Today was my first Fathers day as a dad of TWO daughters. Incredible. Miss E got a little excited and decided to wake up early and wish me a happy fathers day at 5am with a very joyful squeal and a gaga here and there. I am not really into the whole Mothers Day and Fathers... Continue Reading →

These two invade our bed every morning.  We love it.  Miss A bursts into our room "I'm here, it's a beautiful day, time to get up".  Then she's all about Miss E.

We made a decision to stay home over this long weekend.  It would be the first weekend we'd had at home, without anything to do, since the end of March.  And we made the most of it.  It was a joyfully dull weekend.I stayed up and watched the entire Eurovision telecast.Dave managed a 40km bike... Continue Reading →

Well, that was interesting!It all began a few months ago when my cousins L&G asked if they could take me to a spa/sauna for the day as a birthday present.  Now, I'm not one to say no to a good relaxing session (sans children), so of course I jumped at the chance.The link to the... Continue Reading →

This is just how we roll....Months ago, I would've tut tutted those who didn't follow the rules. My nickname being 'Captain Citizen'.  But now... when there's a park this close to the station - I take it!

If you told me a few weeks ago, that Dave and I would be sitting downstairs with a glass of wine, watching tv at 7pm with both kids asleep - I would have laughed in your face (or maybe even punched you in your face).  But, here we are.If you told me a few weeks ago,... Continue Reading →

Well, it's been a while since we updated you.  It's been pretty busy.  As always, everything just takes twice as long, with a newborn baby.We've had my sister and my niece with us for a few weeks (a blog to come) and at the moment we have Dave's folks in Haarlem with us for a... Continue Reading →