Domein Kiewit and Hasselt Kermis

It was chilly but the sun was out! Sunday funday. Oma and Opa started their trip this morning going to Austria. We...we went to Domein Kiewit in Hasselt. Such a biiiiiig park, lots of place to play with! I saw goats, chicken, turkey, pigs, sheep, birds, ducks, and lots of children!

Mama and Papa said next year summer we will go back there and have a nice picnic on the grass under the sun.



Afterwards we drove to Hasselt to check out the Kermis. But grrrrrrrrrwllll...our tummies were growling of hunger. So Mama and Papa ate smoutenbollen while I had my delicious fruitpap (Passionfruit and apple with a liiiiiitle bit of cream). Delish!

Here is our picture by the library after we ate

And here is my share of the kermis attraction. I may not be able to ride the attraactions yet but Papa was tickling me the whole time! I laughed so hard that I cant even say "STOP PAPA STOP!"

Till our next attraction!

Nielske

6 teeth, new shoes and lots of birthday parties!

Ok let me tell the story one by one...i am but an 8 month old boy...

6 teeth
Yes yes yes, my teeth are coming per pair. But this time it didnt hurt at all. You see, I made a drawing so you can see it clearly.



1. The green pair of teeth below are my first teeth. They didnt hurt.
2. The blue pair of teeth above are my 2nd pair....oooh they put me into a lot of pain, stress and sleepless nights! But they make me enjoy my bread now a lot more!
3. The yellow ones are the new ones. They are still small but they didnt hurt as well.
4. The red part are my gums (big huh? Still swollen in my drawing but in reality they are not)
5. The orange thing is my itsy bitsy tiny little tongue (despite its size it can make looouuuuud noises already)
6. And that white thing coming out of my mouth, thats my drool...i still drool a loooot!

New pair of shoes
Last week Mama and Papa decided to buy me my first ever real pair of shoes.

Since every time we go somewehere and with the fact that I walk all over now...a sock is not enough anymore. They always end up somewhere on the floor and not on me. So last saturday afternoon Mama dragged me to Brantano Shoe store to buy my first pair ever.

The first 2 days I was walking like a jelly! I cant get my feel straight! Its like it has a mind of its own. Mama said I still have to get used to it. The 3rd day (yesterday) Mama got confirmation from the daycare that Im getting used to walking and crawling and standing up with my shoes on. Just hope it gets a lot better than this cause I cant wait anymore to start walking normal again!

Birthdays!
We celebrated last sunday 2 birthdays! One of 85th year and one of 4th year.

Tante Maria turned 85 yesterday and we celebrated her birthday with a big party in "De Bloomelingen" last sunday. Oh she was sooo happy singing and clapping "Happy Birthday!" She has never met me nor Lieke but we sat on her lap last Sunday so next time we see her she will remember us. We also gave her a gift. A picture frame with my, Lieke and Celeste's picture on it. Now it stands on her nightstand...so she sees us now everyday :-) We had a very delicious cake (the rest of the people I mean) and Papa ate lots of pie!!!!!

Oh no that's not Tante Maria with me and Lieke. He is Joerie...Lieke's Papa.



After that we rushed to Celeste's birthday...she turned 4 today. She was waiting for all of us (Oma, Opa, Moemoe, Papa, Mama and me) already for quite some time (she was too enthusiatic to receive and open all her gifts hi hi hi). We got there at around 4pm and I have to eat my fruitpap first before she gets her gift...so she waited and waited and waited.



After gift opening, we played, I played, I crawled, I danced, I did everything! I was a showman! Then afterwards I tried to eat Opa's newspaper :-) What do you expect?

The rest is history. The most important thing is WE had fun, I definitely had fun, Mama and Papa said they are so proud of me cause I was so behaved despite being unstoppable (going around I mean) and talkative...so the sun went down and the moon showed up, the night came and I slept...soundly!

Where is Niels???

Hey ho!

Could you guess where I am or what Im doing???

A

B

C

D

E

F

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Answers:

A. Under the dining chair after my groentepap (running away from mama. She was chasing me with a camera)

B. Pushed the chair to the living room door trying to get out of the house :-)

C. Under the kitchen high chair...trying to go through 2 chairs! (butt view)

D. Still trying to go through the chairs (this is the other side of my butt)

E. This is how I do it (under process)

F. I got through! (and now I chase Mama!)

So, how many correct answers did you get?

If I was a rich boy...na na na na na na na na na na

See, I'll got all the money in the world if I was a lucky boy....

Yeah Gwen Estifani's song was in my head last night cause yesterday I felt like I was a rich boy!

Yesterday at Da Noi (chic) restaurant in Genk there was a Maserati show. Of course I was there! Papa was able to drive one and oh my god he wanted to have one! Ha ha ha all he says was, beautiful, beautiful car :-)

Well, I wont let you wait any longer. Enjoy the fotos!

Papa and me posing beside the Maserati Papa drove around Genk

Papa and me trying out the seat, hmmm quite comfy!

"Papa let me know where to turn...right? or left?"

Ahhh! I cant wait to lick that wheel!

I WANT SOME MORE!!!!!

Niels be nimble, Niels be quick...

I didnt jump over the candle stick...but I can climb on top of my pamper box. Mama was so frightened that she ran to catch me from my fall...she spared me a head-bump :-)

And when it comes to toys, Im telling you kids out there, you dont have to ask your parents to buy you expensive toys to have fun...I...I was resourceful!

Last week Mama bought a box of pampers for me. What do I know? the box is closed and I dont see any pampers...so I thought she bought it for me to play with. And here is the result:

Me pretending to play...

I push and push my box until I reach the curtain...then I touch the curtain! (Normally I may not touch it he he he)

I walk with my big box around the living room, around the table and around the kitchen...what a pleasant time I had.

Another toy I found was a silicon plastic that Mama put on our wooden step to protect me from hitting the corner. I took it off, put it in my mouth and brought it around with my pamper box.

Brrrrrroooommmm brrooooooommm!

Also, I discovered where Mama keeps all my toys! We have in the corner of our living room a salon table and she keeps all my toys there...HA! You know what it means!

Me just finished pushing my toys off the table.

Mama puts them all properly arranged on the table, I push them all down the floor! So she can put them back up on the table tonight :-)

My first "official" bread!

Hello everyone!

Im 8 months today as you all know! Happy 8 months to me!!! And because Im 8 months now, Mama gave me my first "official" bread with mashed banana! Why do I keep on putting official under quotations? Because I've had already tasted (to keep it modest but its actually devoured) pieces of bread a looooong time ago (and of course they are unofficial)! And this is the first time I can legally show to the camera I AM eating bread!

Its 70% playing/having fun and 30% eating. Its delicious but I like to mash the banana some more and crumble the bread with my hands.

After all those...then its time to eat

And of course when the bread is all eaten...its time for the plate to fall! As far as I'm concerned the plate belongs to the floor!

You see! I had 100% fun!

Till our next eating session!!!

Nielske

New height...new perspective

Hello everyone,

Its been a while since I wrote something (from one tooth to the other). But all those days that I wasnt writing I was busy mastering my new talent...as you can see below :-)

With no time to spare, mama took my picture while I was enjoying the view outside. She knows that whenever I see the camera...Im like a hungry lion grabbing my gazelle! So quickly...no 1-2-3...no time to dress up...CLICK!

You see, standing up is now one of my favorite activities the past month...aside from drumming and singing and laughing and crawling and talking and...OK I will shut up.

I pull myself up whenever there is a chance. Along the couch, by the legs of the table, by Mama's pants (Mama better tighten her belt up!), with my bus, my drums, by the window (as you can see at the picture), by everywhere! I heard Mama shout one time "NIELS! I just cleaned the window!!!" Although I cannot blame her from screaming when she saw me LICKING the glass door! It was a cold glass door, it helps me soothe the pain from my teeth-yielding-gum.

OK guys, gotta go now, you all better sleep its quite late already. I, I still have to jam and practice my drum piece "Broeder Jakob" with Mama.

Night night!

Nielske