Building sand castles

We spent a week in the Netherlands in a 

house just behind the dunes...

I rode a bike again for the first time in 10 

(perhaps 15) years (and it felt really good) ...

... and the kids (young and old) built a sand 

castle almost every day.

One more week till school starts.

Tour de France

The Tour de France cyclists will pass through

Luxembourg in a 115 km stretch between the

 north and south of the country today.

Yes, 115 km and you have passed the whole

 country from north to south.

It is that small!

By the way, they will pass through our neighbor

 village (we live in the south west of the country).

Mother's Day

I received these lovely handmade presents from

 my kids for Mother's Day this morning.

^ These are painted cobblestones, so cute.

"Great job Mom, I turned out awesome".

The Abbey Bookshop in Paris

I regret not having entered this bookshop in Paris.

It looked amazing.

The problem was that I really couldn't buy a book

 as we were both carrying a small backpack only.

 We asked the owner permission for the

 pictures we took outside, but going inside,

 taking pictures and leaving without a book just

 didn't feel very polite.

Slack-line

The boys gave our youngest a slack-line for 

his 12th birthday. And he loves it.

 Today we went to the local park where we

 found two perfect trees. So much fun!

 

Paris

 I would rather drink tea in a French café

or eat an ice cream with a macaron,

but I'm doing laundry instead ;)

Project garden shed

Remember our garden shed?

It's not completely ready yet, 

but it is looking so much better.

And the clematis we bought a couple

 of months ago started to bloom.

What a beautiful flowers!

Anne of Green Gables

My daughter is so excited because...

...we'll be watching "Anne" together this weekend.

Spring is here

In winter, days are sometimes long when the

 kids are in school, but on days like today I am

 so happy I'm a stay-at-home mom!

Poldark 2

This made my day!!!