Sunday, September 30, 2012

Summer Wrap Up

M and L enjoyed a special treat trip to an ice cream shop but elected to get candy rings instead.
M enjoyed the Edward Gorey house, where he listened to stories...

...and got his face painted.


M also enjoyed stories his grandma read...
and playing Native Americans with Papa.

He climbed some trees...

and made some forts.


He even went fishing with his cousins and caught a fish!

It was a great Summer!

Thursday, September 6, 2012

New Bike

We have an exciting new addition to our bike collection: a family tandem!

I have been looking at them for the better part of a year now and been searching for a used one for a few months. My search included trolling Marktplaats, a Dutch version of eBay I didn't really understand (and which turned up the occasional tandem in some town nowhere near Amsterdam), contacting rental shops and putting notes on tandems in my neighborhood, in both English and Dutch, asking people if they were interested in selling. Just when I was about to give up and buy a new one I decided to check Bob Orange Cycles and they had this beauty, loaded with extras, for half the price of a new one.