I had so many plans for my last post of 2017, many drafts written up; but something was missing and I didn’t post it. And then I received the news. Continue reading In Loving Memory
Category Archives: Everyday life
Old green car
Life consists of many memories, incidents that take place at a specific time and space. Some things that happen are big and have a huge impact in our lives. Others are small and almost insignificant, but if you look back at that moment you realize that there were people willing to help you with you little problem. Let me share one of our insignificant incidents with you. Continue reading Old green car
Good old days
When Little Captain was a few months old my sister sent me an eye-opening message. It went along the following lines: “you have a new-born for one month, a baby for one year, a toddler for 2 years, etc.” I think it is followed by a pre-schooler and continues until they are finished with school. It hit me hard that every stage of our children’s life is very short and that our time with them is limited. Continue reading Good old days
Welcome back
Welcome back! I actually want to say whale-come back after our recent experience at sea.
In surviving all the busy-ness and chaos called “life”, we went away for a week on holiday. It was the boys’ first time at the sea and we enjoyed it a lot. Continue reading Welcome back
10 Fun facts about parrots
We sat outside late one Friday afternoon when Little Captain suddenly said “parrot”. It came flying in on the porch and out again when our dog, let’s call him King James (he surely acts as if he is king and we are his followers) barked loud and chased him away. We calmed King James down and took him into the house and the parrot came down, sat on my husband and ate his food from his hand. Continue reading 10 Fun facts about parrots
Bath time is fun-time with Acornkids Bathpops
Little Captain loved water since he was little, but then he suddenly decided he didn’t want to bath anymore. A friend told us they have the same problem with their son who is a few months older than Little Captain. What they do is to let him bath a toy animal (you can try your pet, but it might get a bit messy) so we tried it. It worked… for a while. I remembered about my stash Acornkids products that we used with my nephews and took out the Bathpops. Continue reading Bath time is fun-time with Acornkids Bathpops