Queensday

April 30th is Dutch Queensday and also here in Houston it was celebrated with a big family party. To show our support to the ladies who organized it all we made somewhat of an effort to dress up.

 Queen Kaatje borrowed Trix's Golden Carriage for the day.

 And Rick emulated the Dutch TV show ' Boer zoekt vrouw' (Farmer seeks wife) into 'Prince seeks Princess) and brought Lady Di / Kate type princess engagement rings to support his 'hunting efforts'.

Rick was very happy that the whole event turned into a major pool party later on and as you can see Little Maartje and Mees where also happy with the big slide.

 Rick won the award for 'best King of the day', not sure at all he realized what it meant

 Kaatje was not eligible to compete - as she was too young - but the 'Gouden Koets' (the carriage) was a HUGE success and Kaatje looked Royal and content all afternoon.

1st 'Real' Haircut

Rick's hair was getting very long again, and with the heat starting to build up here by the day I wanted to relieve Rick of a too sweaty head and took him for his first real haircut (not my previous DIY type job).

Rick was pretty pleased as the seat was a car (with keys in the ignition) and a video was put on for him to watch. Can you tell by the end result the hairdressers nationality??? 

Fortunately it dried up quite nice and Little Rick appeared to have aged into a real little boy within a 15 minute period!

Ready for Madness

Last week I was packing for Orlando. Orlando is to amusement parks what Vegas is to Casinos. With Seven major theme parks (Disney, Universal studio's, Seaworld etc) you know the place is a bit of a mad house, especially in the Easter weekend. So Kaatje was prepping accordingly....

Kaatje by the Pro

Due to a very generous present from friends for Kaatje's birth we qualified for a free photo shoot at an upscale children's clothing store (as a marketing event for both store & photographer I guess). As the shoot was only 10 min I only took Kaatje, who at the time was 6 weeks old. Herewith some of the results.

Samen

K: "I have the BEST big brother in the world!" (could her head be any rounder?)

K: "This is him:"

R:"Fishie Kaatje?"

 Or a Kiss? (with runny nose -;)

R: " Hey you! - Don't ever mess with my Sister!"

R: "Kaatje milk"

R: " You see Sis' this is how the Baby Gym works."

(Samen = Together)

School Bag

I made Rick a new School bag so he can help us out a little by carrying his own stuff as soon enough we will have him, his things, Kaatje & her things to drop off or pick up at school. He was pretty chuffed and was very serious this morning carrying his own things (and not quite awake!).

Kids & us

Especially for the Grand Parents some new shots of us all.

 All a little Tired after a long day

 Kaatje smiling to her daddy

 You can almost hear her say ' What do you mean I am too young for that?'

Rick & Eelco going Tooh-Toot for the train in Herman Park.

 Kaatje Blowing Bubbles