New living-room floor

When we moved into our house two years ago, the living-room floor had a carpet in it. It wasn’t a color I would choose, but it was clean and looked like it was new, so we kept it that way.
Two years later, our kids have managed to spill so much stuf on it, that it looked and smelled horrible. Time for new flooring! We choose laminated flooring in a color we’ve seen a lot in houses in Denmark and which we like a lot. It colors nicely with our walls. JM and Rudy only needed one day(!) to put it in (with a little help from Yoram). Here are some before and after pictures;

 
 
 
  

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New kiddie-pool and roses

This morning, we bought a new ‘swimming-pool’ for the kids. Since it’s been around 30 degrees celsius the last couple of days, we thought it might bring some refreshment. Yoram was playing in it first, when Yair was taking his afternoon nap. When he woke up, Yoram was really tired and went to bed. So, we don’t have pictures of both of them together in the pool, but still some nice shots.
Below are 2 pictures of the rose-plants I have. They’ve survived the coldest winter in more then a decade and bring us beautiful roses to enjoy.

 
 
 

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Hup Holland

This is THE DAY!
Holland is playing the soccer World Cup Final against Spain. Our boys are wearing orange and white and are cheering the Dutch team on. It’s the 3rd time ever we’re playing the final match (it’s Spains 1st time). In ’74 and ’78 we lost, so 3′s a charm – we’re going to kick Spains ass (excuse the language)! :-)

 

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Yair and opa

Yesterday Yair went to opa and oma for an afternoon. Opa had to bring some letters to the mailbox and of course Yair wanted to come a long. Isn’t he cute, walking hand in hand with opa? (By the way, Yair is wearing orange, since Holland was playing the semi-final of the World Cup Soccer. And Holland won! Guess what colour the boys will be wearing when Holland plays the final?!)
The 2nd picture is one of Yair with his big, brown eyes (and doesn’t the pacifier say it all; ‘I’m the boss’).

 

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Walk, fish, kite

Yesterday, after a lot of days filled with rain and low tempertures, the sun came out! And it was so nice outside, we decided to go for a walk at Lauwersoog. Yoram wanted to look for rabbits, but we didn’t see any… He also wanted to let his kite up – he didn’t understand it’s impossible to do so when walking around the woods. So we promised him we’d go to a field where he could let the thing fly. But first, we had fish and fries and ice-cream for desert. (The 1st picture has way too much light in it, but in an odd way we like it!)

 
 
 

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Yoram’s 1st schooltrip

Today Yoram went on his 1st schooltrip with his class to ‘Sanjesfertier’ in Zwaagwesteinde. He was super-excited and was very proud his mommy was one of the drivers. (And I was happy I was able to come along, ’cause I wouldn’t want to miss out on a big thing in Yoram’s life.)
His class had a great day, with lots of fun playing outside and inside. For lunch we had fries and of course they all had a healthy amount of candy! :-)

 
 
 

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With – Without

This morning Yoram said that after school he wanted to play at opa en oma’s with without Yair. So around three I dropped him of so he could get all the attention he thought he deserved (sigh…) Of course opa had to do something memorable – he took Yoram out in oma’s wheelchair and walked around the block, while Yoram was driving with his make-belief in the air steering wheel.

 

In the meantime I took Yair for a drive to Zoutkamp for ice-cream. We sat in the sun (it was wonderful!) and we looked at the boats.

 

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Playground and having ice-cream (again…)

Since it gets darker later in the evening as it used to, we decided to walk around the block with the kids after dinner. I took some pictures of them at the playground. Doesn’t it look like Yair’s hair is on fire in that last picture?!

 
 
 

Yesterday the sun came out and it was warm, while inside the house or car. Outside it was still cold and windy. We went to a small shoppingmall and Yoram wanted ice-cream. It was Yair’s first one ever, so he had to get a little used to it being sooo cold…

 

And here’s 2 of Yair with legs that go on forever and all dressed up to go out :-)

 

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The Fair and Mc. Donalds

Easter Monday we went to a small fair across from my mom’s place. Yoram was very excited and wanted to go on the merry-go-round and win a stuffed animal. Well, we prepared him at home, that it wasn’t easy to win something, but we’d do our best. Obviously we spent way too much money, but hey, the boy was happy!
Afterwards we went to Mc. Donalds. My mom wanted to go out for dinner, but I thought it would be more relaxed to get some fast food and we’d be sure the boys eat their whole ‘plate’. :-)
The last picture is of Yair, who’s happy just playing with an empty box (and having something to eat! LOL)

 
 

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Easter 2010

Since we’ve had the coldest winter since 1996, we are waiting for some sunshine and were hoping to get some this Easter. The sun decided not to come out, but some raindrops did… :-(

After having breakfast at church and attending the service there, we went home not knowing what to do with our day. In the late afternoon we decided to go to Lauwersoog and have ice-cream there (the temperture outside didn’t allow it, it was freezing cold with the wind, so we sat inside).

Afterwards JM remembered we stil had a kite from Denmark in our trunk, so we got out of the car to go to a bird look-out and let the kite up.

Here are some pictures;

  

  

 

 
 

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