This is Alex's birthday gift, but Simon and I take full advantage of this gift on this cold Sunday afternoon. With pauzes we jump around for hours. We jump and we roll. And finally I have beaten Simon: he is tired, and I continue. Usually he beats me ....
My mama is cooking and I am drawing on the blackboard. Papa has to participate, I find. So, I ask him to draw a house and a sun. But then my papa says 'Come on, Ces, You can draw as well'. I like it better if my papa does things for me, but I agree to draw the rays.
And papa goes to the hair dresser.
There is a circus in town, and we can't miss that!! Before we go, I paint myself an elephant. I am very excited about the monkeys, and so I want a photo with them.
When we are inside I get very excited: this is really a circus: a round tent, and lots of animals: horses, camels, elephants, tigers they all know their show and walk in formation or do a dance. And so close. They even managed to get a zebra and a giraffe to make a little round!
But the monkeys don't have a show. Why not? I am a bit disappointed about that at the end.
Now that I have a new room, we are ready to paint the room for my new brother. You already know the color, after I blogged earlier about it. Today we are not painting on paper, but on the wall.
We are making a nice mess of it, but then mama drops the whole can of paint over herself!!! 
We are going to paint your old room today, Ces, my mama says this morning. I haven't told you yet, that I am in a new room: much bigger. And my old room needs painting for my new brother.
We go painting, untill we see the blue sky. This is not a day for inside painting. It is a day for mud - on the beach where a cold Northerly blows, and in the dunes, where the sand is warm.
My aunt Klara and uncle Ronald were supposed to come for Christmas, but all the snow in Germany made it impossible to make the trip from there to us. We had to miss them.
But they sent us the presents they had for us. Look the beautiful hat aunt Klara made for me. With two little tuffs he made it my favourite immediately! And I am not the only one who got a new hat: there was one for all of us. Thank you Klara and Ronald!
It is a sunny, warm day. And the first signs of spring are there, see the flower below. And I play in my sandpit for a long time, and mama and papa drink a beer in the garden.
My mama is upstairs hanging the washing. We have just returned from buying paint for the wall. I like paint in any type. While mama is upstairs, I check out this pot. I take a knife and open the lid. I carry the open pot from the kitchen to my table, I fetch a piece of paper and start painting. I go upstairs and tell mama: 'I am painting with the wall paint!' And then return downstairs to go on.
This is what mama sees when she comes back. I have painted very carefully, you like it?
Once a year I get to see mama sing, and today is it. And the dinner afterwards is nice. There is a boy as well. We run around and play 'sleep'. Of course we are the entertainment for all the adults.
Alex celebrates his second birthday, but he doesn't want to stay at home. The train museum in Utrecht is a great spot for kids.
And for uncle Frank. He is a volunteer for the traditional barber. Just need a bit of time.
A personal highlight for us kids is Thomas the train! We take turns to sit in it.
But the man of the day is of course Alex. He is enjoying the sentimental journey in the train. A real trip! Here with Felix and Anja
This morning, as we wake up, there is a dreary drizzle, that makes the snow disappear fast. But then the sun brakes through. I have slept in the car and am keen on a walk to a little restautant. I really like anything, if it involves a drink and a cookie in a bar. Isn't it beautiful?
