Tuesday, June 21, 2011

A Walk in the Park

 It's certainly not a secret that Keely is a wonderful photographer. She has a great natural eye for it. So we couldn't resist getting her to snap a few shots at a trip to the park with Atticus while she was in town. It was particularly windy this day, so picture time was limited, but we still managed to a get a few great shots.

Enjoy!

Love,
-The Clog Crew


Swinging

Getting an extra push

checking out the soccer field
Giving Momma a big hug

trying not to get blown away

Walking home
our lovely windmill

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Koninginnedag (Queen's Day)

 April 30th is Koninginnedag (Queen's Day) in the Netherlands. It is a day to celebrate the Queen's Birthday. While the current Queen's birthday is actually in January, Queen Beatrix, opted to keep Queen's Day on her Mother's birthday to allow for nicer weather (or so we've been told). How thoughtful of her!

On Queen's Day there are various celebrations in every city, a flea market and plenty of people wearing orange, which is the royal color. We celebrated in Leiden and headed down town to check out the flea market and see what else was going on.

Keely happily joined in the festivities, donning her orange bandanna and her camera. She even braved a ride on a mechanical bull to show the Dutch how it's done in Alberta! Enjoy a few of our photos from the day below.

Love,
-The Clog Crew


trying out some masks
Atticus hanging out
Mounting the bull
A very graceful fall - landed on her feet
family photo with Atticus hiding behind his arm
a picture of one of the flea market streets to give you an idea of how busy it gets

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

If at first your don't succeed...The First (and second) Bath!



We brought out the Tummy Tub for Milayla's first bath. It was, well, a first bath. She cried. She looked unsure. She was cleaned. Then it was over; she was dressed and in Daddy's arms. Her world was right again.







The second bath was more successful. Milayla was a pro and was so relaxed that she fell asleep. Nothing like a little meditation in the tub.




Sunday, June 5, 2011

That's Our Boy!


 Our Little Man has a birthday coming up. Hard to believe that he will be turning TWO! So in anticipation of the upcoming celebration, here are some photos of what Atticus has been up to the last little while.

First up, here he is trying to show us that he can fit in his toy bucket with his Duplo.

After telling him that we couldn't go outside as it was raining he ran to the door, put on his rain boots, gave us a big smile and signed 'please'. Smart boy - he knows just how to melt his parents' hearts.


And when he isn't sporting the rain boots it's Mommy's shoes he sports, but that's probably because Mommy is the only one that is always forgetting to put her shoes away.


Atticus still loves sitting down and working on different creative activities such as painting, play dough and, most recently, puzzles. His favorite are his Hungry Caterpillar jigsaw puzzles, which he proudly and confidently does all by himself.

He is all about wearing his sunglasses and making silly faces while he works away on his puzzles too.



Nearly done, so the shades have come off to really focus...


This is the face that we get when we ask him to smile...


And this is the incredibly handsome smile we get when he has completed a task he set out to do.


Atticus loves bathtime! He loves it so much that he will clean up his toys much quicker if he knows that bath time is next. 

Of course we need to include some lovely bath time photos...complete with funky shampooed hair.


 And we certainly couldn't leave out one of the biggest changes around here lately; Atticus becoming a Big Brother! We knew that Atticus was a very loving and helpful boy before, but seeing all the affection he showers on his little sister puts a huge smile on our faces and exemplifies the limitless capacity of love. Milayla is one very lucky girl to have such an awesome big brother.



Life with Atticus is certainly never dull. He is always making us laugh, showering us with kisses and learning new things. We feel so spoiled and incredibly blessed to have him in our life, especially when he cuddles up to us for story time, when he claps for family scripture study, or when he corrects Daddy on how to properly fold his arms for prayer. 



And how could we forget to be grateful for his lovely patience while Mommy snaps a million photos of him? 

We sure do love this Little Man of ours!!!

"Please no more photos for today. I'm exhausted."

Friday, June 3, 2011

Hanging out with the monkeys...

On the Friday when Keely was visiting, we made the trek to Apenheul, a monkey zoo in Apeldoorn, where many of the monkeys are left free ranging. It was definitely worth the trip. We all really enjoyed our time there and the weather was perfect.

Atticus was certainly not afraid of the monkeys and seemed to think it was all pretty neat. We brought the stroller thinking that he would get tired of walking quickly, but he ended up walking for most of the park. There were also some interesting birds and turtles to check out and a carousel. By the time we headed home, we were all exhausted - Atticus especially.

Love,
-The Clog Crew

Smiling for the camera, but Atticus is already antsy to see the monkeys

these monkeys nearly marked their territory on Laura and Atticus...

half gorilla?

wondering what Aunt Keely is up to

If only we could have gotten Keely into this one!

chilling
Momma and her ducklings
play break for Atticus and Daddy
Aunt Keely taking a turn
Being a turtle
getting ready to drop a coin in
loading onto the carousel
Jason was the only one looking at the camera and he didn't even smile...
Keely riding the Armadillo
Queen of the jungle!
all tuckered out

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Delft Market

When Keely was in town we took her to the market in Delft. Keely and Jason had an agreement: if Keely tried the dutch tradition of raw Herring, then Jason would try eating a Kiwi with the peel on (which is how Keely likes to eat them). They both happily followed through. Atticus and Laura certainly didn't go for the Herring or even the kiwi, but they did share a fresh Stroopwafel.


Love,
-The Clog Crew

Jason enjoying some Herring just because he can
Keely taking her turn

Jason following through on the bargain and trying the kiwi with the skin on

family photo in a giant clog - of course
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