We survived the end of the world!! (this time)

How about that, we survived the end of the world... again.
Enough of that nonsense, Saturday we went to Woudrichem where there were knights and soldiers from the medieval period. The cities, Gorinchem, Woudrichem and cstle Loevestijn celebrated the "vesting 3hoek dagen". It seems that Jacoba van Beieren, countess of Holland, had a history of fighting against ex husbands and was prisoned at one point. She was freed by a couple of dudes from Heusden which is near here. That was the reason for the festivities and there was enough to do and to see. First we went to Woudrichem where we witnessed the firing of cannons (eardefening), soldiers in ancient clothing and after that we took the ferry to Gorinchem where there was a campment with lots of things to do for kids. Nils and Wende made shields and dad and Nils shot some arrows. Sunday we went to the campsite where Lisette's mom and dad are staying until the end of the month. The parents of our friends Mellanie and Peter were there as well and they also arrived shortly after us. Dad made a bow for Nils and also bows for Duncan and Jason. A great success but we had to keep a good eye on them because the bow and arrows worked a bit too well..

More dancing, Niall sailing and playground Nederhemert

Friday Wende had dancing lessons again and dad taped all the different dances so Wende is able to practise at home. She is having trouble to pick up the dancing steps when they introduce a new song. Saturday Nils had his hockey training again but dad had to do some groceries in the mean time so no new pictures of that unfortunately. Wende seems to get the hang of it as well and she says she wants to join the club as well when she is old enough.. Sunday we went to the playground in Nederhemert but on the way we stopped by at the yachting club "trident" to check out our neighbour's son Niall who had his first sailing lesson.

Ingmar 2 years old! and Mothersday!

Last week Ingmar had his second birthday. We celebrated this with our friends and family in our garden as the weather was striking. Ingmar got lots of presents but he liked the smallest one best.. a little tractor with sound and lights flashing. The rest of the kids had great fun playing with water and we even went to our beach for a short while.

A time out in Greece

We went on a short holiday to Crete last week and it was refreshing. Nils found a new friend Eefje and Wende and Ingmar were glued to the swimming pool. Wende at the whirlpool and Ingmar at the slide. Crete itself was nice but the beach towns were too touristic for me. Too many pizzeria's and bars, even dutch ones offering bitterballen and frikandellen! We rented a car for three days and toured around Crete, adapting to the style of driving as they do.. (ovetaking when you shouldn't and parking were you are not supposed to park etc. The last days were spent either at a beach or at the swimming pool enjoying the sunhine.

Easter

Nils had to perform in a church here and we all assembled (read scrambled) to be there in time as Nils also had to go to hockey training. Ingmar did not manage to be quiet until the end so dad took him home to put him to bed. Back home again, dad inflated the swimming pool and installed a water pump to make a noce fountain. Friday afternoon dad went with Wende to her dancing class but there were only three of them. Anyway they enjoyed themselves very much. At The first easter day began with a easter bunny littering our garden with chocolate eggs for the kids to find. Even Nils's girfriend came by to hand Nils a nice present and wishing him a very nice easter... at the end of the morning we went to see grandmom and granddad in De Lier where we spent the afternoon in their garden and taking a stroll to the park.