An old college buddy of mine (Patrick) came over to our house to pick me up so we could have a few drinks together. While Patrick, Wim and I are talking in the kitchen prior to leaving, my dear son asks me: "mama - are you a bit in love with Patrick?".
Hahaha... I couldn't stop laughing and asked him why he would ask such a silly question, he responded:" Well, you are going on a date with him .....".
How innocent little kids are, to ask me so frankly in front of Wim!
Btw... my answer was "no" :-)
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
It's flu season
Why is it that when one kid recovers from a flu (and had to stay home from school for a week), that the other kids gets the same symptoms?
Can't they compare calendar's and schedule it at the same time?
Can't they compare calendar's and schedule it at the same time?
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
When one kid is out of the woods - the other one goes in...
I am a bit worried about Mendel's integration at school.
She only seems to play with Louise (a friend in 2nd KG) and not with any of her classmates.
I brought this up with her teacher but she seems to think everything is going well, but I hear a different story from Mendel herself (the kids in her class are not nice to her and she never seems to play with anyone from her class).
So I made an appointment with the zorgcoordinator, who was going to observe Mendel for a while.
My meeting with her got postponed when Mendel's teacher got sick, but then out of the blue she did ask me to come in and have a conversation after all(with the teacher still being sick).
The reason she wanted to see me asap was that they ran into something quite unusual.
When they asked every child in 3rd KG, to list the names of friends they play with from their class, every child can name a few friends, except Mendel.
This was a surprise to the school staff, but they were even more surprised (or shocked) that nobody in her class had mentioned her name either.
(There was 1 boy in the other 3rd KG that had mentioned her name, but he has a little crush on her - which she returns).
So - here we are - we know something isn't right. But what?
We are now exploring different theories. Is it Mendel that is very picky when it comes to making friends.
Or is she doing something that really puts other kids off.
I am going to organize more playdates for her, and will see whether the issue gets resolved.
Cross your fingers...
She only seems to play with Louise (a friend in 2nd KG) and not with any of her classmates.
I brought this up with her teacher but she seems to think everything is going well, but I hear a different story from Mendel herself (the kids in her class are not nice to her and she never seems to play with anyone from her class).
So I made an appointment with the zorgcoordinator, who was going to observe Mendel for a while.
My meeting with her got postponed when Mendel's teacher got sick, but then out of the blue she did ask me to come in and have a conversation after all(with the teacher still being sick).
The reason she wanted to see me asap was that they ran into something quite unusual.
When they asked every child in 3rd KG, to list the names of friends they play with from their class, every child can name a few friends, except Mendel.
This was a surprise to the school staff, but they were even more surprised (or shocked) that nobody in her class had mentioned her name either.
(There was 1 boy in the other 3rd KG that had mentioned her name, but he has a little crush on her - which she returns).
So - here we are - we know something isn't right. But what?
We are now exploring different theories. Is it Mendel that is very picky when it comes to making friends.
Or is she doing something that really puts other kids off.
I am going to organize more playdates for her, and will see whether the issue gets resolved.
Cross your fingers...
Monday, January 5, 2009
First snow in 2009
On the first day of school and work in 2009 it snows!
Elias got up this morning at 7am, stood by our bed and announced:"I have good and bad news. The good news is that it snowed and everything is white outside, and the bad news is that the roads will be slippery.".
Wim was working from home anyway, but after the slipping escapades last time around, it's safer if I work from home as well.
Too bad the kids have to go to school but since it is still snowing right now, I hope it will still be a big pack tonight so we can have a snow fight :-)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Brrr.....
For those living in warmer climates, I want to share the joy of the cold season here in Belgium.
For the last several weeks it has been very very cold. Temperatures are still around freezing when we leave in the morning for school and/or work.
In order to leave safely, we are now putting blanket like covers over the windshield, so we don't have to scrub off the ice (and freeze in the process).
The roads are slippery - very slippery.
The other day, I drove to work and suddenly I started slipping, turning left, moving forward sideways. Then turning right, moving sideways to the other side. I just saw myself totaling that car. When I saw a driveway that looked dry I tried to direct the car that way but it only brought me closer and closer to a telephone pole. I then crashed into a hedge, 15 cm away from the telephone pole. I had nothing, the car didn't have anything, but I was shaking on my legs.
When I got out of the car, I saw a path of destruction, broken off wooden poles, tire marks in the front lawn of an old lady. But luckily, it turned out to be from a previous 'not so lucky as I was' driver.
But on the positive side, it has it's charm.
It has snowed many times so far. One particular day it snowed so much, we all went out for a snowball fight in the street. It was so beautiful, all houses covered under a thick blanket of snow, the tree branches popping out as white arms against the black night sky.
Other times, it just lays a fine layer of snow dust over fields and gardens.
You guys are missing out on something nice here :-)
Picture of a soccergame (click on the image to see how thick the snow really was)
For the last several weeks it has been very very cold. Temperatures are still around freezing when we leave in the morning for school and/or work.
In order to leave safely, we are now putting blanket like covers over the windshield, so we don't have to scrub off the ice (and freeze in the process).
The roads are slippery - very slippery.
The other day, I drove to work and suddenly I started slipping, turning left, moving forward sideways. Then turning right, moving sideways to the other side. I just saw myself totaling that car. When I saw a driveway that looked dry I tried to direct the car that way but it only brought me closer and closer to a telephone pole. I then crashed into a hedge, 15 cm away from the telephone pole. I had nothing, the car didn't have anything, but I was shaking on my legs.
When I got out of the car, I saw a path of destruction, broken off wooden poles, tire marks in the front lawn of an old lady. But luckily, it turned out to be from a previous 'not so lucky as I was' driver.
But on the positive side, it has it's charm.
It has snowed many times so far. One particular day it snowed so much, we all went out for a snowball fight in the street. It was so beautiful, all houses covered under a thick blanket of snow, the tree branches popping out as white arms against the black night sky.
Other times, it just lays a fine layer of snow dust over fields and gardens.
You guys are missing out on something nice here :-)
Picture of a soccergame (click on the image to see how thick the snow really was)
Monday, December 8, 2008
Mendel and her plaswekker
Since Mendel has issues holding her urine at night, the doctor recommended that we use a plaswekker to help her stay dry.
Plaswekker
A plaswekker is a device that will give a loud beeping sound (compare it to a car alarm) when the person wearing a special kind of underwear is wetting that underwear.
High tech all - the underwear has a transmitter that transmits a signal to the plaswekker -> all wireless!
Then - when she is wet and the alarm sounds, she has to get out of bed and turn off the device, go to the restroom, put on a new piece of special underwear, click the transmitter to the new underwear and turn on the device again.
The first few nights, the alarm would go off at around 10PM and again closer to the morning.
But now we get her up when we go to sleep so she can go to the bathroom, and now she sleeps till the morning and gets up when she needs to go to the bathroom. No more alarms go off.
Mendel wants us now to stop getting her up at 10PM so she can try it by herself. I am sure that the promise of a little gift when she is all dry by herself has something to do with it :-)
Plaswekker
A plaswekker is a device that will give a loud beeping sound (compare it to a car alarm) when the person wearing a special kind of underwear is wetting that underwear.
High tech all - the underwear has a transmitter that transmits a signal to the plaswekker -> all wireless!
Then - when she is wet and the alarm sounds, she has to get out of bed and turn off the device, go to the restroom, put on a new piece of special underwear, click the transmitter to the new underwear and turn on the device again.
The first few nights, the alarm would go off at around 10PM and again closer to the morning.
But now we get her up when we go to sleep so she can go to the bathroom, and now she sleeps till the morning and gets up when she needs to go to the bathroom. No more alarms go off.
Mendel wants us now to stop getting her up at 10PM so she can try it by herself. I am sure that the promise of a little gift when she is all dry by herself has something to do with it :-)
I hope Sinterklaas went back to Spain
Over the last 3 weeks we have seen Sinterklaas and his helpers at numerous locations:
- At the toystore: the kids got a little goody bag with toys and candy/chocolates
- At the company's Sinterklaas party: this was a good one, each kid got a very nice gift and a few smaller gifts. There were Kermis attractions for them and lots of candies and chocolates.
- At the school's Sinterklaas buffet (but here only his helpers showed up to give them chocolates)
- At school.
- At soccer practice.
- At the chiro
Not to mention at home - but this was at night and we didn't really get to see him or his helpers
- At the toystore: the kids got a little goody bag with toys and candy/chocolates
- At the company's Sinterklaas party: this was a good one, each kid got a very nice gift and a few smaller gifts. There were Kermis attractions for them and lots of candies and chocolates.
- At the school's Sinterklaas buffet (but here only his helpers showed up to give them chocolates)
- At school.
- At soccer practice.
- At the chiro
Not to mention at home - but this was at night and we didn't really get to see him or his helpers
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