autumn mail part II: to Lotte

And yes! A second Autumn letter went to the mailbox this morning. On it's way to Lotte :). 

happy (early) autumn mail

Eventhough the temperatures are not (at all) Autumn-like.. There is a tiny pinch of the colder season in the air though. You can already smell the mushrooms, the old leaves and of course there are lots of spiders creating webs throughout the garden! But nonetheless, within 3 days it'll officially be Autumn. So this one is the first official Autumn letter :). On it's way to my dear penpal Anne!

last week's outgoing mail

hooray for Pien

Our little girl has become a big girl today. She changed so fast from a tiny baby to a little girl with lovely blond hair, 9 teeth and she can make some steps (while holding on). We celebrated her first birthday with cake, balloons, candles, the swimming pool, songs and some presents. She enjoyed this happy day so much! In the weekend we celebrated with the rest of the family :). For M and me it was a really special day because we are parents for 1 year and we remembered everything so beautifully. 

our sunny adventure

These are my final days of summer vacation and after days of rain the sun finally returned. With a temperature of approx. 21˚c Pien and I went on an adventure. We took the metro to Den Haag (The Hague) and rode to Scheveningen. Pien really loves water and the beach. We watched the waves roll in and enjoyed our little picnic in the sand. I found a nice cycle route between Rotterdam and Den Haag so we followed one side back home. We came across a forest, parks, meadows and saw the King's house and lots of wildlife :). By the time we were back at the house it was already evening! For all the Dutchies, you can find the route here. 

hello again Katendrecht

We thought about our city and realized that so much has changed in such a short period of time. Rotterdam is a city of ambition and change and is constantly on the move. That's why we went on a journey to visit Katendrecht by bike, or as we call it here De Kaap (The Cape). We were surprised actually by the way they brought the old sheds to life again. There are sometimes activities such as theatre performances, markets, exhibitions etc. but I really like this form. There is this really nice espresso bar (Posse) with a nice shop attached and just around the corner there is this Chelsea-Market kind of space with a cheese-, vegetable-, meat-, bread- cider-, beer- and coffee department. This made us so happy! Just entering this big open industrial space and being welcomed by the smell of fresh coffee and bread and to hear the laughter coming from the bar department... Yes! We love!

FENIX FOOD FACTORY

proud

Just so so so so so proud of my little girl! Look at her standing!

outgoing mail: Corey, Hanna and Rinske

Sometimes there is some kind of hole in the activity stream of every day and I suddenly have all the time in the world to catch up writing. Good days :). Today I managed to make new envelopes and write these girls their letter. 'Till the next!