Hannah at school, painting a picture for Book Week
And her picture
Hannah's teacher on the right, Juf Fhathima
Hannah and Sam dressing up for our wedding anniversary
Our little fairy fell asleep during the movie
Hester is sleeping over, and we're having our favourite pasta
In the evening, they're building an impressive Thomas world
And now it’s too late. Our little bunny Kaatje passed away last Sunday, in her sleep. We came home from town and found her in the rabbit hutch. We suspect she had an ulcer, but of course, no post-mortem will be carried out… Here is Kaatje, squinting away at the sun, in her favourite spot in the hutch.
Kaatje, 2003-2009
Do you think he’ll make it?
I hope talking to him for a bit today helped...
To rectify Steve’s mistake (how can you mistake a guinea pig for a goldfish?), Sam and Amy got a fish today. Meet Elmo! We are still in discussions with Hannah about the name, but I think it will stick 
Other fish is totally happy with this new little critter which has invaded his bowl…
And more animal pictures, from the previous time Sam and I went to the allotment.
First up: a frog. Living under the assumption that if you don’t move, they won’t see you. Yeah, right…
And then the horsies, who have moved to almost next to our plot. Sooo cute!
A huge strawberry:
And then a few piccies of Sam today with his poffertjes. Kids and food, there is no better subject for funny pictures…
We totally didn’t post any pictures of Hannah’s B swimming diploma… or the Evening 4-Day Walk, which we did this year. As they were hidden on Amy’s phone, that’s not really a surprise, cause they’re easy to forget about, but here they are!
First up: a proud wee girl with her B diploma! 6m diving under water through a hole, breast and back stroke, crawl… The things they need to do, amazing, for such wee kids! Next week, she’ll be starting on C. Which we don’t even have…
And then a girl with a medal. Four evenings in a row, she walked 5K, 3x with Amy, 1x with Steve (who also walked along a bit on the final night with Sam, after meeting up with us to give Hannah a bunch of roses). Despite a few raindrops, it was super! Definitely something we’ll do again! On the final night, the kids were allowed to dress up, and our little fairy posed with her girlfriend Rianna, who dressed up as Jasmin (from Alladin).
This is what happens when you send Steve to the pet store to get another goldfish, to help comfort our neurotic, recently widowed other goldfish.
This does not swim! It’s another guinea pig! The new little brown one behind Rosalina is Brownie, nice to get to know you!
(Brownie almost made her escape within 24 hours, on her first outing into the garden. Luckily she got stuck in a corner, but is now grounded.)
‘Moooommmyyyyy!’
‘What?’
‘How do you write goudvis? With ou or au?’
‘With ou darling.’
‘Mooooommmmyyyyy!’
‘What is it?’
‘How do you write Geldou?’
‘With ou.’
‘Okay!’
Hannah has a diary. She writes in it religiously every night. Amy writes down the date and then Hannah writes about her day. Today, she wrote about her goldfish dying and playing after school at Geldou’s. Brill…
The road from A to B can be long, but when it comes to swimming, it can go really quickly. Hannah is going like a rocket, jumping in as straight as a pencil, diving through the hole at 6m and swimming as neat as can be. The next date for the B diploma is May 14, and we are confident that she’s going to make it!
A poem about the city of Leeuwarden (In Liwaaders dialect)
