Halloween

Another weekend means more work in the house for us. Except for the regular cleaning of all the mess the constructors leave behind, we have been building a new wall. In the mean time Saskia has been preparing for our tonight's halloween party.

But first: our new front door. Finally we own a door which properly closes, the hallway will stay warm this the winter!

This is our new wall, we have now created a real garderobe and a larger bathroom.

This is the first part of the stone wall. On the picture it is not clear, but around the corner the work is completed.

Than the good stuff of the weekend. We had a halloween party with baseball friends in Wassenaar. Dide was dressed as an octopus (Saskia and grandma Dorien made the suit) and Ties went in his skeleto suit again. Big fun in trick or treating and it was surprising how many kids went out on the streets and how many people had their house dressed up as well.

Oh yeah, this it was also mandatory for parents to come dressed up. We did not really change a lot, though. Saskia was a witch and I went as a mad scientist (no pictures from me).

This is one of the treats Saskia brought, great idea from a friend here.

After sweets and cakes the kids played outside for hours, soccer it was. Good that our weekend is an hour longer. We change to winter time tonight, I believe 2 weeks earlier than in the US. Only 6 hours of time difference! Anybody interested in Skyping?

Apologies

It has been a while since I posted pictures of our construction work. A lot has happened in the mean time and we are making good progress. Yes, we, together with the constructor.

But we are also still having fun. The last 3 weeks we have been to The Netherlands's biggest leisure park ("Efteling"), the smallest city (where many famous Dutch buildings are in miniature format) and a children's musical. And before I forget, Dide had her first horse back riding lesson today, she was totally excited!

And this is how we are having dinner now with the ground floor under construction .......... in the bedroom

And more work in the backyard

I am sorry to say that there is not too much more to mention than more work on our home extension. We are busy almost every single evening and are making some pretty good progress, although it is always moving too slow! The weather is the best we could have wished for, fingers crossed that will stay for a little longer.

Oh, today was the kids final baseball game of this season. Ties and his team received a trophy (for participation).

And Saskia and another mom organised an end-of-season party for which Saskia made the cake. You can bet what the name of the team is.

And while the parents were talking about the US, the kids played outside. It is good that showers were invented.