2020-07-07 20:01
When I didn't live too long here in Leuven, my computer all of a sudden crashed and it had all my pictures on it. I cried at night and Jan got up in the middle of the night to research… Read More
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Sometimes goofy, sometimes tired and grumpy, sometimes cheerful and sunny, sometimes lazy, sometimes too busy.... welcome to my world!!
2020-07-06 16:16
Previous week Jan mentioned that we really should paint the walls along the staircase once. It's true that when we finished painting the attic after many many weekends in Spring and early Su… Read More
2020-07-05 20:31
I think I broke records previous week for numbers of hours worked in one week for my current company. Now that we are both fully homeworking and children back in school ...and at work high s… Read More
2020-07-02 16:10
I'm working a lot lately. I see I fall in the trap of homeworking and slipping into overtime work. As a result I've seen my steps on my fitbit drop dramatically in the last weeks. So wh… Read More
2020-07-01 16:15
They were a bit reluctant to go to school for the last day as they didn't want the school year to end. I figure that after 2 - 3 months at home the need to be out of school isn't really ther… Read More
2020-06-30 16:25
Dit is mijn eerste sleutel!! Ik ben zo opgewonden om dit te gaan gebruiken!!
(we bought a lock for his bike for our little bike trips)
Radio 2 is niet de grootste familie, dat… Read More
2020-06-29 17:19
Waking up after more than 8 hours sleepObserving a little naked boy in play in a tiny bit of waterWalking Beertje back to school, babbling hand in hand, after 11.5 weeks at homeAn employer w… Read More
2020-06-28 16:17
Last week , in the short heat wave, we organised a small BBQ and invited 2 Leuven friends over for dinner. It were the first visitors we had in our house since the lockdown. Greet… Read More
2020-06-26 16:35
We also returned to Butgenbach lake and the RAVel L45 line to ride another part of this road. We parked where previous time we more or less turned around. We get into a sort of routine… Read More
2020-06-24 20:19
After 3,5 months of homeworking, I returned for the first time to the office...which still was hermetically closed off but the latter had nothing to do with the pandemic.Actually our office… Read More
2020-06-23 16:29
Beertje requests to go to school by bike...so we take more opportunities in the weekend to keep practising on safe easy roads. We rode another little end up and down on the Vehnbahn L48. We… Read More
2020-06-22 19:24
"If everyone had your teeth, I'd be broke" That's a quote of my dentist in my hometown when I grew up. My dental visits were always limited to a few minutes where the dentist glan… Read More
2020-06-20 16:14
One of the advantages of the lockdown was high cuisine take-away...All of the restaurants had to close mid-March but the usual suspects kept on doing delivery or take-out. In Leuven we are b… Read More
2020-06-19 16:40
You know at any moment whose pair of sandals is left behind under the sofa and that the stuffed penguin is last seen hiding behind the garbage binYou find an half eaten cookie in the p… Read More
2020-06-18 15:25
The grandparents and the grandchildren had their patience tested the previous months but previous weekend, just in time for Father's Day, we visited as a family the grandparents again. … Read More
2020-06-17 15:14
When we made our first reservation to Planckendael Zoo, we immediately made a 2nd one as the first weeks were fully booked right away. Aparently now it slows down and it is more feasible to… Read More
2020-06-16 18:23
Hi Dad,It's me Goofball. Today it's your 80th birthday. I'm toasting to you. Happy birthday daddy.It wasn't meant to be, you didn't make this milestone. We didn't rai… Read More
2020-06-15 16:22
Ik vind dat heel spannend, een filmavond!
Deze spuitwater is echt hele lekker.
Wanneer gaat die (Jeroen Meus op tv) eens voor ons koken? (ha I wish :) )
Wanneer komt… Read More
2020-06-14 17:12
Since one week now everything is allowed unless it's explicitly forbidden. This is the reversed logic from the lockdown when all was forbidden unless it was allowed. Our children are si… Read More
2020-06-13 20:14
"Who created Paw Patrol""How long do you need to fly to this planet?""What's the name of this flower? Can you eat it?"The children can come up with the most incredible questions and then the… Read More
2020-06-11 20:33
I haven't been so smart as to waitlist me for the hairdresser during the lockdown. So when I phoned when they could reopen...I had to wait another month to go. Ugh.But finally we look a bit… Read More
2020-06-10 19:20
My bed covers me with love and warmthMy bed always holds my dedicated spot availableMy bed holds a spot for my favorite bearsMy bed gives me supportMy bed gives me restMy bed is softIt handl… Read More
2020-06-07 15:51
You have to strike when the iron is hot...or keep cycling when the bike rack is still attached to the car 😛Last Sunday we drove to the lake of Butgenbach. Previous year we had… Read More
2020-06-05 17:51
The lockdown seems to get release really quickly lately with new permissions each day but in the first half of May things still looked differently. We couldn't go to a playground yet, no sch… Read More
2020-06-04 15:08
We walk hand in hand.He keeps remarkably close to me, shielded in the sweater's hood"Wet wet wet wet, my shorts are wet, these are my new shorts" he mumbles upset"Wet wet wet wet, my shorts… Read More
2020-06-03 16:50
IBE is new Belgian talent. He won the Voice in 2019...something I completely missed. He was already at Werchter. But it is his current single this winter "Perfect Storm" that really ca… Read More
2020-06-02 17:59
Super - A and Colin Van der Sluys. One of the most gorgeous street art spots is the railroad bridge near the Park Abbey entrance that got transformed 2 years ago at Easter. The bi… Read More
2020-06-01 15:21
Now that all 4 of us manage to ride a bike, we tried for the first time to make a little family bike trip with 4 bikes on the flat and easy RAVeL in the Ardennes. Previous week we still took… Read More
2020-05-31 16:28
Moet ik zeggen waarom ik het ongelooflijk vind dat die kunnen optreden voor al die mensen? Dat die niet eens bibberen voor al die mensen! (tv show)
Ik ga eens kwekkertjesverkoop doen. … Read More
2020-05-30 15:34
Jan who can free up some time each day for the children at home now that I work full-time again.
Healthy relatives and friends
A friend phoning unexpectedly with a big surprise of good… Read More
2020-05-28 20:36
1. E-commerce delivers anything (with a lot of patience) in Corona lockdowns. Even Ikea tries home deliveries although you can feel it is not their core business (if your delivery note is a… Read More
2020-05-26 16:26
Usually I get very restless and irritated if I don't get to go to the Ardennes every 2 weeks. After all, walking in the nature there is one of the things that re-energise me. On top of that… Read More
2020-05-25 16:36
Previous Thursday, on Ascension Day which is a public holiday, it was hot summer weather. Now that both boys are picking up cycling better and Kabouter has a loaned bicycle of bigger size, w… Read More
2020-05-24 16:28
Our city garden is limited but we are lucky to have some parks nearby. During our confinement, I make an almost daily visit to the park at the Parkoase/ Parkpoort. It's not a nice park… Read More
2020-05-23 16:28
Earlier in May the garden centers were allowed to re-open...probably to give all homeowners something to do while stuck at home. Right away there were waiting lines so I didn't hurry to go s… Read More
2020-05-22 19:10
Moedership always has fun lists made on Friday because "Friday is list day". At the start of the month she reflected on jobs that she wouldn't be able to do. It seemed like a fun… Read More
2020-05-21 16:24
Since I've been working much more in the recent weeks I've had less movement. Therefore I asked the boys past weekend to make a big walk. There was some grumbling but Jan came up with… Read More
2020-05-20 20:01
For those that follow my tag Made in Belgium for a while (already 347 posts on Belgium music in 11 years!!) might have noticed I rarely post Flemish music. It's simply not a much. Most… Read More
2020-05-19 20:12
(For Belgians reading this right now, this post might be evident as we are all in the middle of the exit of our lockdown but I'm writing this down to remember later how things were done, as… Read More
2020-05-18 20:30
Who would have thought I'd possess face masks?
Who would have thought I'd wear face masks?
Who would have thought I'd pose with face masks?
Who would have thought I'd start to think of some… Read More
2020-05-17 16:29
Since my previous post I'm paying more attention to the numerous street art in Leuven. It's also a motivator for the children to search on our many Corona walks through the c… Read More
2020-05-15 19:49
Ik zag een beest dat kon vliegen met veel dingetjes en met poten
Nie hrappig!!! Dat is niet hrappigggg
Mama ik ga iets zeggen: al wie geen mondmasker heeft, die moet thuisblijven
Ik wil e… Read More
2020-05-13 19:46
2 car trips in 62 days
14 kms driven in 62 days
10 days of vacation taken
23 days of homeschooling
2,5 days record of staying inside without fresh air
5-6 video calls on average per day
7 ho… Read More
2020-05-12 16:35
Previous weekends we walked a bit from south to north on the west side of the Leuven city center. We still try to discover some new streets (for the children).
This time took a gate… Read More
2020-05-11 16:04
Beertje is a ceaseless jumper in the sofa. Years of daily forbidding him to jump in the sofa has zero result. Threatening and fearing injuries are all in vain.With the fore… Read More
2020-05-09 21:02
After I posted about the street art in Leuven. (which was actually the 2nd time but I had forgotten about this one from 2014) , I figured I'd pay a bit more attention to the sculptures and s… Read More
2020-05-06 19:48
I'm back at work full time after quite some vacation days in April. Working means a headset and a playlist. This week I discovered "Shht" and Morning Coffee in an Apple Music playlist… Read More
2020-05-05 20:07
(ok if you weren't singing that title , then read it again and sing it ;) ...ok now that's stuck in your head. You're welcome).
Last week we took the opportunity to (re)motivate Beertje agai… Read More
2020-05-04 16:20
Week 6 of homeschooling started. This is the 8th week at home for the children (our office closed even 9 weeks ago) but there were 2 weeks Easter vacation without homeschooling. Week 6 of ho… Read More
2020-05-03 17:21
Tomorrow Belgium starts slowly with phase 1 of its exit plan. Non-essential businesses that could not work from home can start up again and (too?) soon after on May 11th non-food store… Read More
2020-05-03 17:01
"Vake Jan"
Our neighbourhood was a warm nest and I spent a lot of my childhood playing with some friends on our quiet street. I didn't attend daycare but spent my first years at the n… Read More
2020-05-02 08:51
It's springtime and there is new life at the CSA farm we visit in the area. Now that we are confined home except for some walks, we take the children with us to the farm more than prev… Read More
2020-04-30 17:54
The first warm weekend with a first BBQ meal outside
Summer weather...true summer temperatures and naked children in the garden spraying some water (and let's ignore the fact that it's alrea… Read More
2020-04-29 17:10
Toen ik vannacht naar toilet geweest was had ik zo een raar gevoel alsof er geboord werd in mijn lichaam. Zo prik... effe wachten ... prik. Dat was echt niet leuk
Een bikini is om te zwemme… Read More
2020-04-28 20:04
We take full advantage of the possibility to go out for walks and zigzag together through the streets of Leuven. Doing so many walks in short time and browsing through the pictures sho… Read More
2020-04-27 20:11
You read and hear very different reactions to the ongoing lockdown going from despair, breakdowns, fear to relaxation, quality time and relief not to be part of the ratrace anymore.I realise… Read More
2020-04-25 19:52
Just an hour ago I came across this post on instagram...I recognised the seeds in an instant without the slightest doubt and it brought back so many forgotten memories.As soon as I was 7 (??… Read More
2020-04-23 20:45
I wanted to log a bit what days look like during the Corona lockdown so I can remember in a few years time and look back at it. (assuming this doesn't become our long-term routine for the ne… Read More
2020-04-23 06:54
6 years ago I was pleasantly surprised by our participation in the Eurovision Songcontest by Laura Tesoro. I liked her positivism and energetic vibe. I had somehow completely missed her part… Read More
2020-04-21 16:47
We've lately walked so much in our neighbourhood as a break of being told to stay at home. And in my pictures I see often street art coming by since Leuven is since April part of the S… Read More
2020-04-20 19:45
At the announcement of the lockdown measures, most people were overwhelmed. A lot of solidarity was shown: students offerent shopping help to the elderly, we all put white blankets as… Read More
2020-04-19 16:52
Christophe died this week. Christophe who has screamed and cried for Aline , who's image he had drawn on the beach. When I hear the news I have to think of my father right away… Read More
2020-04-18 16:25
The cherry blossoms are out at the CSA farm where we go harvest vegetables (not much on the field right now) and where we pick up our biweekly dairy package...Quite a nice walk to do lately!… Read More
2020-04-17 19:11
1) Now that we spend so much time in our house it's so important to make it nicer by bringing in flowers. I was so relieved to learn that local stores were still delivering flowers at the do… Read More
2020-04-16 16:04
The boys made a drawing on the window, just to be sure that the Easter bunny would come by in our little city garden this year. He did so the previous years but traditionally mos… Read More
2020-04-15 16:05
B: “Ik wil bij een andere familie gaan wonen want Kabouter….(rant about his brother)
G: “Ik begrijp dat je boos bent op je broer maar als je bij een andere familie z… Read More
2020-04-14 16:07
In the end it wasn't such a bad thing to be told to take some vacation days from work because I have enjoyed a lot of quality time with the children lately. No we are not bored. We don… Read More
2020-04-13 16:15
Every year I am amazed at the metamorphosis that a tree has in just one week time. Usually early April there is nothing and it brings the first hot days (and hot inside since the tree doesn'… Read More
2020-04-12 19:18
Those who are connected to me on social media (not my blog or alias, but my real identity) will have known that it's a special day today. Yes it is Easter but on April 12th it is also… Read More
2020-04-11 20:16
It's been a month now that I've been working from home...The first weeks full-time while trying to combine with homeschooling the children. The last weeks I had to take several vacation days… Read More
2020-04-09 20:14
On Maundy Thursday 2019 I went to visit my father for the first time after his move to the residential care center a few days earlier. It was an emotional tough visit. He was very confused a… Read More
2020-04-06 19:43
I am quite behind in reading the blogs in my feed. I was almost caught up by the end of February but 12 days of solo-parenting at the outbreak of the Corona crisis in Belgium and the followi… Read More
2020-04-05 19:52
We sure enjoyed the sun and first taste of summer this weekend that brings hope for better times.
The children chalked a new itinerary for the classmates of Beertje on Saturday… Read More
2020-04-05 06:17
Things that we learned to judge as "normal" in just 3 weeks time
Having conversations across the street or talking to friends from across the sidewalk to someone in the door.
Home del… Read More
2020-04-03 16:00
I praise ourselves lucky that we are still allowed to go outside for a walk or a bike ride within family. We profit the fullest on the weekends to take the children on walks through the neig… Read More
2020-04-01 16:53
Hi Gordon,
It's Maggie here, your talkative Belgian teenage daughter that kept talking like a megpie. Yes I remember well that you nicknamed me Maggie. And the music I l… Read More
2020-03-31 15:25
K: "Mama wie zie je liefst, o. Of papa? Je mag ook beide zeggen."G: "Papa."K: "Ik dacht al dat je dat zou zeggen want hij is je lief."G: "Ja ik dacht dat ook want je bent al getrouwd met die… Read More
2020-03-30 16:41
Waking up and realising it was one of the rare nights this year that you slept through the night without interruptions from the children, sinusses or worries
The return of daylight during th… Read More
2020-03-29 16:25
So we've been home for 2 weeks with the children so far. We've not lost our sanity yet. We are searching with the teachers and other parents how to handle it best.Scheme
In al… Read More
2020-03-28 09:26
Over the last holidays, the children received some puzzles. Until then puzzling had not been a big thing in our house. Over Christmas however, Kabouter jumped up from puzzles from 35 p… Read More
2020-03-27 20:15
Over the last week in many countries the idea got spread to put a teddy bear in the window, the allow the children of the neighbourhood to go bear hunting and get distracted from the lockdow… Read More
2020-03-26 20:59
It's ironic how we got bombarded with anti-boredom tips when the Corona lockdown measures were announced. How would we fill our days? We were ordered to stay a few weeks on our couch s… Read More
2020-03-23 20:55
He lays on his bed and looks at me with begging eyes
"One more time, mommy, please"The anticipation is half the fun so I wait a little longer and then start counting solemnly
1 … Read More
2020-03-22 09:02
I've not been further away than 300m from our house last week but it's sufficient to see that Spring is upon us.
Helloooooo Nils Holgersson!!! Read More
2020-03-21 09:00
It's 9 am and I spend 15 minutes of child Monopoly
It's 4 pm and I'm playing soccer with the boys
It's 6 pm and I quit work and join the boys at the filled supper table that smells really go… Read More
2020-03-17 20:32
Maar rijst lijkt wel een beetje op kaas want die zijn allebei een beetje wit
Er wilden rode planten in de lavabo mij opeten (a nightmare woke him up)
Papa jouw zwempak ruikt naar water
Wa… Read More
2020-03-14 20:14
What a week...what a world...I've not found the words to describe the rollercoaster of thoughts and emotions I feel lately. Let's just say I'm losing my rational side a bit and show my… Read More
2020-03-11 17:17
The youngest in our family is 4 years old and that deserved a little party.
There were some masks to be made, pizza's to be made and Jan had the courage to make… Read More
2020-03-09 20:40
There's too much to do about Corona and yet since this blog is also a bit of my diary I want to have a trace of the Corona outbreak on here.
I consider myself as a rather down to eart… Read More
2020-03-08 20:12
So we were touring previous weekend with "Rondje Westhoek" in our oldtimers. The theme of the region seems to be mainly about wine/ beer and games. If you think that that southwest bor… Read More
2020-03-05 17:13
My father-in-law celebrated a new decade this month. That deserved more than just a bravo and some cake. There was a brainstorm in a family whats-app group, date discussions and we end… Read More
2020-03-04 20:54
A year ago the children wanted to visit the Belgian fries museum in Bruges and the chocolate museum. Go to the Chocolate museum, I told them since I don't like chocolate so it seemed t… Read More
2020-03-03 17:52
About a year after our little citytrip to Bruges, we headed back to Bruges. At the end of Spring Break we both had taken a long weekend and since we had a family appointment in the wes… Read More
2020-03-02 17:58
When returning from the swimming classes, the children love to have some shadow play outside the sports center.
2. Due to upcoming big renovations in our office, we mu… Read More
2020-03-01 17:59
After the unnamed storm, the weather calmed down fortunately but it was still grey, drizzling wet and cold. We hesitated about returning quickly to Leuven or hanging out a bit longer but it… Read More
2020-03-01 10:57
Beertje, wil jij eens mama helpen tafel dekken? Ik wil vandaag eens pauze nemen.
B: "Ik ga nooit meer een pamper dragen!"G: "Oh dan zijn we de familie Zonder Pamper vanaf nu."K: "Behalve al… Read More
2020-02-29 17:16
Watching a movie with the entire family while Beertje is leaning against me...first time since babyhood that I had a little body quietly against me for so long.
My proposal for a Stree… Read More
2020-02-27 16:27
Last weekend was carnival in Belgium. I've never been a big fan but having small children changes my perspective on carnival. In the east of Belgium it is quite big and I remembered wa… Read More
2020-02-26 17:05
Tessa Dixson was a finalist of the Stu Bru's talent discovery "De Nieuwe lichting". Je brings rather mesmerising music and thanks to her British father her accent doesn't sound "Flemish".&nb&hell…Read More
2020-02-25 17:30
Previous week I woke up in the middle of the night and I couldn't open my eye. The sleepy sands were sticking in my eye lashes and I had to manually remove them before I could manage t… Read More
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