Yearly Archives: 2009

I’m not sure what it says about our son that one of his first words is pickle. OK, it sounds more like “buck-el”, but when he goes to the fridge, points to the upper part and says buckel, buckel, buckel … Continue reading →

In my shoes… Again…

Liam was good on our second trip to Ikea in as many days, getting stuff for the deck and a few other things. And he decided what he wants to be when he grows up.

Today was the birthday party of a friend of ours. Of course we biked there. Liam quite likes riding on the bike, and often puts his hands on the handlebars like a little prince. At the party, we got someone … Continue reading →

Liam has started to want to do my things, like wearing my shoes…

Liam, playing around on our completely empty deck. And managing to hold still for one second.

The nice thing about coming home from vacation with still a weekend to go before real life begins is that you maintain that vacation feeling. The weather was still wonderful here, so we went to the park and let Liam … Continue reading →

A week in Lisbon, how lovely and warm! Except it wasn’t, and it was here. But despite the weather we really enjoyed our time in Portugal’s capital. We flew out on Good Friday, a holiday here. We had a bit … Continue reading →

Well, I bowled one of my most pathetic games ever (and that’s saying something), but bowling instead of going to class was still fun. Here I am with a few of my classmates. AJ, from Ecuador, also here for love. … Continue reading →

Today we went with visiting Canadian friend D to another World Heritage Site, Kinderdijk. Again, while nice enough, it was hardly on the scale of an Angkor Wat or some of the other sites I’ve seen. But it was pretty … Continue reading →