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2016-03-20 20:32
Our new wonder arrived in our family last week Read More
2016-03-20 20:31
Kabouter seems to take the arrival of his little brother fairly well. He was starting to test us the previous weeks, so I feared that the "terrible two's" would hit us after Beertje's birth… Read More
2016-03-20 20:31
Even though my body was clearly preparing itself in the weekend, my hope for a spontaneous labour process didn't happen. So we met our appointment last week at the hospital for the planned i… Read More
2016-03-20 20:31
I've not been outside that much yet in all honesty as I need/use a lot of the potential time during daytime for napping to catch up with the missed & interrupted sleep at night. Ye… Read More
2016-03-20 20:31
2016-03-20 20:31
Beertje sure must think he has the weirdest dad ever ...or the coolest. We'll have to ask him again later on when showing him this post.The last picture makes me think of some of the facial… Read More
2016-03-20 20:31
and his 6 month older nephew (who is all of a sudden huge!!) Read More
2016-03-17 17:59
Oh yes, I am working through my list! Although some habits seem to have rooted: I still catch myself taking 4 grapes and walking on before I remind myself that I'm allowed to take more of th… Read More
2016-03-15 20:00
2016-02-26 20:41
(After picking up Kabouter out of his bed on a weekend morning and descending the stairs)M: "Sssst daddy is still asleep in bed"K: "Papa wakker worden " (papa has to wake up)M: "No no… Read More
2016-02-25 18:17
When we have lots of time to go and pick-up Kabouter from day-care (and I still try to make small walks): * watching the trains* watching skaters at the skatepark* watching the sunsetUn… Read More
2016-02-24 20:48
These are waiting for max another week:Checklist activity while at home waitingBackpack ready for my departure to the delivery room + suitcase for my stay in the maternity department. Birth… Read More
2016-02-23 13:00
It's a bit late, but we still had to go and do some "new year's greetings" of the godchildren to their godparents. Jan's godfather of his nephew and and Jan's brother is Kabouter's godfather… Read More
2016-02-22 16:26
Walking along the street with a warm little hand in your own, following you trustingly to the destination you chooseNeighbours that you can text "to the market? " and where half an hour late… Read More
2016-02-21 09:49
We intended to go to the carnaval parade in town today but I didn't seem to have the physical strength to do a lot of walking and the rain just kept pouring down.So we stayed inside and test… Read More
2016-02-21 09:26
The week started in an unexpected way...something negative that ended up feeling quite positive after all. On Tuesday an e-mail entered my mailbox that announced quite negative news...t… Read More
2016-02-17 20:38
Billie was originally known as the voice on the hit from the DJ Netsky. But now she came out from under his wings, spread her own and has a hit single solo (produced by Goose) Read More
2016-02-16 20:56
Yesterday my drive to work at the start of this last work week, was more eventful than I had hoped. At a crosspoint where I had priority from those coming from the left (even though they com… Read More
2016-02-15 17:08
2016-02-14 10:25
Peeking through the role like a pirateYelling through the role is fun too!!practising to close one eye for a better viewing through the role is still a bit hard! Read More
2016-02-12 19:11
saussisonpaté préparéBIG plates of pastaFriesRaw hamRaw fishAppelflappen en crèmekoeken Tortilla chipsBread with white (!!) choco and bananas(fresh) fruit ju… Read More
2016-02-12 12:48
Rather than listing individual vocabulary, it has become more fun now to list short conversations (and their context) as Kabouter has turned himself in a live commentator of all that happens… Read More
2016-02-10 21:18
It's carnaval this week, so let's throw in some really wrong brainless music. Sam Gooris is a Flemish party singer, but also known from the reality series on tv of the Pfaff family (th… Read More
2016-02-08 21:37
Previous weekend we were childless at home, which was quite strange. The house was very very silent: no baby phone, no toddler conversations, no noisy toys, no youtube movies or cartoons on… Read More
2016-02-06 20:07
2016-02-06 10:00
Last week I put in a load of dirty wash in the laundry machine. A few hours later I hear the machine is quiet so I descend to transfer that load into the dryer.A bit to my surprise th… Read More
2016-02-03 21:42
While it's really crappy fall weather last weeks, I feel for some more exotic sunny sounds and Buscemi can always deliver that. He's partnered with some other big Belgian music icons in the… Read More
2016-02-01 18:53
2016-01-31 18:07
Some pictures from our November sunny vacation that have not made it to the blog yet. Apart from splashing in the pool , the tiny playground at the kids club was quite popular too. &nb&hell…Read More
2016-01-30 17:57
Our little boy was awake a bit earlier than usual (still a very decent hour to wake up in the weekends though, no complaints about that) and Jan was so nice to pick him up and take him downs… Read More
2016-01-30 08:15
It's so fun to watch these 2 little friends interact in real life or in Facetime "conversations". Read More
2016-01-29 17:26
A brown fluffy tailhops swiftly across the streethigh up in a treehello cute squirrelthanks for the smile on my facewhen I drive further Read More
2016-01-28 20:36
A giant belly less and less comfortablestretches its limitsStress levels rise asthe due date approaches fastto bring our new loveThe empty cribs fillsthe room with expectancyand soft ea… Read More
2016-01-27 08:49
I have been pondering lately how different or similar it is to be pregnant for a 2nd time.Belly explosion right from the startMy body must have recognised the situation right away. "ha… Read More
2016-01-25 18:40
2016-01-24 21:39
Today we visited my sister-in-law's family again. It was horribly busy in the bakery so we didn't see my sister or brother-in-law very much...but we hang out with their little baby and many… Read More
2016-01-20 21:02
The contest "De Nieuwe Lichting" from Studio Brussel brings up each year some new pearls in the Belgian music scène. Unfortunately they don't all break through.Amongster was one of th… Read More
2016-01-19 18:35
Kabouter has finally learned and accepted the importance of keeping his gloves on, so this year the sledge rides can be finished now without tears :) Read More
2016-01-18 21:21
Finally winter arrived in Belgium. Friday we woke up to a snow white landscape and the accompanying traffic chaos that the first white cm always causes in Belgium. The roads were so tr… Read More
2016-01-14 20:37
Some bloggers like Gerhildemaakt or Upje blog regularly about simple things in their lives that make them happy. Those are fun simple posts that are recognisable and make me smil… Read More
2016-01-13 20:51
Gabriel Rios has been quiet for a couple of years. He followed his girlfriend, a succesful model to New York and didn't seem to publish much new work anymore, although he toured sometimes wi… Read More
2016-01-12 18:45
The last weeks Kabouter is singing a lot. He picks up songs everywhere. Much to my surprise he was singing an English song he picked up from Youtube films ("babyfinger babyfinger where are y… Read More
2016-01-11 17:59
With my age, I've only consciously lived through Bowie's pop hit parade successes in the 80ies. However, I've always been very much influenced by my older sister's music heroes on her poster… Read More
2016-01-10 08:55
Kabouter developed over the last months a really nice friendship with some of the other kids his age at daycare. That's rather early to have a real friendship, but you can notice that the bo… Read More
2016-01-09 08:30
I don't make new year's resolutions but my belly seems to have planned to do ever more fitness Read More
2016-01-08 19:55
Last Saturday we visited a pet store, much to Kabouter's excitement in order to buy a bird house for the Ardennes. Construction together with daddy"Come birds come come" Read More
2016-01-07 18:44
Kikaas SinterklaasMetro … Read More
2016-01-06 21:41
2016-01-06 17:50
I recently heard this back on the radio and it was a nice memory that came back. Madou is a band from Brussels in the early 80s. Their name is taken after a square in Brussels . &n&hell…Read More
2016-01-05 19:36
Previous Sunday we toured our families again to wish them all the best in the New Year. Another day full of meals, too much food, presents once again for the little one, ... only one w… Read More
2016-01-03 08:00
January 2015Kabouter started to express more and more words, so we started to discover which was on the little boy's mind. Most of the time that was still his favourite baby cartoon figure "… Read More
2016-01-02 09:21
We tend to spend our free time by going to places and doing things: city trips, walks, christmas markets, ... I'm not quite the crafty person on the other hand. But we had some relax… Read More
2016-01-01 17:10
We wish you all the best for the coming year! May it be a merry and healthy one! We celebrated the transition from the old year to the new year as always with a group of friends closeby… Read More
2015-12-30 19:10
When a little boy has had irregular hours for napping and then eats Christmas cake, he gets very goofy. Read More
2015-12-30 08:17
Apart from posting social media communication I also wanted to participate in the #duwmee walk again. The 4,6 km kid's walk seemed the maximum I still dared to walk in a group (also because… Read More
2015-12-29 16:36
I've mentioned now a couple of times how hectic December has been. It was not all bad hectic though: I was also helping the preperations of the third #Duwmee charity walk for Mobile S… Read More
2015-12-28 22:00
All the cows are in the stable in the village, so we walked tonight to the next village to say hi to the horses in the field.Come horsies, come come Read More
2015-12-28 09:24
It seems ages ago that we made a decent walk but since my diabetes diagnosis I am making a serious effort to at least make plenty of short walks. So I took Kabouter yesterday just after lunc… Read More
2015-12-27 10:15
After a short night, we were ready to host my family at our place for a big Christmas lunch. Fortunately Jan had been occupied the days before with the cooking preperations and I had cleaned… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
We did not only go to Berlin 2 weeks ago but also visited nearby Potsdam. I had no idea how far Potsdam was and what there was to see, but fortunately Jan did. So glad we went there as… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
It's not the first glorious sunny weekend this month...3 weeks ago there was just as much summerly sunshine and warm temperatures. You have already seen how Kabouter met some ducks & a r… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The time that Yevgueni was "new" has been long past us and now they are one of the well-respected classic groups in the Dutchspeaking 'kleinkunst' /poprock. Over the last years they've… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
They predicted a sunny warm weekend, so although Jan's gone for the weekend with some friends, I decided to go to the Ardennes alone with Kabouter. Most of the afternoon we spent outs… Read More
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