Paintings i made for a childeren's book

"fresh" paintings

still working on these: one "le petit prince" and one owl and birdie...

and also still working on these: Birth painting for Alix and a fairy for Gaelle.

And another Plukje for Miet.

my favourite 3 :-) (plus K , but he's not on this picture:-)

pancake party in Nieuwvliet

Happy B-day Simon and Leontien!!!
It was a bit crowdy, but the kids managed to make their little

playspot on the floor.

Otto, "koeke" and maffie. and if you take a closer look you can see Lou's little head between Ot and Maf :-) funny éh!!

Lou and shanti making fun and eating to much candy...

carnaval in Assenede

this sunday we were invited to a pancake party (twice! )
the pancakes were deeeeeeeeeeeeelicious, thank you!

doesn't Otto look incredibly cute in his "onderlijveke"?

friends !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

february 13th was Vicky's B-day. we had a "girls-only" party. We ate "kaasschotel" and for desert.....one small cup of australian icecream... (vicky and i are on a diet)

long time no blog

Lou and Rosan, one fairy and one spanish danser :-)

dieren in nesten:

After gym-class Lou's friend Rosan came along, they have such an incredible imagination, all the stuffed animals in the house were operated or taken care of that afternoon, because they wanted to play "dieren in nesten". The blue table, was the operating table, they used my wrapping paper to put around broken legs and paws:-)

Lou showing what she learned in gym-class

snowy weekend !

Lou ready to go "aphrodite" (her gym-class.)

Me and Otto in the window-mirror. Look at the blue sky.

Sun-blue sky and snow....what a combination, i love it :-)

Tin can surprise !

What a surprise when i opened the canned pineapples. I thought there would be normal sized pineapple rings in it...but no, the rings were tieny-tiny....sooooo very cute!

Lou eating baby-pineapple.

Tortoise:

1.

2.

3. Almost ready :-)

experiments ...

i never made a lampshade before.....now i did :-) (or tried:-))))
i had the wrong glue so my tissue is a bit wrinkled, but it was fun fighting with sticky glue, next time i'll use spray-glue instead of velpon :-)

and i never painted on porcelain before, and now i did that too....

man,.... there are so many things i want to try, but there is so little time to mess around with experiments...what a pitty, people should "make" time more often to experiment and do things they really like doing, instead of cleaning and ironing...haha

family pictures

Maf and Ot

Otto showing the new cap he got from eveline. Hmmmmm that cap is warm and cosy and i don' t wanna take it of!!!

He's just committed a horrible murder....or ......he ate "rode bietjes"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lou ready to go to francine (our neighbour), to bake pancakes.

our living room... part 623 ....

the painted staircase

and the mess we made during that paint job....

monday shop-day

Don't panic, we do not have giant birds in the house, this is Lou, showing her new undies (thanks vicky) and Lou discoverd they were the same color as her new book...

Today i went shopping with two amazing, incredibly sweet, beautiful, funny, charming, ....friends.

We had the time of our lives, laughing, drinking capuccino, shopping, talking, or should i say 'kwebbelen'.

and i bought this vest at "DESIGUAL". wow, just what i was looking for!

I also bought, shoes, two colourful skirts and a green knitted vest. 5cd's. and one book by Mark Oliver Everett: "things the grandchildren should know".

What a great day! (dispite the cold wind).

We should do that more often....are there any sponsers???? anyone??

Happy Otto !

Out of bed... Otto is ALWAYS smiling in the morning, and to see such a happy face really makes my day, everyday.... (or... he is just making up for the sleepless nights....haha)

Lou and Otto in our new Sofa... (Sofa with capital S....yes yes).

Take a closer look at Lou's nose, she fell friday....on her nose and forehead, i had to pick her up from school and drive to the doctor to see if nothing was broken....

My cute cute cuuuuuuuuuuuuuuute little guy :-))

Hi, we're back!

It seems like i took a really long christmas holiday, but that's not true, instead i went back to work, K went on holiday to Sevilla with three friends and there he lost my camera, so i couldn't post my pictures. He bought me a brand new (even better...and more expensive) camera.
It was fun being home alone with the kids, doing all kinds of stuff we don't do when dad's at home ( very cosy snugly cudly in the big bed). Lou missed her dad the first days, but after a while she started to get used to being alone with me, haha....But she was very happy when he got home...me to xxx

i tried to take a decent Christmastree picture...but did not succeed... :-(

oh joy! Lou and Zarah and dad in the snow.

Lou 's birthday party. It was so much fun, throwing snowballs, eating snow, snow in clothes, snow in underwear....brrr and than back inside for french fries and a hot stove!!!

Most beautiful picture of Otto and his 'meetje Eveline'.