Since the last post, we have had a visit from Emma and Nathan on their honeymoon. Our first Australian visitors. It was very nice to see them and Edward especially enjoyed Nathan's demonstration of how our salad spinner works. We walked into Blaricum and saw a bit of the area. Then we when to Amsterdam and were actually refused food at a cafe. I think this happened because we had a baby in a pram.
Two weekends ago Edward and I went to Germany and had a lovely time with Dad and Gitty. Edward learnt to climb down the stairs and to wave at himself in the mirror halfway up. Dad's patience is endless, which is lovely. I came home very relaxed and with some lovely recipes to try out. They have all been great, especially the meatballs.
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| From Enkhuizen |
Last weekend we had a visit from Aaron and Amy (also on their honeymoon). We visited Enkhuisen, which has a lot of historical houses and shows an entire fishing village. A great place to visit. Aaron and Amy were a bit jet-lagged and had a horrid flight over with lots of delays, missing connections etc. Ah well. We put them on the plane to Barcelona yesterday morning. Edward was so excited by the visitors that he missed a lot of daytime sleeps. He caught up yesterday, which was very nice for me to have some quiet time.
Edward took 2 steps yesterday (and then pounced on Daddy, who was lying on the floor). His eating of normal food has improved immensely, helped by a new High Chair. We now are the proud owners of a Chicco Polly Retro high chair. It is lime green with spots and I love it. It is comfortable for Edward, has almost stopped the food throwing and he is finally putting on a bit of weight. Apart from yogurt (which is allowed to be placed in Edward's mouth with a spoon), Edward likes to feed himself with his hands (well fists really). I'm going to let him do this for a while to get him happy actually eating, and then try and teach him to use a spoon. Hmm, a first child really is a learning experience.
Adam is in London for the day and I am going to have another quiet day in the village with Edward. The day after tomorrow is a public holiday. Hooray. I think it is something to do with the end of Easter. We are planning on doing absolutely nothing and relaxing.
Oh, I almost forgot. We were granted the 30% Regeling. And what a stress it has been waiting for that! Now we will receive 30 of A's salary tax free and also can trade in his Australian driver's licence for a Dutch one. He needs to fix the driver's licence before 25th May. It is now 15th May. I went to the Gemeente Huis yesterday for the form and have filled it in. Will post it today. Must also post the Mac Battery.
I had a very "uneventful" Mother's Day as it fell at the end of an extremely busy week for Adam and also when we had visitors. Adam is going to give me my own individual repeat Mother's Day later this month as it was a bit underwhelming. If I don't get a card and nice present on the repeat MD I'm going to sulk.
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