I still need a little help getting around town.
On our way to the park:
In the park:
Taking a brake from all that heavy pedaling:
On the way home:
This is exhausting work!
Next time I'll try to make it through the whole bike trip awake.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Move over Eddy Merckx!!
Move over Eddy Merckx, there's a new cyclist in town. And I'm way cuter than you! Like my cow helmet? We're calling it the "moo" helmet.
I still need a little help getting around town.
On our way to the park:
In the park:
Taking a brake from all that heavy pedaling:
On the way home:
This is exhausting work!
Next time I'll try to make it through the whole bike trip awake.
I still need a little help getting around town.
On our way to the park:
In the park:
Taking a brake from all that heavy pedaling:
On the way home:
This is exhausting work!
Next time I'll try to make it through the whole bike trip awake.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Where did the time go?
Dear friends and family,
I'm long over due for a blog posting!! Where did the time go? I feel like I blinked and all of a sudden the summer is gone, I'm back at work full time, Alex is traveling all over the world trying to maintain world peace, and Luke is crawling his way into mischief every chance he gets. I feel like I'm truly experiencing that frantic part of life called parenthood.
To recap - the summer was great! We took one final long trip back to the states to see friends and family in August, and soaked up the warm sticky humid DC summer days. We loved every minute of it, especially Alex who reveled in his home culture. We've posted all of our pictures here. (for those interested in getting real prints (Ron, I'm especially thinking of you), you can order the pictures that you like by clicking on "prints" and following the directions. They will be mailed to you wherever you live in the world!)
We returned to Brussels in late august and I promptly started my new job at the Brussels Department of the Environment. The work environment is good, and I enjoy hanging out with my interesting and fun colleagues. But the work is very slow, a very different pace than what I'm used to. A little too slow to my liking actually.
That's about all I have time for tonight. I have a feeling that these blog postings will be a bit more sporadic than in the past, but I will do my best to keep up.
xoxo, Anouk
I'm long over due for a blog posting!! Where did the time go? I feel like I blinked and all of a sudden the summer is gone, I'm back at work full time, Alex is traveling all over the world trying to maintain world peace, and Luke is crawling his way into mischief every chance he gets. I feel like I'm truly experiencing that frantic part of life called parenthood.
To recap - the summer was great! We took one final long trip back to the states to see friends and family in August, and soaked up the warm sticky humid DC summer days. We loved every minute of it, especially Alex who reveled in his home culture. We've posted all of our pictures here. (for those interested in getting real prints (Ron, I'm especially thinking of you), you can order the pictures that you like by clicking on "prints" and following the directions. They will be mailed to you wherever you live in the world!)
We returned to Brussels in late august and I promptly started my new job at the Brussels Department of the Environment. The work environment is good, and I enjoy hanging out with my interesting and fun colleagues. But the work is very slow, a very different pace than what I'm used to. A little too slow to my liking actually.
That's about all I have time for tonight. I have a feeling that these blog postings will be a bit more sporadic than in the past, but I will do my best to keep up.
xoxo, Anouk
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Family Portrait Video
We recently received from Alex's dad an ultra cool video camcorder (the iFlip - I highly recommend it!).
Here's a short "family portrait" shoot.
Here's a longer one of Luke, doing his post-breakfast morning workout. We're trying to get a shot of his teeth, but he doesn't understand the concept of "say aaaaaah" yet.
Here's a short "family portrait" shoot.
Here's a longer one of Luke, doing his post-breakfast morning workout. We're trying to get a shot of his teeth, but he doesn't understand the concept of "say aaaaaah" yet.
Independence Day Fireworks
We hosted a 4th of july, (US) independence day barbeque last weekend, and we even had fireworks over the NY skyline!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
almost mobile...
Give him a couple more weeks and he'll be crawling around the house!!
Pushing up on all fours (are you watching mommy?)
Boom! All limbs gave out! Hey that was kinda fun!
Back to square one...
Pushing up on all fours (are you watching mommy?)
Boom! All limbs gave out! Hey that was kinda fun!
Back to square one...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Finland
Last week we went on vacation to Finland, partly to see my brother & family one last time before they move to France, and partly to get our fill of the wide open nature that Finland has to offer. The weather wasn't quite what I expected (cold and sometimes rainy), but it was beautiful nevertheless and we all enjoyed spending quality family time together.
I'm including some of my favorite pictures below, but if you want to see the whole trip, click here
Family picture with the Baltic Sea in the background:
Hiking in the woods with Luke in the backpack:
I'm including some of my favorite pictures below, but if you want to see the whole trip, click here
Family picture with the Baltic Sea in the background:
Hiking in the woods with Luke in the backpack:
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
I have a job! (kinda)
Well, after 3 interviews spread out over 4 months (can you believe I sent my CV back in February?), I finally, sorta, have a job offer with the Brussels Department of the Environment. I'm missing a few "official" documents without which they can't offer me the job. But it's just a question of assembling those documents, which should only take a few weeks. If all goes well, I may be back at work on July 1st. Just in time to work for a few weeks before I take a 3-week vacation at the end of July! :-) We'll see how things play out. In the meantime, I'm pleased to have a job offer (sorta).
Thursday we leave for Finland for a 10-day vacation. We're doing a driving loop on the southern tip of Finland, going from Helsinki to Turku (where my brother&family live), then on to the "archipelago" in the Baltic sea. We're looking forward to being out in nature again, doing a bit of hiking, boating, fishing, etc and just plainly being out of the city!
I don't have many pictures to share this time, except for a few fun ones of Luke playing with the comforter on our bed. He looks like an angel in a cloud...
Thursday we leave for Finland for a 10-day vacation. We're doing a driving loop on the southern tip of Finland, going from Helsinki to Turku (where my brother&family live), then on to the "archipelago" in the Baltic sea. We're looking forward to being out in nature again, doing a bit of hiking, boating, fishing, etc and just plainly being out of the city!
I don't have many pictures to share this time, except for a few fun ones of Luke playing with the comforter on our bed. He looks like an angel in a cloud...
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