Dad took a week off from work to strip Wende's room. It used to be Mom and dad's room but now with the extension built to the house, it became Wende's room. Mom and da moved to the new part. That cleared the way to strip the old room and completely rebuildit. There was no isolation and the ceiling was made of a very flamable type of soft board. The walls were a nightmare and the floor was badly scrached. So last monday was stripping day, tuesday was a day to put new wooden structure in for the new ceiling, wednesday was new ceiling day ("agnes ceiling boards" very easy to install but quit heavy above your head), thursday was wall repair and paint day and Ikea day to buy a new floor and all sorts of lights and wall stickers, Friday was spent painting because we first had to paint all the walls white before the pink girly paint could be put on. Saturday was flooring day and finishing day. Sunday was putting back the furniture day and installing the new curtains and drapes day.. And now dad is finished but very tired, developed a strain in the right shoulder having agonizing pain but happy he finished within the week he had planned.. In the afternoon we went to naaldwijk to visit Lisette's grandparents. It has been long since we saw them last time but they looked well and, more important, felt well. Since grandpa suffered from (as they call it very rare) side effets like itching skin, he was told not to take his drugs..?? So suddenly he doesn't need to take medicine anymore he was subscribed previously by his physisian..?? Strange.. anyway, the visit was nice and we showed our Ingmar ofcourse and Nils had made a very nice drawing for grandpa and grandma with two boats both of them with anchors and the grandparents onboard. After that we went to see Desmond, son of Lisette's Niece Tamara and Marius. Desmond and Nils played together with helicopters and fire engines and Wende did the cooking and washing with the toy cooker and wash machine (hand driven). When we came back home late in the afternoon we had a simple dinner and put Nils and Wende to bed after Lisette read Nils, Wende and Ingmar a bed time story of Sinterklaas.. You know, he's coming pretty soon to Holland again.. and naughty kids could be subjected to ending up in the empty toy bag and be shipped to Spain.. Nils is not taking any chances and made a nice drawing for the Sint already.
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