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Out and about

Some photos of a few fun days that we had recently. Just for the record, we went here, here and here.

A summer evening

Friday evening we went out to celebrate the children's excellent school reports. Tradition is that we go to Weesp to have ice cream.

It was a beautiful sunny evening.

Nr. 1, 2 & 3 stood still long enough for this photo (only just)...

And then we had ice cream!

Nom nom nom :)

No kids Wednesday

The kids are away for a few days, so in between work we are free to do whatever we want. Today we went to Den Bosch, which is a great city in the south of Holland. Just a little shopping, roaming around and some good food: nice!

Sunny Queensday

What a great day. A perfect Queensday.

The weather was so unbelievably nice! We haven't had a very good spring yet and I want more of this warm, lovely sun, please!

The free market in our town was massive and we all had a really good haul.

Some of the vintage fabrics...

I hit the ribbon jackpot <3

Not pictured are books, a teapot, a tray... etc etc

When we were tired from the free market we went back home where we spent hours in the sun: reading, eating, drinking. Dinner outside in the garden... yes, a perfect day.

Here, there, everywhere

Busy days in our household. Lots of things going on, mostly good. Some not so good, but mostly good...

We've been out and about and a certain little someone is about to celebrate his 4th birthday. Big stuff!

Just the four of us today

Great day. And no need to feel sorry for the girl as she was having fun with the oma's!

Drifting ice

The children and I took a nice little trip to see the spectacular drifting ice. It was only a 45 mins drive, but it seemed we had landed upon the North Pole. The children loved it, Simon especially. It was great to see them have such simple fun. What a trio I have... I'm one lucky mother <3

Approaching

My sister had these splashes of Spring flowers on her desk in her lovely new apartment. Seriously delicious.

Pretty view.

Another pretty view.

PS My baby sister turned 28... WHAT?!?!

The heath

In our previous town we lived within walking distance of the heath. Now we live within walking distance of the woods, but somehow it doesn't feel the same (although I'm not complaining! And we still live within cycling distance of the heath...)

There is something so special about the heath. Even though this is Holland -where real nature is sparse and where you always hear some kind of traffic noise- the surroundings are fresh and calming. We have spent many happy moments on the heath. At first just the two of us, later with 1, 2 and 3 children.

Today was a lovely autumn day. The children are on school break, Michel took the day off. So on an oridinary monday we could just do whatever we fancied.

First a quick trip to the thrifstore, where we took kilos of stuff and bought nothing! We literally came away lighter... Then to a restaurant for drinks and sugary goodness. After that some running around on the heath. We spotted some beautiful toadstools.

Autumn at its best.

Thrifty

On Tuesday -while the children were staying with their grandparents- I had a little time for myself. How rare and wonderful to be just by myself and not having to care for anyone else!

I decided to have a mini roadtrip :) I went to no less than 3 thriftstores!! And I found some treasures.

An addition to my Polish Pottery collection: a mug for 50 cents. I have quite a few bits and pieces now.

Some Arcopal plates, cups and a mug. Maybe 3 euros in total. Sweet!

Some nice fabrics. The two knitted fabrics are intended for PJs. 1,80 for the lot.

And this jug was the top find: Turi Design Market Figgjo Norway. The designer is Turi Gramstad Oliver. So beautiful... And it goes with my plate!