow we'll visit another Christmas tree at the grandparents so I wonder if there will be more lights and presents and goodies to munch. I love X-mas! ;-)

Holiday with the grandfolks

Mom and I spend a week with grandma and grandpa at this luxe holiday cottage park in the south of Holland, just next to a war museum. I had delicious bubble baths with mom every morning, and almost every afternoon mom took me to the indoor swimming pool which was definitely the climax of my day. It was a bit cold and wet outside so I got a bit under the weather and I a had quite a few of those strange anger tantrums which drove the whole family up the wall but apart from that we had a great time and I learned lots of new words like 'aan' and 'uit' ('on' and 'off' goes for lights as well as clothes), 'pap', 'auto', 'huis' and 'thuis'... stuff like that. My new favorite hobby is fooling around at the sink. It's not exactly a swimming pool but if there's water I'm happy!

Deven dopt zijn eigen boontjes

(That title only works in Dutch but it comes down to Deven discovering the delights of helping out with the housekeeping)

Sinterklaas party

I discovered there was a climax to the whole story with Sinterklaas and all the Pieten. For days on end, every morning when I woke up, I found all sorts of treats in my wooden shoe and then one night mom suddenly put her shoe next to mine and the next morning there were all these presents and Sinterklaas dropped off even more presents at the grandfolks before he went back to Spain. Mom says now his brother Santa Claus will come all the way from the North Pole. Can't wait to check him out! I already love all the lights at night.

Born artist

I just might become an artists one day. Mom took me to the open days at the Rijksacademie and I loved it so much I didn't want to leave even when it was already past diner time and dark outside. there were so many interesting pictures and stuff I wasn't supposed to touch but .. hey ;-). I also really love to play on the big Museum Square because of the great skate ramp and lounge swing and all the towers of the Rijksmuseum I love to point out.