Max's Class Picture

A Day at the Park

Sorry for my lack of updates lately. Since I've gotten back from LA we have been incredibly busy with planning for our upcoming move. Our kitchen table has turned into an office and most of our days have been spent calling companies, writing letters, and looking for houses/ cars in America. 


So this weekend, when the temperature climbed above 70 we decided to take a two day break from everything and go to the park. While Mommy, Papa, and Lucas enjoyed the sun on the terrace, Max was hard at play! 

LAX!

Last week my husband gave me a wonderful opportunity to escape the diapers, crying, bottles, and cleaning. Sunday the 11th I headed out to Los Angeles with my friend, Floor, who is a pilot for KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. 


Floor had arranged a companion ticket for me, so I was just hoping to have an aisle seat in economy class. When I boarded the plane, I was ecstatic when the stewardess told me my seat was upstairs! As I settled into my large and roomy chair I was greeted with a glass of champagne and the menu for the trip. Just when I thought it couldn't get any better, Floor came out of the cockpit and gave me a tour of the plane. Getting to see the cargo area and sit in the cockpit made my trip even more special!


During our three days in LA we went out on the town in Hollywood, got to see downtown LA, the Hollywood sign, Griffith Observatory, and the Santa Monica beach. 


We had a great trip and were lucky enough to get home just a couple hours before they closed the whole airport in Amsterdam because of the volcano!


Thanks for a wonderful time in LA Flo!

Not My Child! Monday

This past week my child was definitely not using the faucet by himself to fill his watering can after I told him to stop. My child always listens to my instructions!

Lucky for him he is too cute and his only punishment was cleaning the mess up. Perhaps its lenient, but how can you punish a face like this when he was just trying to water your plants?!

Not Me! Monday

This is my first week in participating in MckMama's "not me" Monday. It's a fun way to share all of those embarrassing moments that ahem, did not happen this pas week!

This past week I  did not misplace my debit card for the millionth time. This is not convenient since I am definitely not leaving my 3 wonderful boys for an R&R trip with a friend to LA. I would never abandon my children to take some time for myself!

Speaking of said trip, I would also not be so silly as to think I am coming back on Friday morning instead of Thursday. Nope, I'm absolutely not absent-minded like that! (Though this is better than the time that I did not show up at the airport ready to go to America 1 day before my flight was scheduled. That would just be bad!)

And this week my eldest did not throw a fit in the grocery store. Complete with screaming and tears because I, the evil mother, would not let him ride the horse at the entrance. No, my children are perfect and would never behave like that!

What are some things that YOU were definitely NOT caught doing last week? Please share!

Sweet Home Alabama!

After several long weeks of planning, studying, and flying, my amazing husband has done it! He has completed his FSQT (Front Seat Conversion Training) and has secured his position in Ft.Rucker, AL as an instructor!


Words cannot describe how incredibly proud I am of him. He has worked so hard to get this, but what touches me most is the fact that he did it mostly for me. Now I am able to complete my study, live nearby my family, and get a job that I really enjoy.


So America here we come! We are very excited about this opportunity and cannot wait to make the hop, skip, and jump over to our new house in Alabama!

Last FSQT Flight!

I'm wishing you all the luck in the world today baby!


With all my love, 

An Unexpected Surprise!

Today started off like most days in Holland; rainy, chilly, and windy. We spent most of the morning coloring, building, racing with cars, and doing lots and lots of laundry. Just an average typical rainy day at the Geenen house!


And then... out of nowhere... the beautiful warm sun decided to grace us with it's glory. The temperature shot up 5-6 degrees Celsius in an hour, sweatshirts and rain boots were replaced with t-shirts and bare feet, and the camera was brought out of it's bag to capture my beautiful boys at play this afternoon.


Lucas has learned a new talent today. He can now reach out for toys and hold on to them-- a pretty big deal when you are four months old! And Max built them a tent that they could play in. Unfortunately the party was only for boys and I wasn't invited. Though I did enjoy the 15 minutes of peace while they were in their party tent!

Brotherly love

                                                Exploring the great outdoors

Max pretending to be a windmill

                                                         The boys in their tent

                             Creepy Crawlers!

Paashaas!

Though the Easter Bunny (Paashaas) isn't celebrated here in Holland like it is in America, I couldn't resist having the Easter Bunny come visit our house too this year! Saturday night Max put out a carrot and couldn't sleep in anticipation for what the Easter Bunny might bring!

Max had to look everywhere for his Easter basket!

There it is!

Thomas the Train stickers!!

One happy little boy!

Mini Max

What's this?!

Efteling tickets?!! (Thanks MiMi & Opa!)

Trying to get a 3 year old and a 3 month old to look at the camera was not very successful!

After our fun morning of opening presents we drove to Aunt Esther's house in Eindhoven for brunch with the rest of the family. Despite the rain, everyone had a nice day filled with lots of good food, easter egg hunting, and a bit of chaos with six kids 4 and under!

Pictures of our afternoon in Eindhoven can be found here 

Easter 2010

Easter Egg fun!

The other day we got a package from MiMi containing a very special surprise for Max...
Easter Egg Dye!

Max was thrilled and couldn't wait to color his eggs! So yesterday while Papa was mountain biking with our neighbour, Hans, we got to decorating!

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He was so excited!

Our Sweet Boy :)

I was a little nervous to let him to it "by himself," but as my husband says, 

"Sometimes you just have to let kids be kids!"

TA-DA! Now they are ready to be hidden for tomorrow morning!

Rainy Days

Just as I was complementing Holland on the beautiful weather we've had lately, it has now turned chilly and wet again. Thankfully the weather held out so that Rob could fly his last 3 night missions this week. One more day mission and he'll be a captain! I'm so proud of him and all of the hard work he has done to make sure we can move to America this summer. As soon as he finishes his last flight next week we will be able to seriously get the ball rolling on our moving plans!


And of course, the reason you even came to check out our blog in the first place- Here are some pictures of the kids!