Fairy Tale Wonderland

Look, last sunday we went to fairy tale wonderland in Enkhuizen up nort, together with auntie Nienke and Jop. It was a super nice day, very sunny and warm, so the moms were as happy as us. It was amazing in fact, all these little houses playing all the fairy tales I know, and more. The best part was the boat ride I took all by myself, even though we had to wait in line forever. When wonderland closed we went to Enkhuizen to eat fish and chips and we had a nice stroll through the harbor with all these big pirate ships, before we had a super yummy ice cream. It was all so good both Jop and I fell asleep in the car and didn't wake up till next morning!

New hair

So here are those long awaited new hair pictures. It's the cutest 'do' I've had since my baby-curls got cut off. Apart from that you'll see we lot's of fun at the beach, the zoo, the playground... oh tomorrow we're going to see a real castle! keep you posted!

I'm so cool

ha, look at me, being totally cool sitting still at this totally cool hair dresser yesterday. He has the coolest long rasta haired dog called Rocco but mom was too busy snapping me. I got me a very neat tomboy-ish cut and mom is all kissy 'n cuddly about it since.

toilet supplies

So mom figured I needed some cool stools to climb our super high toilet for instance. The stools are indeed wonderful and with one high and one low I can get pretty high up around the house, but it didn't motivate to try poopoo on the big potty sorry ;-)
Loved the box they were delivered in as usual, played the thing to bits!

king of the potty

So yeah it happened twice; I did pipi in my potty, once sitting down, once standing, both times after taking a bath. Big deal. Mom got all crazy about it, had a big present for me (a bouncy remote controlled Tonka car which doesn't seem to work inspite the fortune mom spent on re-chargeable batteries). So that did it. I went on strike again. I'll do the potty when I feel like it, when nobody is watching for example ;-)

reminiscing summer

So it's been a very Dutch august so far. Here's some good hot memories of last month ;-)

M is for Mom

Monday morging mom had to go to an meeting so uncle Paul stayed to babysit. So I took for for a tour of the neighborhood, me on my bike, and we checked in on a couple of playgrounds and the bakery. We ran into this sign and I surprised uncle Paul with my literary talent when I pointed out mom's name. We had a great time, I didn't miss mom at all but when the monthly test-alarms went off I did get a bit worried and started to call out for her real loud so then she came home.

Blue in the face

Ha look, we went to the beach with auntie Annette last saturday. The weather turned on us and we had some rain and it got a bit cold and on top of that I could not play on the big trampoline so to make up for all that I got this crazy ice cream with blue sprinkles. In no time me and mom were blue in the face and soon the whole thing dropped on the floor but it was fun while it lasted!

Te Pletterpet

Yeah we're going to the finals!!!!!!!!

Family matters

Grandma is having some siblings over from Canada, like first the 'real' uncle Paul and his wife auntie Audrey (here with the other uncle Chel who lives in Holland) and now auntie Ella is staying over for the summer. Lot's of ginger haired genes in da house!!! and lots of extra attention which I love of course ;-)

Summertime, when the living is easy

keeping our hopes up for some real summer temperatures...

Vintage toys

We love to browse secondhand markets and stores and the other day mom bought me this vintage mozaiek puzzle which I love because it's so pretty. Its quite difficult (but very cosy with mom helping me along) so it's great for my attention span tra
ining ;-)

Sleeping beauty

oh yerah, of course I fell vast asleep in the car on our Land Art trip yesterday and uncle Paul made a sneak picture. So much for privacy, but then again, I look terribly sweet snoring with my sunglasses on my chin *^_^*

I love Land Art

Today was another picture perfect sunny sunday. Together with uncle Paul we went to the infamous Flevopolder to explore some renowned Land Art. After picking up the little guide at museum De Paviljoens we went on to check Lelystad first where we hoped to find this gigantic 26 meters high wire statue of a sitting man staring over the Markermeer. Sadly we didn't see it and strangely nobody we asked could recall such a statue so we'd like to report this back hoping to unravel the mystery. Next on route was Robert Morris' Observatorium which looked nearly overgrown but it was quite wicked with the echo in the middle of this modern stonehenge-circle and I especially loved the field filled with little fluffy balls of seeds which I blew off in the wind. On our slightly estranged way to the next land art destination uncle Paul got a mirage of french fries so we stranded in this pretty cool recreational park where we met a man with two parrots, we visited the rescued monkeys and played in a hedge labyrinth and more of that outdoor pleasure. It's called De Kemphaan and I personally recommend it to all my little friends as well as the parents because it was real nice and quiet and spacious and fun and that goes for the Land Art too. Hope to see some more soon!

Playmobil Planet

Oh almost forgot to post our trip to Playmobil Planet which was already two weeks ago! What can I say, it was paradise. And there was a discount store where I got to pick a wonderful three headed dragon like King Ghidora as a souvenir, along with a paper crown I wore for the rest of the week ;-)

party times 3!

Here's the photo account of my 3rd birthday triatlon, interrupted by Queensday and topped off by Liberty-day yesterday so all in all we've been partying for almost 2 weeks straight and I've been spoiled rotten with presents and fun! It started with my treating the homey's at daycare where mom's cool plates are still up for decoration.
On the morning of my 3rd birthday 'papa Theo' came and together we went to the bike store where I got to pick out my first real bike. It's the coolest bike ever and the same day I managed to ride it real well. My party started that afternoon and mom had a massive headache so she instructed everyone to be real smooth and easy. It turned out the best party ever. The adults gathered in the garden, and me and the boys, Philip, Jop and Bas mostly played inside. All the adults were amazed how sweet we were that afternoon, never picking fights or hitting each other on the head with toys ;-) Later on the party moved to the street, following the sun, and we took out all my cars and bikes to play on our wide curb. Mom had slowly recovered from her headache but was still happy the party didn't go on until dark this time.
Next day we went to the zoo where we hooked up with dad and Nolan for a birthday picnic. There was this amazing peacock showing off his feathers and we played all afternoon. I simply had the best time.
The weekend after that, the day after queensday (of which no pictures were taken because I was not exactly very cooperative that day) uncle Paul surprised us by picking us up just when we were about to drive to the grand parents. More birthday cake and presents awaited and on sunday grandma and granddad took me to this fairy-tale play and pancake place where I got the royal treatment.
Apart from my wicked bike my third birthday's theme was dominated by lots of poop and potty training stuff including super cool big boy underwear, piles of new books and tiny big boy lego and other construction toys that I adore!
Thanks everyone, I had a super duper time!

Almost 3

Hey look, mom made another birthday party photo collage, in this case me growing from 2 to 3. We're having a nice gardenparty on Saturday & I wish all of you could join!

Born actor

Oh you've noticed I am not camera shy? Well, get this: I'm getting into some serious acting. I can be really angry for real, and I can play really angry for fun. Good thing mom enrolled me into an art-magnet school. let's hope I get in. I love dancing and acting in front of the mirror, I love reading, I love making art and I love singing so I'd make a perfect student!

sunny & sweet

Boy are we happy winter is over. We're spending as much quality time outside as we can to get those vitamins under our skin. Unfortunately no pictures of our trip to the kitesurfer's beach with aunty Nienke and little Jop and big uncle Jop's fabulous birthday dinner. You'll just have to take our word for it we're having a lot of the good life *^_^*