Author Archives: Harmony

Since I don’t know any other Canadians here*, celebrating that Thanksgiving didn’t really happen (well, except we had cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes). Luckily, I have another nationality, so along with a few of my American friends, their Dutch partners … Continue reading →

Another backdated entry! In mid-November we headed for what may be our last weekend away without Liam before the little one comes. Liam was more than happy to spend time with Oma and Opa. We got caught in horrendous Friday … Continue reading →

To catch myself up to present time, here are a whole bunch of photos from October. I’m writing this post as I sit waiting to get blood taken again as part of a fasting glucose test. Some would see two … Continue reading →

Again taking advantage of our museum memberships and a lovely late September afternoon, we headed off to the Zuiderzeemuseum in Enkhuisen. It’s another outdoor museum, a collection of old buildings and other heritage stuff. You take a boat from the … Continue reading →

A selection of photos from the last couple weeks in September. Cuteness from other than Liam – the cats really enjoyed us getting a new kitchen drawer thing from Ikea. Well, the boxes anyway. Another visit to the kinderboederij down … Continue reading →

How could we not take advantage of the grandparents’ willingness, even eagerness, to take Liam for a weekend, his first away from both of us, so we could have a weekend away together? This first time, we planned on just … Continue reading →

We haven’t really done much in the last month or so, just going from day to day, really. The beginning of September is often transition time, but this transition has been hard to face, the one to “nothing” but stay-at-home … Continue reading →

The Openluchtmuseum (literally “Open Air Museum”) is a collection of restored historic buildings, staffed by people in traditional costumes. They do traditional crafts (and naturally, sell the products) and have activities for the kids. But mostly, it’s just a very … Continue reading →

We had a wonderful three weeks in Canada seeing friends and family. Of course, there’s never enough time to see everyone or do everything that we’d like to do while we’re there, but we did the best we could and … Continue reading →

All this ending has been hard – saying goodbye to my classmates and teachers and to the wonderful daycare providers at the Inburgering daycare and the babysitter who takes Liam on Fridays when there daycare isn’t open – knowing that … Continue reading →