Amy and Lily

Having fun in the cold weather

2013-01-22T13:47:00.000+01:00

It was so cold last weekend but we got all bundled up and when to a play area in the neighbourhood. We had a lot of fun.

Just found a really cute picture I just have to share.

2012-12-29T15:43:00.000+01:00

Sinterklaas is here!!

2012-12-05T09:36:00.000+01:00

Woordeloze Woensdag

The bedroom project update

2012-11-14T12:39:00.000+01:00

Well I finally finished my bedroom. We went to Ikea an bought 2 Ribba picture ledges and my dad hung them on the wall. I love the way it looks now. While I was thinking about repainting the wall blue. Here is the end result.

Look at the 3rd cake I made ever!!

2012-11-07T11:38:00.000+01:00

Ready for school

2012-10-31T10:45:00.000+01:00

We tackled our black hole...

2012-10-23T16:00:00.000+02:00

We had a black hole as some call it. It was a really black hole, so black that my husband and mom didn't even go in there anymore. This project had been on top of my list forever!! But I was scared to start it. I'm so happy I can finally cross it off !! I'm not proud of it but I decided to post the before pictures. Be aware

and now the after pictures. I still need to do some things but it's pretty much finished.

I love it!!!

The hall closet

2012-10-17T16:03:00.000+02:00

I think it was about a year ago that we replaced the closed under the stairs in the hall with a new one with big mirror doors. Saturday I decided to clean it out and organize it. Here are the before pictures

I now got some more baskets and organized it all. I just need to make some labels for them. But doesn't it look nice. And I found about 6 pairs of scissors!!

I took the picture at night so the quality isn't that great!!

Our sweet dog LC has passed away

2012-10-09T13:59:00.000+02:00

Yesterday LC was going to the vet for an operation on her knee we thought. Fady brought her at 9 am and at 11am I got the call if we could come because she had a massive malignant tumor right above the knee and there was nothing they could do for her.

Lily really wanted to go with us to say goodbye and Amy stayed with Oma and Opa. It was so sad to see her, she was still completely drugged. But she responded to Fady and later to a dog that was barking. We stayed till she died.

What a bad day after such a fun day we had on Sunday when we celebrated Amy and Lily there birthdays (more about that later).

I attached some pictures of LC

4th Birthday party at school

2012-10-02T12:31:00.000+02:00

Amy had her 4th birthday party at school last Thursday. Since it was her last day in kindergarten she also brought all the kids a gift. I bought a book and pencil for each child and they really liked getting a present as well. I was there for most of the morning and it was a lot of fun. She got to help make her birthday hat and everybody sang to her. It was great. Really her day!!

While Amy was making her hat. lily was playing with all the boys. She loves to play with boy toys.

Here is a video of everybody singing to Amy

My baby turned 4!!!

2012-09-30T16:46:00.000+02:00

I can't believe Amy is already 4 years old. 4 Years ago I was in the hospital. Wauw!! And Lily turns 3 on Saturday. Where has the time gone.

We will celabrated there birthdays next Sunday the 7th with a Hello Kitty / Lady themed party. I can't wait till they see the cake I'm going to make. I hope it turnes out.

Cleaning out the junk drawer

2012-09-28T16:38:00.000+02:00

It was time to pick up the cleaning again after going on a short trip last week. Before we went on our short vacation I went to the doctor because I was too tired to do anything. They took my blood and thankfully there was nothing wrong with that. I guess I just needed a little break from it all. And I need to get my eyes checked.

Yesterday we celebrated Amy her birthday at her school (I will post on that later) and in the afternoon I decided to clean out the messiest drawer in the house. it still looks a bit messy in the picture but believe me it's clean. I can close it again!!

Here is the before picture.

And after

I took some unused plastic containers small enough to fit and some Ziplock bags. It feels good to be able to find everything again and close it without having to move everything around a few times.I hope it will stay this way. It has to be I'm the only one that uses it :-)

Big hugs!!

2012-09-28T12:17:00.000+02:00

Amy and Lily were playing yesterday and the started hugging each other. I could not resist and had to share

Forrest Angels

2012-09-26T10:14:00.000+02:00

Centreparcs "de Limburgse Peel"

2012-09-22T12:28:00.000+02:00

Last week we went 5 days to a bungalow park in Holland. Fady and I took a week off work and booked a bungalow at Centreparcs “ De Limburgse Peel” . We had such a great time. We left on Monday and when we got there we looked around in the park and the Marketdome which has few restaurants, a supermarket, kids corner and the Aquamundo (a nice and warm swimming pool with all the extra’s.

Our bungalow was in the end of the street and we didn’t have any neighbours close to us. When we opened the sliding door we were in the woods. We took LC as well. Amy, Lily and LC went to explore the woods. They loved it they didn’t want to go home!! On Wednesday my mom and dad joined us. They parked there camper close to the park and slept there but spent the days with us.

There was limited internet and we really liked that. No playing on the internet the whole day but real family time.

Here are some pictures.

Our own Ladybug

Our Princess with antlers

The park

The kids centre

Aren't they cute...

2012-09-18T20:46:00.000+02:00

... when there sleeping. We are away for a few days and Lily really wanted to sleep with Amy tonight, 5 minutes later they were sleeping.

2012-09-12T16:53:00.000+02:00

Here are the videos I promised about getting the girls ears pierced. I just love watching them being so tough!! I just love there smiles.

Dancing class

2012-09-12T16:50:00.000+02:00

Saturday we went to the new arts centre in town very close to our house and Amy and Lily tried out a dance class for 4 and 5 year olds. It was very cute. In the beginning they wanted me and my mom to dance with them but after a little bit they started to dance on there own and I got to take some pictures and video. In the video Amy and Lily had a collision in the end. Out of all the kids those two had to find each other!!

Getting Amy and Lily's ears pierced

2012-09-01T20:00:00.000+02:00

Today when Fady was sleeping (he worked the night again) we went to my parents house. We went on the bicycle to IJsselstein with Amy and Lily.

Amy has been asking to get her ears pierced so we went to find a place to get it done. We found “All in the Beauty” a tattoo shop. The girls there were so nice and Amy picked out some cute flower earrings. I took Amy on my lap while they marked it and pierced her ears. She didn’t even blink. It was funny cause my Mom filmed it and she was waiting for her to cry. She was tough!! Then Lily said she wanted the Ladybug earrings so she got there ears pierced too. Same thing… she didn’t move a muscle. The girls are such tough cookies!! I’m a very very proud Mom.

After we ate something we went to a hairdresser specially for Kids called “Coccinelli” translates to Ladybugs in Italian (coincidence?) We have a Ladybug theme going on J

My Mom told me about this place. I took some pictures, they say more than words.

Lily sat in a Army truck and Amy in a tiny pink Hello Kitty car.

They even braided there hair after they cut it. They had a Disney movie on, it was like going to the movie theatre and getting a haircut.

We had a great day also because right now both girls are sleeping They slept as soon as there head hit the pillow.

I will post the video as soon as my Dad send it to me.

Weekend recap

2012-08-29T16:40:00.000+02:00

This Saturday morning I wanted to take Amy and Lily somewhere fun. I started to Google fun places for young kids close to our house and indoor since it was pouring down rain.+

I found Ballorig in Houten a big indoor play area. I had never been there so I dressed Amy and Lily and took off. I was there at 10 am sharp as they opened.

Amy and Lily started running around as soon as we got in the door. It was amazing. There is an area for the smaller kids where they can sit and you can read a magazine that they have as well. We had some fries for lunch and my mom and dad came over for half an hour or so. The great thing is that the adults are free, so you just have to pay for the kids.

Needless to say we had a great time.

I took this picture when we first got there. An hour later it was very busy!!

I went with Amy and Lily to a BBQ in the evening at Berdise her house. We had really good food and good company.

Sunday I went to the gym in the morning. And in the afternoon we went the the “Utrechtse Bazaar” which had just opened in there new location. I was very busy getting there but when inside it wasn’t too bad. We bought a lot of fruit, ate some nice fish and went home after strolling looking for the keys that Fady had misplaced and found.

As you see we had a busy but fruitful weekend.

Just a reminder...

2012-08-29T12:56:00.000+02:00

Something new..

2012-08-24T15:02:00.000+02:00

My old drawer chest fell apart a few moths ago and I didn’t find one I like that is affordable yet. But it was driving me crazy having to look at this every night.

I think you will understand. I went to Ikea yesterday after I dropped Amy and Lily off at there school and bought a EXPEDIT shelving unit in black/brown, same color as the rest of the furniture in our bedroom. Well I put it together when Fady went to the Gym. Well I cleaned everything out of the old drawer chest and when I was finished it looked like this.

And I don't like it.

Well I guess I just wait until I see something I like that I can paint and I'll use this in my laundry room that we will fix up very soon.

To be continued...

Just love this

2012-08-22T14:14:00.000+02:00

No more Pampers

2012-08-21T15:52:00.000+02:00

Wauw, our babies have grown. Both Amy and Lily are completely potty trained now. Last Wednesday night I forgot to put a Pamper on Amy and the next day she was still dry. I guess we just needed to take the Pamper away.

Yesterday they both went back to kindergarten and after it was over Jill a friend from there class ask if they could come and play. Isn’t that sooo cute. They had there first play date ever!! I’m such a proud mom. But a little sad too because they are getting so big.

Here Lily is relaxing in the bed. Like a big person.

Having fun with Apples and Oranges

2012-08-15T15:03:00.000+02:00