Time for some updates

yeah yeah yeah, we've been rather busy this summer doing lots of the usual and lots of fun stuff and we're terribly behind on updating my blog so here's some pics from my weekly holidays at the grandfolks!

Holiday alternative

Because mom didn't really plan a far and away holiday for us we just have as much summer fun as possible these days. I got this big present last week; a real work bench with lot's of tools and noisy sounds, which I'm totally, and I mean madly stoked with. It was present day apparently cause dad got me a Hector-tractor the same day ;-) Apart from the goodie fest, we take day trips to the beach for instance. My first encounter with the Northsea was a bit impressive but I totally got the hang of the beach life now!

Natural born artist

My new hobby is body painting. Last weekend I made a nice piece of modern art for grandma's birthday. Mom simply put aside the carpet, took off my clothes and gave me some plates of finger paint and a bunch of paper. It was great fun, the best one I did was with both my feet! Then I figured I could paint myself just as well...

My own house

he he look! Mom and uncle Paul cut down an ugly old pine in the garden and put up this rad old little play house for me. It even has mom's lucky number 3 and mom put in a table, a chair, some play food and a funny little dog (which is actually for watering the flowers). It's been rainy lately but as soon as the hot summer is back I want to spend my siesta in my own little house! In the mean time mom made a solid clean tile floor under the house to keep spiders and other little creatures from squatting the place ;-)

Hometown Tourist

Big Bro holiday

My big brother Nolan is having a school holiday so we got to hang out a bit in the last couple of weeks. He came along when papa Theo picked me up from daycare, we went swimming once and we went to the zoo one evening when mom had to go to a fashion show. That was the best, I was so excited I couldn't get to sleep afterwards. More big bro holidays!

My first boat trip

Last friday after daycare mom had a big surprise. She'd packed a bag with swimming vest and goodies and then we went to the canal where uncle Paul came with his boat to pick us up for a little boat trip. I was very very impressed and a bit desoriented so I wanted to go back home... but once I recognised the bridge over the Amstel - the route we take when we go to the zoo - I was fine and started singing like an old sailor. Uncle Paul even let me handle the stick (when we were tied to the shore that is ;-)

Double fun

Yeah it's been tropical and that means I get to play naked a lot, with water of course! With all the running around naked everyone seems keen on me taking an interest in the potty. Will see about it but for now I think it's pretty cool to pee in the garden ;-)

Vintage fun

Look mom dug up her old baby tea set which is indeed totally cool to play with although she kept reminding me not to throw it around. Then last night we hopped in the car to get me this new vintage stool I'm totally stoked with because it's bigger then the old one and it has wheels! Old stuff's pretty cool!

A funnier red

Last week, a couple of days before 'the bloody incident' (I am recovering just fine by the way) I got a hold of one of mom's lipsticks when I got out of the bathtub, so I decided to put on some make up for dinner. Cute hey?

My first casualty

Friday after daycare I gave mom the scare of her life (well, probably the first in a row of parent nightmares). We just got home and were planning to hop out again for a game of soccer before dinner when mom finally got notice from our internet provider to solve our broken connection. While she was on the phone trying all kinds of tricks with wires and re-sets I found an interesting little box in her office drawer, containing razor sharp Stanley-knife refills. Mom dropped the phone and I dropped the box but withing the same second I managed to grab one of those knives and refused to give it back. Well... you can imagine what happened next. Blood everywhere, mom hysterical, ambulance called - turned out a bit over dramatic but mom had envisioned much worse damage. Never the less we spend the rest of the evening in the hospital, where we were kept waiting for 3,5 hours just to learn that the ambulance doctor's fix was sufficient. My middle finger has a nasty cut so I have to play with one hand and the worse bit is I don't get to play with water for a couple of days but apart from that we're all good and recovered from the shock. I guess next time it's wise considering actually listening to what mom says, especially when she gets that panic look on her face ;-)
ps. all sharp and even semi sharp objects have been stored in the highest possible places in the house by now.

My first haircut

Saturday was the day I lost my wild curly hair at this cool children's hair salon. Unfortunately I was in a terrible 'no' mood so the result is a bit of an emergency cut but I must say I quite like it. No more hair in my eyes and mouth the whole time and the brushing is much less annoying! Mom's still mourning over my pretty curls which she took home in a plastic bag but she says I'm still pretty ;-)

Boxing Deven again

Oops yeah almost forgot to post this fun pic of me stuffed in my new (well.. vintage) Lego container. Mom just remembered when I was squeezing myself in another little toy basket ;-)

Tantrum break

Last Friday when mom picked me up from daycare we went straight to the childcare center for another check up. It has been a while since I'd seen the doctor but, apart maybe from my 'anger tantrums' all is well; I'm 88 centimeters now and weigh 12,5 kilograms. The next day mom and auntie Nienke took little Jop and me on a surprise trip. We went to see a great Alice in Wonderland play-exhibition and then had fresh baked fish in a nice place called Hoorn. I had such a huge anger tantrum that morning, mom totally forgot to pack my buggy in all her stress. Luckily I got a ride from Jop and decided to be a real nice boy the rest of the weekend and mom decided we'd take it real easy for a couple of days. She'd found me a huge new bathtub and since it's real nice and sunny I got to bath in the garden. I even had my siesta in a little tent in the garden, that was awesome, and auntie Karen came to visit and we went out for huge ice creams! But yesterday when we bought a new vacuum cleaner my puberty behavior surfaced again. We picked a super cool red "Henry" but I love it so much we got into a fight about who gets to use it. Well you guessed it, this is my chore from now on! ;-)

Holiday special

Yesterday was a national bank holiday so I didn't have to go to daycare. Instead mom's friend 'uncle Paul' took us on a surprise trip. First we went to this miniature world called Madurodam, which was totally awesome. Lot's of planes, trains and automobiles I was not allowed to touch but it was still super cool. After visiting the life size Sesamstraat set up we went back in the car for another surprise destination; the beach! I was a bit tired but we lounged on a sunny couch at a nice beach restaurant for a while until I was ready to face the biggest sandpit and water pool I ever saw. I was a bit impressed at first and cried when the cold sea touched my bare feet but I really loved all the sand. So many kids and kites and dogs and nice people.... Mom says we'll go more often now that I got the hang of it. Mom and Paul took a nice countryside detour back home but I slept the whole time, exhausted from all the excitement.

spring is in the (h)air!

Mom's been sneezing a lot lately because all this spring stuff is floating in the air but I love to ruffle it a bit more ;-)

Boys love wheels

I've been in lot's of cool rides this week. We keep bumping into this crazy world called 'kermis' where I got to ride lot's of vintage tractors and merry go rounds. The coolest part of the merry go round is when I have to give my ticket to the boss man, hehe. And today mom and I went to Amstelpark with auntie Nienke and little Jop. We took a cool train ride through the super pretty park and then we got lost in a real labyrinth but I showed everybody the way out.
My private car park is also growing steadily. Yesterday I got this 'car transport truck', another late birthday gift from a friend of mom. I love it, I can stall 5 of my favorite dinky toys in there! And I can actually say words like 'autotransportwagen' on the spot which is why they seem to think I'm a real smart one in daycare ;-)