Painter

Besides playing the piano, Pieter also likes to paint. Making paintings, that is. His next project is not an artistic one though, but a very practical one; he started painting the woodwork on the house. Climbing on a 6 meter (almost 20 feet) scaffolding is pretty impressive for a guy suffering from vertigo!
On the scaffolding, not at its highest point yet

Pretty picture of Boelie - August 2011, 2 years old

Jeugd Wandel 3-daagse 2011

End of summer holiday, so time to walk again. In the Jeugd Wandel 3-daagse. Both Emma and Janne participated again and weather wise they were very fortunate. It was very sunny and very warm all three afternoons. Pretty much for the very first time this summer. Today is the last day of summer holiday and tomorrow it's back to school!
The team, all in pink, blue and white. The hard work of the team captains paid off; the team won first prize! Proudly presenting their medals and first prize!

Drenthe

This last week of summer holiday, we spent a few days in the Dutch province of Drenthe. Emma did a paper on Drenthe and we decided to go look for ourselves at the topics she researched for her paper. So we walked through the peat moor (hoogveen) landscape, admired the many sheep there and we looked at the 'ja-knikkers' (oil drills; yes, we have oil in the Netherlands). We also visited Drenthe's capital of Assen and drove around to see some 'hunebedden' (dolmens). We stayed at a very pretty B&B, Annapart and we enjoy our stay there very much. Recommendable to anyone who plans to visit the area!

For the girls, the highlight of our stay at B&B Annapart were the two kittens Timmy and Tommy
Pieter and I enjoyed the breakfast at our B&B very much

Peat moor and sheep; very Drenthe like

One of the prettiest (and most complete) dolmens in the area (Dolmen #D50).

Another famous Dolmen, 'De Papeloze Kerk' (the Pope-less church)

Emma eye to eye with Queen mother Emma

France

While I had to work, Pieter took the girls to France, to visit his sister and her family. For the first time in weeks, the weather was nice, so they were able to go to the beach, to visit some museums and the Zoo of Jurques.

Little fox with big ears at Jurque Zoo
Cowboy legs

Up close with a lion

Monkeying around at Jurque Zoo

Building castles in the sand