Dag Sinterklaasje, dag, dag...

"Dag Sinterklaasje, dag, dag,
dag, dag, Zwarte Piet"

Niels slept last night with the hope that "De Goede Sint" wont forget to pass by our house and would leave something for him on the plate. The very next day he was awake early singing "Daag Sinterklasje daag daag" That was 5 o'clock in the morning, singing full blast at the corridor upstair. So I, half awake, went to him and tried to convince him to go back to sleep cause its still dark outside. He was a little bit hesitant but gave in and went back to bed.

At 7am, again awake and singing :-) So Nico and I went to his bedroom and told him we can go downstairs...but first conditioning him of course that there is a possibility that De Sint en de Zwarte Pieten may have left something for him or not.  But as confirmed by Papa that he heard some noise on the roof last night then we guess he really did pass by and left some toys for him.

Look at that! He cant believe what he saw...and immediately took a candy from the plate and ate it, took one chocolate Sinterklaas and bit on its head while amazed with all the toys he got. 

And of course there are also some for Nina, she was also a good girl :-)

"Daar wordt aan de deur geklopt,
zacht geklopt, hard geklopt.
Daar wordt aan de deur geklopt.
Wie zou dat zijn?"

And as he play he keeps on singing "Daar wordt aan de deur geklopt..." Now time to go to Balen to check out if Sinterklaas also passed by there.

"O, kom maar eens kijken
wat ik in mijn schoentje vind
Alles gekregen van die goede Sint"

And oh yeah "Wat een Goede Sint!"

Winterland 2010

Fotos van onze uitstapje naar Winterland in Hasselt:

Nina was er ook bij, maar ze geniet van de warmte in haar buggy en heeft de hele tijd goed geslapen.

De Sint en zijn Pieten

Gisteren was de Sint en zijn Pieten bij ons klasje geweest...er waren veel Pieten!  De Snoep Piet, de Kleur Piet en de...Niels Piet!  en die Niels Piet heeft zoveel snoep bij als de Snoep Piet!

- Niels

2de K&G, 2 spuitjes en 2 cm

Hallo iedereen,

Nina werk rood toen de dokter de 2 spuitjes in haar mollige beentjes stak...maar daarna was het allemaal snel vergeten...een tutje en mama's warme armen waren voldoende troost :-)

Op dit 2de bezoek aan Kind en Gezin hebben we het volgende kunnen noteren:

Gewicht: 5,240 kg (+580 gram tov 3 weken geleden)
Lengte: 56 cm (+2 cm tov 3 weken geleden)

Onze Nina is dus flink gegroeid !! EN steeds die schattige lach !!

First winter snow!

Yup!  Last night the first winter snow fell.  And who was overjoyed?  Of course Niels!



Niels enjoying the snow



As soon as we got home, he immediately took his snow shovel and started shoveling the snow out of the driveway...so Papa could park when he gets home.  And also took care of the snow at the terrace.

But the temperature felt a lot colder than it is due to the wind and Niels started to eat the snow (haha) ...so I decided to bring him inside :-)  After a while we looked outside again and he saw that the path he cleared with snow is full again...with SNOW! Hahaha

Niels said, "Maar...ik heb het juist weggedaan...die blijf niet weg? Het is weer vol! Hoe kan dat nu?!"

So, not really understanding how snowfall works..he was very disappointed that his terrace is covered again by snow.

Anyways, what's most important is that he had fun shoveling and believing that he did a good job! Well, he actually did ;-)

And here below the video of Niels clearing the terrace: