How to Deal with Dutch people

A cute (and mostly realistic) list of ways to deal with the Dutch can be found here. Thanks Z :)

Springtime!

I love my children dearly, but I was never meant to be a SAHM *stay at home mom. I know many people will disagree, but I think it is only natural and healthy for both parent and child to have a "getaway." School, work, and other social activities help our family go round and these activities prevent us from stepping on top of each other.


I became a SAHM again this Winter right before Lucas was born. And let me tell you, Winter is 1. no time to have a baby and 2. no time to become a full-time SAHM when you are used to working! This Winter has been incredibly and unusually harsh. Holland has seen more snow this winter than in the past 30 years, and I have had enough of being trapped inside our house!


Thankfully Spring has started to show itself and it has allowed us to get out of the house and do fun things like visit the kinderboerderij *petting zoo, go for walks, ride bikes, and maybe tomorrow Max will even venture out on his roller blades for the first time!


This week Max and I took advantage of the warm weather,got the sidewalk chalk out of the shed, and decorated our front walkway. Apparently it is quite strange to do this in the front yard, as we got several odd looks from the Dutchies walking by. Nevertheless we had a great time! Here are a few pictures of our my imaginative drawings.



Our Family



Max even got to go fishing!



Learning to hopscotch! (it was awesome to look out the kitchen window and see how many people that were walking by actually hopscotched themselves!)



Though he can't quite hop on 1 foot yet, he is really good at hopscotching on 2 feet!

A New Beginning

As most of you know by now we are making the big hop, skip, and jump across the pond this summer. Rob has gotten a position in Ft.Rucker, AL and at the end of July we will be packing our house up, waving goodbye to friends and family, and saying hello to new friends, family, and adventures. And since I am no longer working, I have time to share our exciting journey and other tidbits with you all!

Rob is currently busy with his FSQT (front seat conversion training). He spends a lot of time working and studying, but I don’t complain because I know in the end it will all be worth it! As long as the weather holds up he will be done this week!

Starting the first of April our lives are going to be more chaotic than ever. I don't want to be too revealing on the blog, but let me tell you there are many airplane trips in our near future! 

In looking at our agenda this past weekend, we realized that all of our weekends are booked from now until the time we leave! It’s crazy to think that things are going so quickly, and honestly, I will just be happy when we get settled in our new house in Alabama!

Now we are just enjoying our last weeks in Holland. The weather has started to clear up after a long harsh winter, and I hope that Spring is finally here! I promise to add pictures to our next update!