{"id":39,"date":"2008-03-03T00:35:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T22:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/pannencakes\/2008\/03\/a-weekend-with-the-family\/"},"modified":"2008-03-03T00:35:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T22:35:00","slug":"a-weekend-with-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/pannencakes\/2008\/03\/a-weekend-with-the-family\/","title":{"rendered":"A Weekend with the Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent this past weekend with Ivo&#8217;s family, and it was lovely. On Saturday we went down to Ivo&#8217;s cousin&#8217;s birthday party in Tilburg (about an hour away) and then went back with Ivo&#8217;s parents to spend the night at their house. I needed to get some of my stuff out of their shed in an effort to fix my computer (I&#8217;ve been using Ivo&#8217;s) and it was just nice to be able to spend some relaxed time with Ivo&#8217;s parents, and of course they love spending time with their grandson.<\/p>\n<p>So, here&#8217;s Liam bundled up to go out on Saturday &#8211; this is the Maxi Cosi car seat we have on loan from Ivo&#8217;s sister &#8211; it clicks onto our stroller base, which makes it very versatile. <\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2063.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_2063.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>The bunnies are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nijntje.nl\/\">Nijntje<\/a> (pronounced nine-tcha, but known as Miffy in English) &#8211; a world-renowned children&#8217;s series that seems to have missed Canada since I&#8217;d never heard of it &#8211; the author is from Utrecht, so Liam&#8217;s received several little Nijntje things.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday we walked from Ivo&#8217;s parents to his sister&#8217;s place in the neighbouring village with Ivo&#8217;s parents. We saw an argument for better English teaching in schools:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2065.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_2065.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>After we visited at Ivo&#8217;s sister&#8217;s we all walked back for a while together &#8211; back on the same bridge:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2066.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_2066.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>And from the other side:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2067.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_2067.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Liam lulled asleep with movement:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2068.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_2068.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Oma pushing Liam around to try to maintain said state while his cousins play in the playground:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2069.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_2069.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Sister Evian watching the kids play with their father:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2070.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_2070.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Johan with Mika and Niek on the bouncy thingie:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2071.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_2071.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Leaving the playground &#8211; bikes are important here, so of course Mika is learning how to ride, though he still has the training wheels on.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2073.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_2073.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Ivo walking with his mum:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2074.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_2074.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>Oma walking under a flowering tree &#8211; spring is apparently here:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2075.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_2075.JPG\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>And a smiling Liam in his Maxi Cosi:<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/copperlioness.com\/photos\/sprocket2\/slides\/IMG_2077.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display:block; 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