Lieve Liv, Vorig jaar schreef ik: “Het is inmiddels traditie, een dag voor je verjaardag een brief. De dag dat de bevalling begon en ik eigenlijk dacht dat je geboren zou worden (maar dat pas de dag erna deed). 5 word je 5! Ik kan net zo goed al deze zinnen voor volgend jaar kopiëren …
At the beginning of the school year I wrote a blog about going to school part-time (in the Netherlands “group 1 & 2” which is Kindergarten in most countries) and that we chose to do this and why. Since then I had many questions about how this year went. Now that the summer holiday has …
Dear Liv, It has become a tradition: a letter a day before your birthday. The day your birth started and the day I thought you would be born (but you didn’t make you entry till the next day). 5, you will turn 5! I could just copy all these sentences for next year (with …
I (or we) get the same questions a lot lately: how did the peppernut adventure go? Did the shops close now? What is Denny going to do? So time for an update! It will answer all your questions 🙂 Going for adventure of playing it safe? May last year I wrote a blog “Go for …
At the end of November, Liv kept asking me how many night it would be before “Sinterklaas” evening (a Dutch tradition), and how many nights till Christmas and how many night till the ice skating court would open and how many nights till the fireworks (but also how many night till Happy Hearts Day – …
During our trip around the world I decided I wanted to stay home fulltime. My role would change from a photographer who is a mom, to a mom who is a photographer. I wrote a blog about my decision and got lots of comments. Mostly people wishing me luck. I also received some private messages. …
So the Dutch title of the blog is actually different. It’s about our tradition which is called: Sinterklaas. We celebrate this on the 5th of December. There is a guy with a white beard on a white horse who is called Sinterklaas. He could be the skinny brother of Santa Claus. Instead of hanging stockings …
Today is my birthday. I never celebrate my birthday. I don’t like throwing birthday parties nor going to them haha (anyone with me?), but I turned 40… 40. 40 years old. It still needs to sink in. When I was in my twenties I thought you were old when you turned 40. Very old. And …
School starts when you turn 4 years old in the Netherlands | Is this mandatory? Lots of people know it’s not mandatory to send your child to school when he or she turns 4. Still most of the parents do (choose to?) send their children to school. Why? And what would be a reason not …
The photo in Toronto is an eyesore, but will always remember us of our great trip 😉 Dear Liv, I don’t know how many people always say: time flies! But, really: time flies! The first and the second year went fast, but that was nothing compared to this year. Going from 3 years old to …