Vive la France

First off thank you all so much for you awesome sweet comments about my birthday.

turning 30 was a awesome day as you saw.

I still got some lovely present I need to show you.

But I also have more to show.

Now the vacation is really over for us all. 

Kids start school tomorrow again.

But as you al though we haven't sit still.

I made a collage fom some things we did.

This weekens we had friends over from up North and saw a lot of things from where we live down south. awesome day's we had.

We went last week to my FIL and MIL who are on the camping here 45 minuten drive from. Kira sat on a horse there she loved it so much. Noah is allergic to horses so he can't ;(((

We painted, cycling, played, kiting and so much more..

But now the vacation is really over, we have to wait a few months till the next one.

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As I told you we went to France, to the Ardeche....

 ....and I wanne show some random pictures of our AMAZING time

This brown/orange folding wagen was our home for 2 weeks

When we walked out of our tent and a few meters further we walked in too the Ardeche, it's was so close. we did a lot of fishing here.

Even I catched a fish.. ( don't mine me.. really bad pic of me)

Close by we had Font Vive, a well. what was really beautifull, and from there we could clim the moutain, here a pic of the view

Here a special pictures of that view.

A bit further up the Ardeche we played with the rocks while most of us went fishing, our like me almost went away with the river :O

I love these flowers, you see them every where.

Valerie do you now the name??? I forgot

We went to a old castle town Aiguèze

Gorges the Ardeche

Vallon Point the Arc ( a brug made by nature)

We also had rain, and when you need to go to the toilet.. hihi.. you needed to walk

Just a beautifull house

The Birdge to Ruoms, 1,5 km from our Camping beautifull town

Here we went to the beautifull town Largentiere.. really beautifull DH needed to find a place to parc the car

Kira standing there adorable beautifull on a old stairs, and water in the town

In front of us we had a lot of space to play..

At the right of the camping we had the river Labaume, where we swim. and beautifull that it looked.

Also in France we braided hair, I was just done with mine.. then did Kira

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We drove a lot.. we where there with 6 adults and 6 kids in the age of 3 till 9, and the other family's had been there more often, so know the beautifull spots..

I really are in love with the mountains and green trees up there, the water, brigdes.. really everythings about france ( okè  expect the bugs) !!

I have so many more picture, and even more beautifull.. but I made about 1500, can't show them all..

If you have the change, try to visit France.. It's my favorite country, from when I was little and visit a France Aunt of mine.. and still are in love with it!!

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After weeks of none crafting, I started with crochet this week.. also have 2 finishes to show you.

More of that in the next post.. hope it will be a bit sooner then this one.. hihi

Have a great week all

I wanna thank everyone for visiting my blog and especially everyone who leaves a comment!! 

 I love reading them!!

 ♥ Have a great day ♥

The big 3-0

Hello everybody!

How are you all.

It has been a while seen I wrote here.

We went on vacation too France to the Ardeche ♥, but I will tell you more about that in a other post. This post is about today, and also about yesterday wich was a very very special day too me!!! =)))))

Today I turned 30... =) ♥

Im now also with the 30 club.. they say it doesn't hurt.. I can tell you otherwise..  hihihi ;)

But let talk about the party..

As my birthday is togheter with my 2 nephews, I had my party yesterday.

Wednesday we came back from vacation, two day's of cleaning it all, and then Friday I was too see the whole day in the kitchen.

As Hubby know I wanted to bake a lot of cakes as a big surprise he gave me a new mixer, and I love it .. It´s so handy, and my cakes-pie´s are even more tasty and faster done.

Then saterday morning did the last apple pie.

And then hubby told me to hurry up as he had a surprise for me..

**** another one???****

But first the shower, putting on my party dress.

Hubby made a pic of me and the kids

The birhday-girl!!

Then not much later, hubby told me to go to the door, and who was there???

Sweet sweet Valérie and her Supperhubby came all the way from France to celebrate my birthday with me..

It was a suprise between them.. and the know about it for a month..a WHOLE month

I didn't know a thing..

I think she can still hear me screaming in her ear..

I jumped out of the door, run too her, jumped in her arms..

OMG, I can't tell you how awesome the moment was.. My make-up ( who was 5 minutes old) was running away with the tears

It was so awesome, to celebrate this special day with them

JUST TO AWESOME.. 

Look at us.. so pretty!!

Superhubby made a pic of me after blowing the candles

Me just after blowing out of my candles..

Wanne see the other pie's??

I made a whip-cream pie, a apple-pie, a carrot-pie, and 2 miserable.. 

The last are really awesome.. It's a Belgium pie, tryed it the first with my SIL who is from Belgium, really awesome...

Then for diner I made some things too.

I made so many things for Diner... I got many compliments of how much and how great it was..

I think was is most fames, where my Dutch Frozen Eggs.. hihihihihi

isn't that right Valérie and Superhubby???

My refrigerator was a bit to cold ( why?????) so the eggs where frozen, too bad because they where so yummy!!The leek pie was also very good eaten, all was...

What i don't see on the pic's was the rice with ragout, my FIL told me tonight how he loved it

Then giftsssssss.

I got many beautifull awesome gifts.

The first I got was from marion

Thank you so much Marion, or the sweet card and magnet.. it's always so awesome, how you find teh special things.

My other FIL, always makes a card

Thank you so much...

Then that morning Valérie send me a message if I got her gift, because there was also something in there for Kira.. know I didn't because she had it with her a few hours later..

and look at this..

I made a simple pic, because I needed to be fast, but soon I will show it better

Valérie made teh awesome sweet Little red riding hood pillow, as she know I love her and the pattern.. and look at that finish off..

But look even closer you see the little doll???

It is made by her SuperHubby..

Really need to make better pic's.. in the basket are cookies I think 2 mm big.. really awesome.. they made it speacially foe me in a bit of a secret. owke they shared it with two other lady's, who know about it all... and also kept there mouth closet... :(((((   he Rita and Nia????

But it's really awesome.. 

I;m really really happy with it..

Rita also send me a messages if I arrived something, and that afternood, it came

again a quick pic

A awesome garden scrapbook and a magnet clip..

the book is totally made by her.. it's really awesome..

the inside , the outside

So beautifull.. not going to write a word in there.. it's too pretty...

Soon will show it totally!!

And that was not all..

Look at what the kids got

Noah got a very COOL angry birds Starwars T-shirt from Rita, and a Lego Starwars package from Valérie and Superhubby.

Kira got a wallet, a book and two hello kitty hair clibs from Valérie and Superhubby en a hello kitty book and pencil from Rita..

Girls togheter with Nia, you made my day so darn special..

spoiled me so much.. and the kids also.. so very sweet.

I know they loved it very much., I love it very much..

It's awesome..

As you all can see my birthday was one to remember..
ANDDDDDD.. as I been told, more gifts are on there way too me.. isn't that awesome?? ♥ ♥ ♥

jajajajajajaja ♥ =)))

I'm now off to sleep, today went to the party of my nephews.. also awesome day, I had to stand on the table with the little boy's, and they all sing for us.. 

The table did not broke thnakfully... lol..

I'm tired, because of the awesome day yesterday, I didn't let all night, hope to do that tonight!!

night night all

I wanna thank everyone for visiting my blog and especially everyone who leaves a comment!! 

 I love reading them!! 

 ♥ Have a great day ♥

I found my stitching needles again !!!!

These days crafting is not the thing I´m doing much, but when I do a bit i do it good!!!

Last week was the last day of the months ->>> Jingles times..

I was very late.

Started that night, and 20 minutes before midnight I finished, send a pic too Rita.

But as I already posted the day before and was to tired, I post it tonight!

I choose a small piece, so i could finish it on time.

Didn´t think I would make it.. but I did  =))))

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Somebunny was shouting, that it needed some stitches too.

So lets make some on that too.

And the few, got a lot..

And now the bunny's and flowers are totally done ♥ ♥

Isn't it such a cute cute piece.. I still love it!!

Hope this week to do the back stitching on the pots, and then next week the grass..

I will finsih it off in to a pillow for on our couch..

Can't wait too see it!!

Tonight I wanted to stitch some more on it, but my sweet colleagues where telling about a fun game Hay Day.

I started playing tonight, and haven't stopped yet, so no stitching for me..  :((

Best is that I remove it, but it's fun.. hihihi, also still playing My smurg village with many bugs.. but it still works....

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I put a little black on Kira's kitchen.. so now it's looking so great, and that means the big piece of the kitchen is done.

I painted the burners and the glass inside and outside of the door of the oven.

It just gives it the finish touch

And as we got a lot of rain, I put it inside. 

She is already playing with it, now I;m looking for a sink like I have in my mind..

But it will all come!!

Look at her..

She often picks lavender in my garden, and this week she grabbed a vase put them in, and put it on her kitchen..

It's mine she said.. lol.. little princes..

But still far from finished...

What will I make this week for it it!!

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Then yesterday was a big day for Noah.

He needed to do his exam with swimming

And he PASSTTTT..

He now got his first swimming diploma

Look at that face.. so proud!!

As is mommy... it was hard to keep my eyes dry.. 

he did so good..

Now the summer can safly begin!! =)))

Have you all heard about the new addiction Loombands???

I saw them last year on the big craft fair, but it was still not for sell here.

Then man told me to wait 6 month, they where out off stock in the USA.

At the moment whole the Netherlands is looming.

I bought a starterskit, but it's for the summer holiday, so Noah tryed it at his best friend, and he can do it..

Now he has to learn me this craft soon, he only has 4 days of school left

Look at his first bracelet

He is so happy that he found a craft to do..

I hope kira can do it too.. she wants to do something like mommy so bad.

And this is just like crochet...

you can make so many awesome things..

..........to be continued..........

I wanna thank everyone for visiting my blog and especially everyone who leaves a comment!! 

 I love reading them!! 

 ♥ Have a great day ♥

Kira's party dress, and new addiction

In my last post told you about a dress I was making for Kira for the party.

I finished it on time, and Kira looked so cute and super girly in it.

Let me show you the pic, there is a short story for this pattern

♥ It's perfect for her ♥

The mix of the 2 fabric's and my favorite ribbon a ricrac. The ballerina fabric I bought to make her a dance bag, but found a other idea, so this is perfect for the dress.

The story:

When I was pregnant of Kira, the Dutch designer Collie-Collie, designed this dress and I fell in love with it, I didn't know if I had a  boy or a girl in my belly ( secretly I was hoping for a girl.. hihi).

But if it would be a girl I would buy it.

So really 2 hours after I gave birth to Kira, ( I really didn't believe at that time, I had a girl) I bought the pattern..

Read 2 hours after!!!!

The smallest size is 86 for the pattern.. Kira had that when she was 2.

I made is for my neighbor girl, made it twice for a other girl, but still hadn't made it for Kira.

Shame one me.. I loved it so much, And now when is is almost 4 ( in 6 months.., hihihi) I made it for the first for her!!

But I'm in love!!

I really like it!!

For now the has enough dresses for the summer, so the next will be for winter.

As you can see she is all girl, with her hair and jewelry.. she really loves that..

Braiding the hair is my new addiction.. I really love it.. I have a pin board on pinterest, and often I get pictures send on my facebook, so I;m trying new things..

This braid I made so often with Kira, but I didn't like the end of the braid hanging like that, I tryed ceveral options, but it still wasn';t it..

But today I found it!!

I braided Kira again with the side braid and also braided myself

So the side braid for Kira, with a messy bun and then a little flower in it..

I wanted to crochet one, but i didn;t had time, it's on my to do list for this week..

I;m in love with this way.. need to try out some new braid, with  a messy bun..

I always have a bun in my hair, but not often do one with Kira... 

And what about my hair.. found the tutaorial last night. 

The total braid is called the Bohemian Side Braid.

For a first try I really love it.. 

It's a French braid and then in to a fishtail.. the fishtail, is my favorite.. need to try it on Kira one day.. I wear it often

No hair in my face, and it looks pretty I think. On her blog I found more beautifull hair styles.. so more to try out!!

And I love how long her hair is.. hope mine will grow a bit more!!!

BTW bad pic's of my hair.. all the pic's that DH made, where to close by, and mine to far away!!

Need to work on that!!

Soon will made a post full of braids.. I have done a lot.. I'm liking it a lot =))))

Back to the party last week.. I also did some cooking.. It was a long ago.. last September.. hihihi

Right below the pie's, a apple pie, whipped ice-cream pie and carrot-pie.

I also made a lunch this time.

We had a great day... 

Soon my big birthday party, so then more cooking pic;s...♥

This last weeks we often had beautifull day;s.. we are really enjoying them!!

Her some pic's of different day's

The dike is my favorite to go too.. 

Mostly I go with Kira, as Noah is often at school. but in the weekend, Noah and sometimes his friend go with us!!

I love to skate, every day Im skating minimum 30 minutes.. (longer when I have Kira with me)

I'm feeling so much better with my new working outs ,.... and loving it.

Kira also fell down this week, very hard with her bike

This is a pic made after a few days

This morning came out of the night shift, so now a few day's off.. next weekend I have to work again..

Hope you all enjoying your day's 

I know I do

I wanna thank everyone for visiting my blog and especially everyone who leaves a comment!! 

 I love reading them!!

 ♥ Have a great day ♥

Crafting with-out needle and thread

I'm enjoying my free day's off.. how are all your day's??

I emptyed my mailbox, my blogloving, cleaned out the attic, working in the garden, cleaned the house   and moreeeeeeeeeeeeeee..

I did a lot, but not my normal crafting..

buttttt.....

I did something else.

I made a wreath out off sea-shells 

But not only me

As always the kids helped me, and had a great time.

The glue is hot, so that part I did, and after many shells kept falling off, I took over, they got tired of it.

But the most important thing, we had fun, and created something beautifull

It's hanging next to my front-door.

Isn't it beautifull??

So proud of my kids.

From the moment Noah and Kira where little, I wanted to make a play kitchen.

I saw the most awesome DIY playkitchens.

Wanted to make one.

But.. didn't find the supplies, 

................... then 2 weeks ago.............. 
a old kitchen on school ( which I liked for weeks ), had a big paper on it, only this week free to take home!!

I went to my neigbor asked her to help me, and it was standing in our halway

A real big one.. but I thought with a little paint it most be more beautifuller.

So I scrub it ,scrape it.

And this was how it looked!!

Then the paint.

I promissed kira, she could help me

So today we started painting!!

she loved it.. but the floor was also interresest to paint. and the the kitchen again.

So can you imagine how the paint looks like???

hihihihi =))))
Next week I will schrub it a little again, and new paint will be on it!!

And this is how it looks at the moment

I think I need to paint it ones or twice..

But that's all for next week.

I;m very happy with this project.

The very, very first time I do something like this.. 
and I love it. ♥

Then tonight I started with needle and thread..

I'm making a party dress for kira..

..........Finally........

But I needed to stop, I forgot the buy a zipper :( ;( ;(

Tomorrow night I hope I have one, then I can finish it off.

Next week I will show it..

PS, any football fan's????

We have one!!!
And the Dutch team is doing good, so he is happy!! ;))))

It's almost midnight, I;m off to bed, busy day tomorrow

I wanna thank everyone for visiting my blog and especially everyone who leaves a comment!! 

 I love reading them!! 

 ♥ Have a great day ♥

A awesome great day!!

Today was a big day for us.. ♥

It was the second time that Noah had a schooltrip today!

He has been jumping up and down for days.

So I thought lates make it more special as Dh found a awesome Starwars bag for him.

A while back I found a cute little Yoda crochet pattern, it would have been perfect for attach on the bag 

Look at my sweetie.

Look at him so proud left above..

What do you think of the cute Yoda??

Awesome right??

With the whole school they went too the Efteling for the 100 year anniversay of the school, and had such a blast.

They always get yellow T-shirts from school, as you can see at the pic below of the collage.

His best friend ( our neighbor girl) was in his group, so he had the best day

Dh went alone as a accompanist.

They had a awesome day, and Noah was so happy with his Yoda ♥ =)))

But as the boy's where gone the whole, what would the girls do???

We didn't stay at home.

We went shopping in the city.

The first time Kira and I did that, and we had a awesome day

Look at this

Look at her?

See the dress.. This morning she was wearing a other dress, but we went to the H&M ( don't now if it's a store every where, I know The firts lady of the USA shopped there before too... hihihi )

I love the store, and now so does Kira..

We went to a fitting room, she put it one and didn't want to put it off again.

So I put her at the counter and told the cashier, she want to buy this dress.

All the woman in the store who heard it needed to laugh..

I gave Kira the money, the cashier cut the card out of the dress, and the rest of the day, so was happy with her Cat-dress

And at the end sleeping, as you see below on teh pic ( she hasn't done that in alsmost 2 years... hihihi )

As I told you a RAK of mine arrived in the USA.

I'm very bad in my replying from comments and mails this week, but I can tell you that the reciever Carol, was VERY happy with my little RAK..

This is what I send her:

She has made a monthly bowl last year, and I thought this would be perfect for in it.

The crochet bunny has cross stithed flowers on it.

Carol loves bunny's and blue.. thought this would be perfect.

And as summer is coming, some crochet sunflowers for her August bowl.

This are all free pattern, can't remember where I found them, but i all pinned them, so you can find them somewhere HERE on my Pinterest board

Have fun with it Carol, happy to gave you a big smile =))))

2 more RAK's almost are ready for the mail, and a few more will follow.. I love this!!!!

As most of this post is crochet, lets add another one.

I'm working on my last order, its one that belongs to the Minion hat i made..

But now a Minion doll.

Can you guess what kind off??

( Hint it's a girl)

More for this later..

Now off to bed..

Done with the 5 night shift, tomorrow the last 3 then I have worked 72 hours, this 1,5 week, so that's enough for a while..

I bought the supplies for my next BIG project today, that I will start on Monday or Tuesday.. 

It's  requires painting.. big and lot's of paint.. the kids will help me..

curious already?????

I wanna thank everyone for visiting my blog and especially everyone who leaves a comment!! 

 I love reading them!! 

 ♥ Have a great day ♥

Have a great Pentecost weekend !!

I'm working many night shifts this week, but still, I'm enjoying the beautifull summer weather with my family.

More off that at the end of the post

Last week, I also did a bit of crafting.

No cross stitching this time, but many crochet

Let's begin with the horse on a stock..

Many are curious how it looks like.

I really think it's awesome!!

I love to stitch another 5 of them, so much I love them.

But it costs many cotton, so lets start with only this one, and look how much kids play with it!

Look at Kira having fun on her new horse!!

The pink halter really looks awesome on it, I add some purple flowers buttons on it too.

It really looks perfet, and add at the side a big wooden butten, with handmade with love on it!

Tomorrow is the birthday of Marion.

I send her a sweet felted Dutch lady

I made one for myself last year, and by seeing it, I thought it would be perfect for her.

She told me she loved it very much!!

Happy to have made and send it too her.

Marion, have a awesome birthday!!!

My strawberry family, is starting to grow.

I didn't do much, but the beginning is there.

The baby is finished

It's  a still green little strawberry, with a wooden head and hands, I normally don't work with that, but it was in the package.

I also gave him a blanket and a pillow.

So he can sleep for a while now.. 

I'm woring on his bed, so soon, he get sleep in privacy.

The last weeks, we have rain and sun take turns.

So my garden is growing so much!

This afternoon, I made some awesome pictures

because I made so many I make a big collage, Hoep you can all see it good.

These are pic's from my front and back garden.

Can you imagine I love sitting in my garden!!

This weekend we are having real summer weather.

Yesterday we went to a little beach, and today we stayed at home, and put on teh water slide in the garden

As you can see on the pic's kids are having a awesome time!!

And tomorrow we are having another free day.. so..... ♥

You see the yelly-fish??

We have seen so much..

Hubby went looking for crab's, Kira and I went looking for shells, and Noah found some boy's to play with.

I have some other crafts to show to, my first RAK arrived in the USA, and making something cute for Noah his schooltrip bag.
More off that in my next post

Enjoy your day's.

I'm off to bed again.. 2 night shifts done, still 6 to go!!

I wanna thank everyone for visiting my blog and especially everyone who leaves a comment!! 

 I love reading them!!

 ♥ Have a great day ♥