Efteling

Today, the teachers at Emma's school had a 'study-day'. This means all the kids have the day of, while all (or so we thought) other schools in the children have a normal school day. The perfect day to visit one of Holland's most popular theme parks, de Efteling. It's a combination of fairytale park and amusement park and even for Janne and Emma, there's plenty interesting attractions. Thanks to the splendid weather, we had a great time and the girls 'moved some borders'.

The must-have family mushroom picture

Even though Emma is not very fond of dark theaters, attractions and such, she let us take here into three (!) pretty dark attractions. In only one of them, she got really scared, the even liked the other two. Big applause for Emma!

The also must-have giant couch picture

Janne decided to join me and Emma in the big swing boat. It's really big and the swimming motion causes your stomache to jump quite strongly in your belly. Halfway, she got a bit scared and started complaining about her stomach hurting, but she didn't give in and finished the ride without throwing up or crying. She even decided she wanted 'to try it again when I'm a bit older'. Another big one for Janne is the walking. Despite the fact that we walked the whole time from 11 am until almost 6 pm,(minus a lunch and dinner break), she never complained! That's a big one for her, as the normally starts complaining about being tired after about half an hour ... So, also to Janne, well done! We had a great day and will definately do it again next year. At the next teacher's study day.

Too smart for her head?