2022-02-07 17:07
With some delay (workers with Covid) our basement finished and we moved back our computers, office chairs and screens to our renewed home office space there. So exciting! And I d… Read More
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2022-02-06 17:42
Our Texan friends got the news they could relocate to the Netherlands during their visit with us in September. After a few crazy international moving preparation weeks, they arrived in… Read More
2022-02-04 17:20
He jumps up and down his bed when I tell him to calm down and crawl under the duvet. As a response, he turns on and off the lights of his room. I tell him to stop and not play wi… Read More
2022-02-03 17:39
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by associat… Read More
2022-02-02 21:22
February 2nd...a pancake day. But a day that is more than pancakes. And actually a day where I've apparently not taken many pictures in most years, because usually it is an ordinary wo… Read More
2022-02-01 16:13
1. I enjoy a good Belgian beer after a walk in the cold2. Two little goofballs in the hallway before bedtime3. Sleeping children, I could watch them all night. 4. My d… Read More
2022-01-31 16:58
Spotting large groups of cranes migrating late this winter, while I figured I had entirely missed this falls migration. But apparently there was a late Christmas migration group… Read More
2022-01-30 16:10
Eerst Corona, dan covid en wat is de naam van de laatste variant?Ik wens dat corona nooit meer terugkomtOh wow, ik wist niet dat vroeger ook kinderen met enthousiasme naar school wilden(Tege… Read More
2022-01-27 17:40
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2022-01-26 17:49
In several conversations with our American friend Q in the past, we found some quite funny Dutch words if you'd translate them literally in English. Just recently I found some more and… Read More
2022-01-24 17:23
Grey miserable weather...an afternoon of doing nothing. At the end of the day I need to move a bit and catch fresh air but I find no volunteers to join me. That is fi… Read More
2022-01-23 16:31
We worked hard in December to empty the basement, and we moved on Christmas day old cupboards out that got moved to the east of Belgium. Funny how a lot of our furniture seems to have a… Read More
2022-01-22 19:09
"Dooimist" or thaw fog is a meteorological phenomenon I only discovered in the last decade in the east of Belgium. When there's snow on the fields and the temperatures rise above the f… Read More
2022-01-20 17:00
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by associat… Read More
2022-01-19 16:14
Last Saturday was a busy day. We spent part of it in the east of Belgium but we only had a short time to enjoy the snow. However thanks to the blue sky and sun, it was time very well s… Read More
2022-01-18 16:43
Vacation time ...traditionally a moment to dig up some board games that we don't play nearly enough. But in vacation, we make or have time to sit together and play. And as it turns out… Read More
2022-01-17 16:20
School started again but not without a yummie breakfast. And we went back to work. Well we were already at work (from home) the week before but Jan and I had alternated some worki… Read More
2022-01-16 16:46
Only 6 weeks after the first snow we headed back to Sourbrodt, to enjoy the snow and the views again. This time we had plenty of more snow and it was splendid once again. The images sa… Read More
2022-01-15 16:50
Hoe is de aarde eigenlijk gemaakt?Waarom moet de aarde eigenlijk rond zijn en niet een driehoek?Ik hoop dat Corona nog bestaat als ik naar het eerste leerjaar ga want dan moet ik een mondmas… Read More
2022-01-14 16:45
While I was working the last days of the Christmas vacation, Jan had taken some time off with the boys. And they were lucky as it started to snow in the east of Belgium, so they left me behi… Read More
2022-01-13 16:48
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2022-01-12 16:51
Last week I could spend a rare day with my sister-in-law. Since she manages a big successful bakery, we don't often see her and when we do it's often very briefly in between customers and or… Read More
2022-01-11 16:57
It's that time of the year when children read their New Year's letters to (grand)/(god)parents... it happens with fluctuating motivation. Especially Beertje has refused a couple of times and… Read More
2022-01-10 16:36
I must admit I had a silent non-disclosed resolution ...or more a hope or wish, to read one book per month this year. After years of not reading, I slowly started to read a few books a… Read More
2022-01-09 16:38
I am back to a daily average above 10000 steps. Woohoo. And it was a nice spread out effort with 7 months averaging above 10000 steps. Similarly, months with vacation time perfor… Read More
2022-01-08 16:53
Some of the best gifts are things the children don't ask...Kabouter's face was significant when he opened his Christmas present and discovered the microscope that Jan had bought for him.&nbs&hell…Read More
2022-01-07 16:24
My intuition had predicted that we wouldn't be allowed to celebrate New Year's Eve together. Part of me wouldn't mind staying in the east of Belgium longer but part of me didn't want a… Read More
2022-01-06 17:19
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2022-01-05 16:51
It seems to become a new tradition to spend time with Beertje's godfather before New Year. We read New Year's letters early in 2019 and last Christmas, they came from an outdoor… Read More
2022-01-04 17:47
in an icy wind that cuts harshly, as always in winter there. Read More
2022-01-03 17:04
My Christmas tree in the east of Belgium goes up in the end of November because there is always more Christmas atmosphere in that region. As soon as the advent starts at the end of Nove… Read More
2022-01-02 16:51
Only shortly after Sinterklaas it is Christmas period...a period with presents under the tree...at home, at grandma's, ...everywhere. The children get so spoiled! But it's so much fun… Read More
2022-01-01 16:31
January 2021Most people started 2021 very hopefull and were happy to leave 2020 behind, the year that the world had been thrown into a pandemic. I was rather sceptical to all that hope… Read More
2021-12-31 17:04
A boy in quarantine at home at the moment we're working from home full time again anyhow...fortunately no organizational stressA boy being able to return to school for a last week and seeing… Read More
2021-12-30 17:09
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2021-12-29 16:57
Sinterklaas wist dat ik in quarantaine zit en dat Beertje koekjes gebakken heeft in de klas. sunterklaas weet alles tenzij jullie die brief geschreven hebben natuurlijk, dan is het logischAr… Read More
2021-12-28 17:10
After a year of Christmas without or with hardly any family, we could gather again for the holidays...although I feared that the week before the government would announce another lockdown in… Read More
2021-12-27 17:02
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2021-12-23 16:52
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2021-12-22 17:02
In our 4th year in this hotel, it was the first time we were not on the ground floor but instead on the top floor. We were treated to this fabulous view on the valley towards the coast… Read More
2021-12-21 17:06
Since we are full-time homeworking we spend the biggest part of our day in our basement where our office space is. The desks are great and comfortable but behind us is a mixture of old… Read More
2021-12-20 14:06
2017 - 2019 - 20212019 - 202120192021 Read More
2021-12-16 17:06
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2021-12-15 16:33
Als ik zou moeten kiezen tussen Corona of geen Corona, dan kies ik geen Corona want Corona is boeeeeeeeB: Mama ik wil iets vragen, waarom heeft Eurobrain (??) witte ogenK: Beertje, mama weet… Read More
2021-12-14 16:46
1. A home scene2. Sinterklaas donuts!3. Biking through the school garden4. Tasting snow5. Someone finally fits in the oversized pyjama bought in Canada 2 years ago He's also grown… Read More
2021-12-13 17:20
Covid pandemic wave 4 was quite present in our lives over the last couple of weeks. Nope, none of us has been infected by the corona virus. First we had doubts whether the family… Read More
2021-12-12 16:55
Now that the children are a little older AND we travel in school vacations, we meet more Belgian families on vacation and we see the children want to make friends and hang out together… Read More
2021-12-10 17:21
Last weekend we spent in quarantaine since Kabouter's class seemed to have attended a superspreading event and the number of positive cases kept increasing. Although we all seemed fine… Read More
2021-12-09 16:23
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2021-12-07 17:23
A book meme I stole from Levelieze here When, where and how long do you read? I read rather irregularly and usually in relax periods such as vacation time or calm weekends.&n&hell…Read More
2021-12-06 20:17
The last days were a lot of preparations...from Sinterklaas donuts, to waving to Sinterklaas from the front door while he was on his way to somewhere (or getting arrested, we are not certain… Read More
2021-12-05 16:36
The previous weeked brought the first snow and the children wanted to sledge. In order to increase our success rate and find a bit more snow than in our village, we drove up higher to… Read More
2021-12-04 16:22
Fresh from the shower with my hair still wetI join the cat in front of the garden windowWith my cup of coffee in my hand, we stare outside together.The cat's head moves nervously left and ri… Read More
2021-12-02 16:43
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2021-12-01 17:26
Snow was predicted last weekend and indeed snow started falling on Friday evening in the eastern heights of Belgium. We had planned to go with a friend, so I had to drive as well. &hell…Read More
2021-11-29 16:54
K: A. Zegt dat sinterklaas je mama en papa zijnJ: Lijk ik op Sinterklaas?K: neeIk heb maar 5 batterij meer, heeft er iemand een batterijsparingsding meeBeertje heb je door dat we een e… Read More
2021-11-27 16:21
2021-11-26 17:02
We've been 4 times to Puerto de Mogàn now in Gran Canaria so it feels like coming home. We know the supermarket next to the hotel, some nice restaurants (but still haven't tried… Read More
2021-11-25 17:00
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2021-11-24 16:53
2021-11-23 21:03
My dad's oldest sister turned 100 years old 10 days ago !! It's been 2 years since I last could visit her. That's when I took the above picture. Due to the pandemic, the vis… Read More
2021-11-22 19:13
It is going to be a cold week today. So I stare with a bit of vacation homesickness to these pictures that are 3 weeks old now. In 2015 and in 2019 Read More
2021-11-21 20:53
I have thought about this post already quite some time when I go to bed. While I'm pulling down my shirt and tucking in my duvet against my loins and pull up my knees, it seemed… Read More
2021-11-19 16:17
In contrast with the sunny Gran Canaria pictures that I posted last weekend, I went out for a very short Pokémon walk with Kabouter in the drizzle rain. It was very gloomy but frankly… Read More
2021-11-18 16:58
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of… Read More
2021-11-16 16:21
There was some stress when I picked up the children from school on Friday. They had understood that Sinterklaas would arrive in Belgium on Saturday and their letter that they had start… Read More
2021-11-15 16:30
G: we eten witte visB: is dat een vriendje van de roze vis (cfr zalm)?No m&m’s for you!!B: Welke weg vind je een beetje korter?G: deze maakt zo een bochtje dus deze is wat langerB:… Read More
2021-11-14 16:22
Despite the great pictures of previous post on our pool life in Gran Canaria, the children can't be occupied all day at the pool, despite my expectations. But that's ok because the chil… Read More
2021-11-11 16:48
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name… Read More
2021-11-11 10:00
With proud thanksgiving, a mother for her children,England mourns for her dead across the sea.Flesh of her flesh they were, spirit of her spirit,Fallen in the cause of the free. S… Read More
2021-11-09 20:11
...that's what I tried to do last week when we were back in our beloved autumn vacation spot in Gran Canaria. Read More
2021-11-07 21:08
It's been over a month now, but we got the pictures from church with some delay. We had to pay for a photographer and were asked not to run around during service , which makes se… Read More
2021-11-05 16:05
My last Street Art post was in April and I concluded that I had now probably covered all street art that I was aware off in those 6 posts. But I was wrong I quickly realized. 1) O… Read More
2021-11-04 16:33
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, style, lyric… Read More
2021-11-02 17:22
Nov 2nd, an interesting day to look back onto as it is often part of a vacation period or a long weekend2020We had cancelled our vacation to Gran Canaria due to the pandemic wave 2 surging h… Read More
2021-11-01 17:21
Turning the heating on after some chilly days and feel the comfort return to the houseMy bed that is a cosy warm nest again each morningObserving Jan and Kabouter seated together to work on… Read More
2021-10-31 18:54
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We are all feeling a little pale and hyperactive now the sun has set...Earlier this week I wanted pumpkin soup so I set the children to work Read More
2021-10-30 16:20
(Beertje kijkt een YouTube filmpje waar politie gevangenen laat ontsnappen)Domme polities, doe die deur dan toch toe. Ze verspillen hun tijd aan donutsIk wil dan na mijn communie wel n… Read More
2021-10-28 16:07
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, st… Read More
2021-10-27 16:07
What a difference a week makes. Just a couple of frost a few nights and all trees finally turned colours in the East of Belgium. We headed out between Elsenborn and the German bo… Read More
2021-10-26 16:10
It's already one month ago that we lived in the world championships road cycling madness. I know some of you really enjoyed some of my reports...other's are just no cycling fans. Well… Read More
2021-10-25 15:57
The hype of the summer: Pop it anti-stress fidgets didn't escape our family. Since this summer the children have a couple of them and as was to be expected, forgot about them rather qu… Read More
2021-10-24 15:57
1. Homemade pizza...always great fun2. After already one year in the Maggie shelter tents at school, the demolition of the old school buildings and the construction works have finally… Read More
2021-10-23 16:04
I was walking the children to school yesterday morning. Most of the mornings that is something Jan does after which he combines with a walking outdoor meeting/call. But he'… Read More
2021-10-22 18:56
Several other bloggers have posted their unpopular opinions already: Irene, Samaja, Boston baby, ... and I thought it was fun to join in. Vaccination should have been made mandato… Read More
2021-10-21 09:30
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association of a name, st… Read More
2021-10-20 16:01
Tour de la Warch is our home walk...the one we do most as it is our children's favourite. We've done it over and over again in all seasons. And now that the children can handle a… Read More
2021-10-19 15:09
I found in Kabouter a surprisingly willing volunteer in September to have a communion photoshoot around the Park Abbey. My beautiful boy! Read More
2021-10-18 16:19
2021 will be the year I picked up regular reading again. I guess the arrival of Rodin stopped my puzzling habit and I got it replaced by reading time. Most of these books have be… Read More
2021-10-16 19:26
In 1931 a Belgian priest scientist Lemaitre wrote the big bang theory at the Leuven university. Reason enough for the city of Leuven to organise a city festival Big Bang in the next 4… Read More
2021-10-15 15:33
Wij hebben in de klas echte hamers eh en echte zagen. Echte eh. Zo niet zo van plastiek maar echte!G: He wat doet dit vliegtuig hier in de badkamerK: Die is vannacht misschien naar hie… Read More
2021-10-14 16:05
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association o… Read More
2021-10-13 16:07
Part of all the World Championship cycling fun, was the visit of our Texan friends whome we've met through their love for road cycling (and hence their vacations in Europe to follow th… Read More
2021-10-12 16:18
It took a full week of vacation at the Normandy beach in August before the clouds cleared the sky. Just when I had become desperate and also grumpy and whining about living at the beac… Read More
2021-10-11 15:07
Thanks to birthday parties, Scouting starting again and both Jan and myself driving to our parents to give them a hand at home, we were not able to do any activity as a family together. &hell…Read More
2021-10-10 19:08
Two weeks ago I assumed I would have been sick of all the cycling by day 3. But on the contrary. We all felt like the last day of vacation in the morning, mourning beforehand that ther… Read More
2021-10-09 16:19
After visiting all Normandy D-Day landing beaches, we headed just 5km inland in the direction of Caen where it all started in the night of June 5th and June 6th in preparation of the sea arm… Read More
2021-10-07 16:06
Each Tuesday and Thursday Anne from Satur9's World and myself, play a musical pingpong game where we choose a new music song based on each other's previous choice by association o… Read More
2021-10-06 16:08
Last Sunday we celebrated Kabouter's first communion. A first communion is in my mind traditionally something that takes place in spring (May more specifically) for children in Grade 1… Read More
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