Pooh, Tigger and Piglet

Kees set up his Pooh Bear and friends in his chairs while playing outside. Thought this was a cute site when I walked outside :)

Shake, Shake

We made shakers from paper towel rolls filled with rice. Kees enjoyed dancing around the living room with his shaker!

Panda!

Maastricht, Netherlands

Trip to the Coast!

Kees has been asking to ride his bike but it has been raining so much that we couldn't go outside. So, finally yesterday the sun was shinning!! You have to take advantage of it here in Holland because you never know when you might see it again. We decided to take Kees for a bike trip to the coast. Along the coast there are great wide open bike paths. Here is a view out the window of the car on the way to the coast.
Wonderful sunshine!
Kees started out doing great!
Following Papa.
He then decided he was done with the bike. Steve carried Kees' bike on the back of his bike and Kees and I walked the bike path back to the car.
Taking a short stop along the path.
A little Kees print :)
"I like the ocean!" - Kees

Organization...what a wonderful word.

I love organization. Lets just say I get a little too excited over the tupperware store. As a kid one thing I loved to do was organize my moms make-up drawer. My house is always perfectly organized. Everything is in its place. Kees' toys are always in a neat row. He keeps all his coloring at the table. Yeah right! Most of the time we have to step over mounds of toys to get to the couch. One thing that I have found that I can keep organized (most of the time) is my purse. I saw this idea and I thought it was really great. We have all had it happen... you go to get your wallet out of your purse and out falls a used tissue, hot wheel car, old receipts, a cracker that the little one took a bite out of and there was no other place to put it. I discovered the use of small zipper bags in your purse! So, say your phone rings and you know it is in the blue zipper bag you can find it in a snap! Why is it that when you finally find your phone in your purse (after digging) it is always right at the time of the last ring?
Need to write something down...oh look a nice little notebook and a pen!
The little lime green bag is made just for kees' toys and crayons.

Enjoy your new organized purse! When the house is a mess you can take satisfaction in your perfectly organized purse :)

Elmo is Back!

Kees has decided that he likes Elmo once again. Here is Kees sporting the hat line of Elmo gear.
Dancing with Elmo and looking at each other in the mirror. This is his Elmo stocking given to Kees by my parents last Christmas. Kees loves to hear him singing 'Jingle Bells.'

"I like my Elmo" - Kees

Kees!

Cooking

Chili con Carne is one meal that we have often. It works well to put it in the crock pot in the afternoon. When it is dinner time and everyone is telling you that they are starving there is a meal all ready to go!
I finally found where to buy cornmeal. Since my discovery I have been making corn bread all the time!
My favorite little helper in the kitchen. Kees has started to set the table for me! Its fun to talk together while I'm cooking. Here he is playing with his toy animals. He likes the giraffe. He describes it as, "long neck one."

Summer!

It may be a cold rainy day outside but inside we are doing our best to make things feel like summer...yeah for fruit salad!

Happy 4th!

We did our best to celebrate the 4th ...Kees and Steve had a parade! Well...they went for a bike ride together. :)
Kees having fun on his "big bike."
We had watermelon with dinner, sang country music songs and reflected on our beautiful country of the USA!

Sleepy...