We have had a very busy fall so far: good busy, but nonetheless leaving little time to update! I think it's only about to get busier so I thought I would leave everyone with a nice long entry with a lot of great pictures! The big news as of the past month has been: We have bought a house, and we will be able...
We have had a triumph this week...I can finally do something with Shakinah's hair!!! woopeee! Her first pigtails! She has my kind of hair growth...it takes ages...and it looks kind of funky. So this was an exciting moment for us! Although we're still working on the front. It only seems to be getting thicker but not longer. hmmm. Anyways. Shakinah and I have also had some fun...
Today Shakinah was looking at pictures of her two Grandmas. And I was explaining to her how they both lived far away but they loved her very muchShe was pointing at them, nodding her head and saying "ja" after I would say something about them. It was very cute...and a little sad. So here's to Shakinah's wonderful GrandmasSome oldies but goodies This is Anneke's first...
We have been having beautiful weather the past week It's like the summer we never had here, and we've been trying to soak up as much sunas humanly possible. Last Sunday we had a nice day out to Enschede (Mid-Eastern border of the Netherlands) to visit Johan's wonderful brother Sam! We had a peaceful walk with lots of huffing and puffing from me and a lot of mess...
We (as in "we" I mean "I") have been working so hard to get Shakinah to eat with a spoon...and finally a couple days ago...she succeeded for a couple minutes! seriously does it get more hilarious than this of course that was a couple days ago...and now she is back to eating like a wild animal.Perseverance...we'll get there! Shakinah loved dinner tonight and...
Over the past couple of weeks we have been keeping busy with allergies, flus, playing, and of course a lot of mischief! So we have a lot of catch up to do :) A few weeks ago I decided to deep clean the entire kitchen once again! Shakinah loved this idea, and I thought she had left the room for a minute and...
