Author Archives: Harmony

Well, solid might be going a little far, but pureed yams were on the menu for Liam today for his first adventure with non-liquid food. He took to it well, but it was pretty messy, as you might guess. We … Continue reading →

Here’s a little movie of Liam playing and talking in the Exersaucer.

Living in Lunetten means we have to take two trains to get to Eindhoven to visit Ivo’s family – first a stop train (stops at every station) to ‘s-Hertogenbosch, and then an intercity (only stops in major cities) to Eindhoven. … Continue reading →

Until we get a washing machine, Femke, a friend of Ivo’s and now mine who also lives in Lunetten, is helping us do our laundry. Laundromats are not that common here and there are none in Lunetten, so this is … Continue reading →

Liam loves playing in his Exersaucer, which Miranda was kind enough to pass on. They don’t have them here, so we brought it back on the plane taped together as a piece of luggage. Yes, we were the couple with … Continue reading →

One of the nice things about where we live now (besides having our own place and enough room) is how much green space there is around us. This path is right behind the buildings behind us and it goes along … Continue reading →

April 30 is Koninginnedag – the Queen’s birthday. Well, not the current Queen’s birthday, but still a celebration of the Queen and national unity. The Wikipedia link gives more info, but basically, the 29th is a major party night and … Continue reading →

Liam tasting and otherwise investigating blue bunny:

After only eight months here, we finally found our own place to live. In Vancouver that sort of delay would be inconceivable – we’d look in the paper or Craigslist, contact landlords, look at places and sign a contract and … Continue reading →

The Tummy Tub is great, except that Liam loves to stand up and won’t scrunch up properly when he’s in it, meaning it’s hard to get him to soak. We’re going to have to buy a baby bath – we … Continue reading →