Halloween

A zombie and Tinkerbell, that’s our kids at Halloween… We had a party last Saturday which was really nice, and of course they got to wear their costumes. They were excited! It was a great party with lots of sweets and treats, oh, and also some really good adult-food :-).

There was no trick-or-treating yet, but we will do that tonight… well, kind of… We are going to Oudewater where, apparently, some kids organized a trick-or-treat-trail of about 4 (yes, that is FOUR) doors… Well, it is more than the ONE we had the past few years (our own…). And the kids get to wear their costumes again.

Ready for School…?

Does she look ready? Well, even if she doesn’t, I can tell you she is! Ready for what? School, of course! That door behind her is the entrance to her section of the school and this picture was taken last week on her very first “wendag” (getting used to school day). She was so excited! She got to ride her bike, carry her backpack, pick a chair and a picture for on her chair (she picked the cherries-picture…).

I think I have probably told you that she has been ready for school for a while. I think that is because she looks up to Tobias and wants to do the same thing. Anyway, there was no problem whatsoever with saying goodbye or anything like that. She just sat there, looking around, waving at us, and that was that… Lorelei got used to school :-).

Apparently she did quite well during the school day as well! Today I took her for the second time… I can hardly believe she is going to turn four in less than two weeks! I am going to miss her being home on Wednesdays… (although it does give me an opportunity to blog ;-).

Sleep-over Guests

This is Warner. He is Tobias’ girlfriend Cathérine’s little brother. His is a bit older than Lorelei and just a week-and-a-half ago he came over and spent a couple of nights with us (and so did Cathérine). Tobias and Cathérine had had a sleep-over before, but Lorelei and Warner were not part of it at that time. Both Lorelei and Warner were somewhat upset about that, so, we promised that next time they could have a sleep-over as well. Well, this time it was a good one, because the spent three nights with us (while their parents were away :-)).

We had a nice time, because they all play so well together. And, they mingle as well. We spent quite some time at home and basically they all played in their rooms a lot. We also went to a playground and all four of them played together. It was really nice, both for us and the kids!

Lorelei was so excited and a bit sad when they left. She said the next morning: “When can Warner come again? Tomorrow?” :-).

Egg

I was not there so I did not experience this moment first-hand, but I love this picture. It was taken at the Blijdorp Zoo towards the end of the summer vacation. Lisa went there with a friend and the kids and they had a great time. Lorelei was talking about this egg when I got home and she laughs when she sees this picture. I do too :-).

Reading

Lorelei has always loved books and she still does. This picture shows it. If it is up to her she will read every day, and it really doesn’t matter if she reads by herself or is read to… books are fun! I love that about her and I hope she keeps that up.

That’s really all there is to this picture. She was so cute sitting there with her book that I just had to take a picture… Hope you like it :-).

Home Run!

Tobias’ baseball coach Jovanka Alfons played for the Dutch team in the 2012 women’s baseball world championships this year. Like I said before, Lorelei is a copycat and wants to do everything Tobias does, including baseball. Here she is swinging her bat and hammering the ball out of the front lawn and into the street! Quite impressive, right? Well, I don’t know if women’s baseball is ever going to be a big thing, but in any case, Lorelei will be ready!

Check out here attire :-).

Nail Polish

As I told you in one of my previous posts, Nonny got Lorelei blue nail-polish, her favorite color. Well, nail-polish has to be applied and then re-applied every few days or so. This is a delicate process, not in the least because the nails are so small :-). Nonny got the job done though!

Notice the chicken pox. By this time most of them had crusted over…