Spring, spring, spring....

... I just LOVE it!!! I feel like a flower myself and just suck up the beautiful sunshine, which isn't stinking hot but just soooo wonderfully nice. The air smells of new beginnings (if you ignore the tar smell from the freshly re-done road) and new possibilities and every day the buds peak out a tiny bit more, you can literally watch everything grow. And now that we have bikes it is even nicer. Every day I go for a bike ride with Ned and in the evening with both my boys again. I don't feel so pregnant on the bike, and my butt got used to the bike saddle, so it isn't so painful no more:o))) although my legs still feel like jelly and going up a hill I can forget, but still, it is sooooooooooo pleasant to ride along in God's beautiful creation.

And this weekend we'll be moving, AGAIN!!!!! But hopefully it'll be the last time for a couple of months. So once again I have to pack our multiplied STUFF in boxes and bags, to finally unpack them for good... at least for now!!! My memory has never been very good, but now it is even worse (baby eats brain??). I don't have a clue what we actually have and where it might be.... our possessions are spread around in different boxes and different places. I should have written down what I stored in which box and what place, but, like so often before in my life, I'm only smarter afterwards. And I do try to be organized but somehow it always backfires on me (e.g. I forget where I put the lists or I just quickly add something to this box and promise myself to write it down later, which never happens).... ou well, maybe next time I'll do a better job, but to be honest, I don't even want to THINK about packing again:o)))

Well, Ben has finally written our long over-due prayer letter, so it should be send out in the next couple days. If you'd like to get it, just let us know:o)))

Well, I'll go outside now and soak up the sunshine:o))))))))

ou my butt!

Sometimes it amazes me how spontaneous we are. Yesterday morning we didn't even think about it and in the afternoon we were the proud owners of 2 "new" second hand bikes plus kid's seat plus kid's helmet. Off course we took the first opportunity to take them for a little ride. Well, the last time I sat on a bike was in Scotland almost one year ago (for Ben it had been even longer) and I wasn't pregnant back then and just a tiny wee bit fitter:o))). BUT it is great to do something again, although my butt quite hurts after only 1/2h riding. Ned loves it, or should I better say: Ned LOVES(!!!) it???? He loves riding on the back (who wouldn't, you can enjoy the ride without any work) and he LOVES his new bike helmet. In fact he loves it so much, that we aren't allowed to take it off (seems to be a habit of his.... shoes... sunnies.... bike helmet)

He doesn't even take it off for eating:o))

Eating is a other funny little thing with him. Obviously he enjoys eating and he even enjoys eating LOTS of vegetable: corn, pickles, tomatoes, cucumber, capsicum (we are VERY grateful for this!!!). Well, now the funny thing is that he's so extraordinarily random, compared with him I am not random at all (and honestly, I am rather random). Well, every day for lunch I make him a lunch plate with said vegetables and cheese and cold cuts. One day he devours the corn and doesn't care a bit for the capsicum, the next he's hot for pickles, but tomatoes?? eagh!! The following day again he can't get enough of tomatoes but corn....??? What do you want me to do with that?? So every day is kind of a lottery: What will it be today???

P.S. I made those buns myself... they are SOOOO yummy!!!

Talking about funny habits, he has another rather random habit: he loves taking off socks. I know kids love doing that in general, but he just loves taking off OUR socks, so if you're not careful, you might go barefoot:o))))

Well, Ben just managed to take off the bike helmet without offspring complaining, so now we can put him to bed, yay.... night night!

Fridge....

... man, can you believe it???? We got offered a fridge and a freezer for free... without even asking!! YAY!!!!!!! How can you put gratefulness in words??? For me it is IMPOSSIBLE, but my heart is overflowing with it.... to GOD first of all, but also to many kind people around us!!! Thank you!