Dutch Dare sketch #30

So there I'm again this time I'll show you the Dutch Dare sketch challenge of last week (#30). The sketch was made by Margriet: 

Fun sketch huh? This is what I made of it.
Pictures of Tristan and me last may in Fouvent, France during a stroll through the woods.
I pleated the papersquares at the right side and put a pin through. I didn't like the colors so I withe washed them with white paint.

Here you see a close up of the pleated squares.

I realise now that I also didn't show my LO for the Dutch Dare challenge: Ik hou van Holland (I love Holland)

I used a picture of the lighthouse at Texel, I made the 2 years ago when we were there a weekend with my family to celebrated my parents 40th weddingsday (well not days of course I mean years...=)  )
I think this picture is so really typical Holland and I love it!

I also finally scrapped the pictures of our weekend getaway last newyears eve weekend. We had so much snow then, I can't believe when I look back at the pics. I made collage I picasa and used that for the LO, easy peasy. =) By the way I really love the journalinglines stamp by SC, ideal for straight written journaling.

And another LO I made of a picture of some flowers I put in a vase form our own garden. I used  older SC kits Baker's Dozen and Quilting Bee. I think they match very good together.

I have a few more but leave to a later post.

Have a nice day,
Hugs Astrid

Back after a summerbreak

So normal life has begin again last week. Camiel went back to school: group 2 (kindergarden) Tristan to his well known daycare group. And Etienne and me back to work.

We had a great summer. We went a week to France (Fouvent) to visit my parents, a very relaxing time. Not much entertainment around there. We went 2 nights back to home and then to Texel for another week, a island in the north of Holland. We stayed in a house on holidaypark: de Krim. Friends of ours also stayed in the park. We had a great time, the kids enjoyed themself, so much to do for them. For Camiel it was all about soccer this time, together with Kimani. Here are some pictures of Texel:

Racing on the playground

Lots of soccer playing 

Making their own candles (and also soap, bread and paper) at de Bonte Belevenis

Brothers having fun

and more fun

Strawberries picking

colorful sign at the jutters museum

Just after this picture Tristan fell in the ditch (sloot). Oopsie. The first legendary words he said after he was out were : CHIPPIE NOU? (were are my crisps now?) They were left behind in the water I think he was only 1 sec in before Eienne pull he out. But he was all wet and covered in duckweed (kroos). My scream attracked  a few persons who work there, they came with towels and I could wash him in the sink. Our friends had some sparecloths (I only had trousers). So everything worked out fine. And of course now we laugh about it, now I regret not making a picture when he came out, but I was a bit in a shock ;)

Workshop martial arts at the park, Camiel showing what he can on the floor :)

Haring happen

Indoor playground, they all had a great time, especially the littlest (Tristan and Melvi)

Minou on the slide in the playground

Another one of Minou

We took our bike with us, it's a great island to bike.

Beach is always fun

Soccer on the beach

All of us together minus 1, Kimani didn't want to be in any picture anymore (partypooper :) )

We went bowling

And of course eating out, notice Kimani ducking behind his father so he again wasn't in the picture.

icecream

Paardje rijden, Camiewl don't like it  but Tristan really liked it. When the girl who helped with the horses asked if he wanted to ride the smallest horse, he pointed at the biggest one, no fear at all :)

Stoere Camiel

Katja en Minou

Back to the main land by boat

me and the boys

SO that was a picture overload. I'll save pictures of the rest of the holiday for later.

The latest Dutch Dare sketch challenge went live last week, I'lll show you my LO soon.

Hugs,

Astrid

Summer holiday

That's what you get when you in the middle of the summerholiday no time/desire to blog. But here I am again. Athough I must say I actually want to go to bed, really early. Pff I'm tired, that's what you get with a 2 yrs old how thinks the day starts at 6 a.m.. I'm not really a morning person so I go to bed way too late, need to change that. We have a pretty good summer, weather wise so we did some fun things like going to the beach and going to the beach and going to the beach. Ok not that much we also went to a little festival in the park and just hanging out in the little pool in the garden. And our real holiday doesn't even really have started. We go to France and after that a week to a holidaypark on Texel. So looking forward to that.

Sadly we didn't won the world cup final :( But everybody already knows that. We sure had some fun while it lasted but  Life goes on :)

 Now on to a scrappy subject. Made a few LO's last weeks.

Herrie op de noordpool: One for a 'scraplift the person above you' challenge hosted by Stephanie at SC.
I scraplifted MariaL. Pictures are of a show of Ernst, Bobby & de rest Camiel and I visited.

Details:

No. 2 son: Tristan and me ( I think Camiel took this picture)  Made this LO for the Dutch Dare sketch #29, de sketch was made by Ellemieke. Take a look what the other girls made and we like it if you join us and maybe we pick you to be our guestdesigner.

Hug: Camiel and we of picture from back last christmas. He still really loves to hug, love that! A really simple design. couldn't come up with anything to add, so I leave it this way.

Movietime: Camiel and me at the cinema watching Toy Story 3 in 3D.

 Journaling:

See you , hope to have some more mojo to scrap soon.

Hugs,
Astrid

Dutch Dare Hoe zomer hoe slomer

New Dutch Dare challenge is: Hoe zomer hoe slomer (zomer volgens Loesje).  I try to translate this qoute something like the more summer the more slower.
We have great weather around here. So Last sunday we took our bikes and went to het Kralingse Bos (a lpark in Rottedam), for some relaxing, paddling in the water and playing with sand. Camiel was on his own bike (20/25 min.), it goes better everytime. I made some pictures of the boys and the were perfect for this challenge.

Relax: I used a Studio Calico sketch (june 27th), I loved to use the tabbed folder shape. I used an paper umbrella (again :) ) for parasol.

Details:

Here is another LO I made,
Uitje (outing): Camiel and his class went on a schoolouting to the pettingzoo. I drove the kids and Tristan joined us. He was sitting beneath the kids like he belonged there ;)

Coming sunday our soccerteam play in the finals against Spain, that is going to be a very exciting game :)
We are ready =)

Hugs,

Astrid

Holland in the 1/2 finals!!! :)

Yeah! we beat Brasil in the quarter final of the worldcup soccer. Now we're facing the winner of Ghana-Uruquay which is happening right now.

I had the day of today because Camiel summerholiday already started early due to 2 studydays for the teachers. Yesterday Etienne took the day of and he and Camiel went to the beach (Hoek van Holland). They enjoyed themself with some one-on-one  father/son quality time, Tristan was at daycare having fun playing outside with water and so .
Today it is was/is a bloody hot day (above 30 C), so this morning Camiel and I went to the cinema to watch Toy Story 3 3D, there were only a few people. I tought it was perfect and good airco :) It was as a fun movie btw. How do we look with the 3D glasses ;)

Here are also this first day and last day of school pictures of Camiel, I thought I was really good doing that ;) 

I made the photo's from a different angle so difficult to compare but you can see in his face he changed a lot. Time flies. Next year he goes to group 2, still kindergarten. He did 1,5 year group 1 because his birthday is in december he will be a 'late' /older student.

Because it's been a while, also a picture of Tristan. He is is almost 2,5 years old now. And here he is doing what he likes doing the most: eating cookies ;)

Also a LO to show which I made last week.
E.S.: initials of Etienne . Another picyure of our trip to France last may.  I did a lot of practicing my photography skills.

Made another one but have to take pictures of that one.
Have a great weekend!

Hugs,
Astrid