Serving spoon/ Opschep lepel

This is what a 3-year old looks like when she insists on eating her breakfast with a spoon that is at least three times the size of her mouth.

Ooit een drie jaar oud kind gezien dat haar ontbijt wil eten met een lepel die drie keer zo groot is als haar mond? Zo ziet ze eruit!

FYI

Elizabeth announced the following to me this morning:

"Mom, I am the new artist of America"

So here is some of her work (from this morning):

Vanochtend maakte Elizabeth de volgende aankondiging:

"Mam, ik ben de nieuwe kunstenares van Amerika"

Je kunt haar kunstwerken hier bekijken:

She told me that she tried to paint the word HAD but that she didn't do the letters in the right order (ADH).
Ze zei dat ze HAD probeerde te schrijven maar dat ze de letters in de verkeerde volgorde had gezet (ADH)

This is a fence with bells.
Dit is een hek met belletjes eraan.

This is the submarine of the Backyardigans.

Dit is een onderzeeer van de Backyardigans (een tv show).

This is the Christmas train.
Dit is een kersttrein.

This is a self portrait of the artist.
Dit is een zelfportrait van de kunstenares.


This is the blanket of Elizabeth and Thomas of the James family.
Dit is de deken van Elizabeth en Thomas van de familie James (haar woorden)

Bye bye

As of Monday Thomas is officially done with his helmet. His head shape looks so much better.

Sinds afgelopen maandag hoeft Thomas zijn helm niet meer te dragen. De vorm van zijn hooft ziet er veel beter uit.

Spilling the beans

(Ward Chrismas Party 2007)

When Elizabeth joined our family we discussed whether or not to do Santa with our children and we decided against it. We have always told her that Santa is not real and but that it is fun to pretend and still talk about it. She is almost four and on and asks regularly if Santa is real since she sees it all around her. We keep telling her he isn't and that we buy her presents.
On Monday Elizabeth was playing with her cousins Harrison (age 10) and Nathan (age 6). This is how the conversation went:

Harrison: What is Santa going to bring you this year?
Elizabeth: Santa is not real.
Harrison: Yes, he is real. He gives you presents.
Elizabeth: No, mommy and daddy buy the presents.

Well guess who still believes in Santa... Nathan. He was standing next to them listening to the conversation. Oops!

Luckily Ellen thinks he still believes and that Elizabeth didn't completely spill the beans but this might be the beginning of the end.

BEWARE around my daughter because she will apparently tell you the way it is.....

Family Photo Shoot

Here are some more pictures (some are the same)!

I just love this picture!

Dancing Queen and King

We have this little electric piano that Elizabeth likes to play and today she turned on the pre-programmed music (oh how lovely!) It was quite cute to see both of them "dance" to the music. The video is a little dark but it will get somewhat lighter towards the end. Enjoy!

We hebben een kleine elektrische piano waar Elizabeth graag mee speelt. De piano heeft voorgeprogrammeerde muziek (oh zo mooi!) dus ik had het voorrecht daar vandaag naar te mogen luisteren. Het was erg schattig om zowel Elizabeth als Thomas te zien "dansen". De video is een beetje donker, maar het wordt later nog wel wat lichter. Geniet er van!

Sleeping Beauty/ Doornroosje

Why would I even need clothes for this girl. Daddy got her this Sleeping Beauty outfit on Saturday and that has been all that she's been wearing ever since. She loves the crown and the slippers (not shown in the picture).

Waarom heeft dit meisje eigenlijk nog kleren nodig. Papa heeft deze Doornroosje kleren op zaterdag voor haar gekocht en ze heeft deze kleren de afgelopen drie dagen al aangehad (in huis). Het mooiste van alles was de kroon en de sandaaltjes (niet op de foto).