{"id":38,"date":"2008-02-29T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-28T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/pannencakes\/2008\/02\/red-tape\/"},"modified":"2008-02-29T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-28T22:20:00","slug":"red-tape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/pannencakes\/2008\/02\/red-tape\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Tape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order for Ivo to open an RRSP account, the paperwork has to be signed on Canadian soil. Which means that I had to bundle up Liam and take him off to the embassy in The Hague to have my signature witnessed and stamped into Canada (for which privilege I got to pay \u20ac35). After the embassy, I walked the few blocks back to Ivo&#8217;s office &#8211; on the way I saw this interesting sign on the sidewalk:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2050.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2050.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>In European sign language, a red circle around something means it&#8217;s forbidden. So, dog poop is not allowed on this part of the sidewalk, which begs the question of whether it&#8217;s available on the other bits.<\/p>\n<p>And, a random lovely shot of reflections in a canal.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2051.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2051.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>And Ivo with Liam in the sling while we ate dinner and a nice Italian place we found while we were doing the pre-natal class.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2052.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2052.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>After we got home, Liam of course was full of energy late at night (he usually is &#8211; I&#8217;m afraid he takes after his mother as far as being a night person). Here are some pics of him standing up on my lap &#8211; he really is standing, I&#8217;m just helping him balance. Quite strong for a boy of only 2.5 months.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2055.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2055.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Time for a cuddle.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2057.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2057.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>And more standing.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2060.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;height: 400px;\" src=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2060.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order for Ivo to open an RRSP account, the paperwork has to be signed on Canadian soil. 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