Awww....it went so fast. My baby is in kindergarten now! Today when I took A.J. to school he gave me a big wave and a big smile and walked in without a backward glance! When I picked him up I asked him how school went and he gave me a two thumbs up.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Labor Day Weekend
This past weekend we did a little trip to the Netherlands. We live pretty close-it's about a 4 1/2 drive to the town we like to stay in. On Sunday we headed over to Amsterdam. It's a beautiful city, pretty much built in circles around the canals. While we were there we went to the red light district (it was noon when we went-I'm pretty sure it's a completely different atmosphere at night than during the day) The kids were so enthralled with the swans in the canal that they completely missed the prostitutes in the windows. (Thank God!) We went on a boat ride around Amsterdam, too. The last thing we did was visit the Anne Frank House. Another sobering moment, a reminder of the atrocities that happened here. It was incredible to see the tiny space where the Frank family and another family hid.
On Monday we went to Kinderdijk on our way home. It's a cute little village of windmills. There are 19 windmills, and they have one that is working. When you go inside of it they show how the Dutch lived in their windmills. The rooms were so tiny-maybe my apartment isn't so bad after all...the kids had a blast climbing all the way to the top of the windmill, on the narrow steep steps. I wouldn't have wanted to go down them in the dark!
On Monday we went to Kinderdijk on our way home. It's a cute little village of windmills. There are 19 windmills, and they have one that is working. When you go inside of it they show how the Dutch lived in their windmills. The rooms were so tiny-maybe my apartment isn't so bad after all...the kids had a blast climbing all the way to the top of the windmill, on the narrow steep steps. I wouldn't have wanted to go down them in the dark!
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