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maya — Sat, 19 May 2012 09:42:39 +0000

We’re in lego heaven.

Murphy strikes

maya — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:33:38 +0000

Tarek naughty in the morning. Naughty as in throwing wooden toys at his sister. Took us a while to get out of the house. No time for buying bread or other healthyish lunch options, it’s 11 in the morning, lets GO. O no. We forgot the discount tickets which are our reason for going. Turn back, pick them up. Finally drive to Apeldoorn. Get there, wake up Miko, get out the stroller. Flat tyre. Well. Every zoo has strollers on loan, we walk. We walk and walk and walk. It’s almost a kilometer from the car to the entrance!? We get to the entrance, tired and hungry, no strollers. ‘We have only 20 of them and today it’s very busy.’ Well, we’re here now, lets go watch the apes and monkies, we’ll find some food and maybe a stroller. Nope. What we found was a loooong line in the restaurant. Two hungry toddlers and a very hungry Maya picked the line with the trainee cashier ‘Uuuh, where’s the button for the fries?’ and had to wait for 45 minutes to spend too much money on not so yummy food. But then it was playtime and we all had fun. Except for the moment Tarek disappeared. After 15 minutes of frantic looks I heard him shout my name. A gentleman, father of three, had seen him walking off. After all that I eas fed up and we walked, in opposite direction of the thinning crowd, back to where we’d started. It was the fasted way out. Then of course came the trek to the car. Tarek walked all the way, all day, and Miko quite a lot. At 3/4 of the way Tarek deserved a raketje and Miko the occasional lick. No pictures of bonobo’s, howler minkies or vari’s. Sorry, I was busy dealing with Mr Murphy.

After all that walking he deserved a raketje. And after such a day, I deserved a night out with girlfriends. And going home late at night having to wait a long time to catch the train from Ams to Ede at least I have chance to write it all down. If my phone battery lasts.

Home alone

hein — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:41:57 +0000

Maya going out has its advantages. Tarek needs no food, no drink and no bath. So I finish the kids at 19:03, the rest of the house at19:19. Record.

Lunch

hein — Thu, 17 May 2012 19:52:44 +0000

What a nice and sunny day. Long bicycle tour through heather and forests. Planted a banana.

Eigenwijs

maya — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:30:12 +0000

Three days a week the kids go to the créche. As you can see leaving them there and saying goodbye in the morning is a heartbreaking drama.

Chickory &Chant

hein — Sun, 13 May 2012 13:41:56 +0000

Now playing at WG terrein at Sotu Festival.

Nationale molendagen

maya — Sat, 12 May 2012 17:46:15 +0000

Tarek and I climbed 2 old fashioned windmills today. The first one I even climbed holding Miko in one arm. Those mills are high! No wonder I forgot to take photographs. So you’ll have make do with a photo of the remnants of our falafel and pitabread dinner.

Smart girl

maya — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:06:43 +0000

Figured out that she can move the stepladder towrds the sink. And this allows her to do what she loves: play with water and cups.

Bath time

maya — Wed, 09 May 2012 17:40:48 +0000

My brother and my dad only want to play with Thomas and the other engines. Gives me more space in the bath. I like to organise blocks. I spend lots od time every day organising different sized blocks.

Painting

hein — Tue, 08 May 2012 12:07:38 +0000

Miko is sleeping. Tarek painting. So Hein has time to clean up the living area and when he is finished write a post.