Author Archives: Harmony

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 →

We spent the weekend with Ivo’s mother’s family in Beekse Bergen (link in Dutch). Ivo’s mother is one of 11 children (good Catholics), so even getting over half of her siblings and their partners and offspring together meant over 30 … Continue reading →

Now that Liam’s walking, it can take a while to get from the stairwell to our house (not to mention from the storage locker where the bike is to the entry, up the stairs and across the stairwell). This video … Continue reading →

He’s running around, starting to communicate what he wants and understand what I’m asking, and ignore what I don’t want him to do. See it all in less than two minutes of video!