Ladder tournament

Its been a beaaaauuuutiful day so guess where we were? Of course.
Inside in a gym hall.

Hair! Where? There!

i think i told you about hair where there didn't I?
it's a book i got morten about 2 months ago for some judo tournament he won or something, can't really remember.
It's for kids from 9 up, preparing them for the horrors of puberty.

Now Morten went off to school camp yesterday.
We had a huge packign list from the school (duh for some this may be the first camp but Morten is no rookie. He's been going to camps since he was 7)
anyway.
amongst others was listed a game and a book.

that morning at the breakfast table i asked him whether he'd thought about the book, thinking he would take the latest Harry Potter or something likewise with him.

O yes, he happily said.
I'll take : Hair where there

OMG

Or he is being ridiculed for the rest of his life.
Or.
He is cunningly deceiving his parents and is going to make out with the cutest girl of the class at the last night of camp, now that he knows all about french kissing and the likes.

OMG

Sailing

I don't know why Timo is not in any of these, but that's just how it turned out. First week of their summer holiday both boys are going on a sailing camp. Of course then it's handy if they know some specific terms and words and maybe even the movements that are meant by them before hand.

And as it happens, Robbert has been sailing since he was 7 years old.

So...

Luckily there wasn't too much wind today (nor that much sun alas) but still the boat would get pretty steep (is that how you say it?) sometimes. In the beginning the boys were scared and tried to let the wind out of the sails, so it would get back on the water again, but afterwards they purposely scared the living daylights out of their little sisters by going as steep as possible.

*sigh*

Afterwards we brought her over to Toos where she will probably be spoilt rotten for the next 2 days.

Life always evens out.

I laf yoe

Caroline has a boy friend since 2 days.
And this morning i discovered she had written on her arm.
What do you have there I asked.

O
Nothing.

When I pulled up her sleeve it said (in english): I laf yoe

I am telling you.
The moment she starts ovulating we are putting a lock on it.

Latest Dutch fashion

The boys are off to judo camp this weekend. The theme this year was cave men. What can I say.

De Efteling

Last Friday, like a zillion other Albert Heijn customers (special discount action allowing you to buy tickets for 20 instead of 28 euro) we packed up the kids and went to De Efteling (huge attraction park).

I am not going to tell you about all the scary things the kids went into and I didn't (thank god for husbands)

I am going to tell you about the total ass i made of myself.

I have these 7 euro sunglasses.
Meaning cheap.

I am sitting there, for about 20minutes, feeling cool, waiting at the exit of one of these scary things, for the boys to come out.
Caroline comes up to me and starts laughing.

asks me why i look like that.
like what i ask

one of my glasses was missing.

Yoga

I think i never told you all about my yoga lessons now did I?

About 2 months ago i took a trial lesson of Bikram yoga.
Now i don't know about you, but for me yoga has long held a certain aura. I see bendy people, hippies, vegetarians, men with beards, communes, stuff like that.

Bikram yoga, as a colleague of mine explained though, is a series of postures in, well, basically a sauna.
The room is heated up till 40 C and you well, basically sweat like a pig.

But that is not all the charm.

My first lesson (o yeah, lessons are 90 minutes and once in the room, you are not allowed to go out)I fainted about 4 times. Like it said on their site, i came on a empty stomach, so it wasnot so much the desire to throw up (which, as i learned other first timers had) but i just couldnot take the heat anymore.
You started with 2 series of breathing exercises and while swallowing the hot air, my lungs almost exploded.

Sweat was pouring where it hadnot been for a long time.
and with a bit of luck, if you are standing with your head down, it will pour into your eyes or even your mouth.

What.
In godsname.
Am I doing here.
I thought.

Needless to say, during that first lesson i seriously thought OK, this is not for me. To be honest the other people in the room on fore hand didn't look that fit to me (some were plainly old!) but they were still standing, so respect, where respect is due brothers and sistas!

The teacher persuaded me to come a second time (for free) to prove that the 2nd time really was going better.

And yes. it did. I only sat down once i think and when i focused real hard on my breathing (not easy to keep your mouth shut when all you can think of is AIR AIR) that was going better too.

But.
do you remember that guy from "the green mile"? The HUGE black guy i mean?

That guy is in my yoga class.
Seriously.
I didn't know where to look the first time.
At his hands (HUGE).
His lenght (about 2,10 m)
His chest (HUGE).
Actually he's doing pretty ok and once the sweat pours into my eyes i don't see much more anyway so..

And then there's the sayings.
The teacher i had is now gone and i don't know if that is related to her yoga speeches, but i really had to shut my ears (and brain) for things like:
the road to satisfaction is not getting what you want, but appreciating what you have.

And then she would repeat it.
Slowly.

UURGGG!!!

And last but not least; everything is taught in english.
I now know words i had never heard before.
Posture for instance.
Or coxys (have no idea if you write it like that).
Or how about Namaste.
See, at the very,very end, once you are finally allowed to lay down and close your eyes ("don't close your eyes, stay in the present") everyone mumbles something.
pay attention here, coz it took me about 3 weeks before i gathered it; Namaste.
Have no idea what i am saying, but i mumble it too now when the lesson is done.

On the bright side;
i have lost about 3 kilo and for a 42 yr old i dont look too bad, if i say so myself.

maybe next time i will tell you about the time i finally persuaded robbert to come with me :)

See, they can fly a kite!

After Joels video , i have proof underneath, that they really can keep it up in the air. And how stylish does my youngest son look?