We're Back

 

Well, we made it:

15 days

5 countries

1 musical product conference

3 brewery tours

many museums, cathedrals, and churches

gobs of chocolate

2 boys

1 car

over 1,000 miles

 

and loads of memories

 

would we endevor this vacation again...

well, maybe not with such little guys

but we had fun and we're glad we did it

 

we learned to throw our normal rules and routine out the window

after a couple of rough days

 

we were reminded that we have the sweetest, friendliest, best travelling boys

(have to brag about their stellar car travelling/napping skills!)

 

 

they loved meeting people

and made friends at playgrounds

and museums

and restaurants

 

speaking of restaurants:

boy did we eat

and eat well!

 

our big boy tried loads of new flavors

and his favorite...

 

wait for it...

 

SEA SNAILS!

 

who would have guessed?!

 

our baby boy had his first taste of food in our apartment in the Netherlands

 

he sure liked those carrots!

(and being baby #2 he's also tried bananas and...

a coconut meringue

both were benji approved)

 

we have lots more to share and i realized the pictures are mostly in one of three categories:

1 - things we saw

2 - things we ate

3 - our adorable boys

 

so you'll see some of those eventually

 

we are so thankful to be back home and are now experiencing

"trip detox"

you know...

the laundry

the easing back into routine

reinforcing rules like naptime, and no pacifier in the car,

and just drinking water (no juice?!)

and the laundry

and aaron going back to work

and no beautiful breakfast spread when we wake up

(i sure love complimentary breakfasts)

 

but it's nice to be back among familiar toys, books, and friends

after all

there's no place like home