Category Archives: Children

Self-portrait

Eloïse did a self-portrait this morning before school. She gave it to her teacher but I had to take a photo first because we were both impressed with how the little figure matched her outfit today. Ian didn’t want her … Continue reading

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Guitar Lessons

Eloïse has been asking for guitar lessons on and off for the last year. We finally arranged them and she began last week. She was painfully shy at the first lesson, sticking her fingers in her mouth and clinging to … Continue reading

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Lukie’s first days at Wanda’s

Lukie’s long-awaited first day at peuterspeelzaal (pre-school) was yesterday. We’ve all been very excited for this day to come, so it was with great anticipation that we biked over there for his first day. He has, of course, been there … Continue reading

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Princess Diarrhea

We arrived back in Inverness after our day around Loch Ness in time to go down into town to browse around briefly before dinner. Eloïse dragged Ian into an everything’s-a-pound shop to investigate all the treasures inside while I took … Continue reading

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My Little Angels

We ate dinner at our hotel tonight. We were seated at one wall of the restaurant and the door was on the opposite wall. Outside the door was a small lounge area with a toy box full of ancient electronic … Continue reading

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