I finally figured out how to post videos (it takes lots of patience, because it takes a while to upload......), so here are a few fun ones.
Cookie decorating party....
Sing along songs....
This video was taken a little while ago, March 29 to be exact. Quinn was only 2 months old then.
Playing in the "playbox".
Quinn's first boat ride. She loved the air blowing in her face. We put the awning up of course, so she was out of the sun.....don't want those rays burn her soft baby skin.
Yoehoe we're going for a boat ride!!!
She was such a good little girl. All smiles for everyone.
May 29, Quinn is 4 months old today. And she is doing so good. She is such a sweet and content little girl.
Luke was the lucky one, he got a room all to himself! He slept in Quinn's crib, which we had to lower of course. And Quinn slept in a portable crib in our bedroom. She did really good and hardly kept me awake.
Okay, the plan was to eat brats....but when you don't pay attention to the grill, they can turn black. So that called for a backup plan: Luigi's. We only call Luigi's in emergencies, because after you eat even just a little bit of their pizza, you have enough again for months plus you will be drinking a gallon of water afterwards. But at this moment, we didn't have a choice. And of course, with Ryan's mind that only thinks BIG BIG BIG, he ordered a football pizza. The kids had already eaten, so 4 adults.....do you think we had enough? By the way, the darker part of the pizza (on Ryan's side) was for my brother: special order without(!) cheese.
My brother couldn't get over how big that pizza was. You can't buy a pizza this size in Holland, that's for sure. For the record, we did have some leftovers.
The weather wasn't the greatest in the two weeks they were here. We had some nice days, but there were days as well where we had to entertain ourselves inside. Luke thought it was time for some excersise so he went downstairs with my brother to work out.
It doesn't hurt my brother to do some excersise either.....:-) (Just kidding)
Dancing along with children's songs in the living room. Quinn loved it as well. I've been playing the dvd quite a few times already, so she can listen to them and learn them when she gets a bit bigger.
Reading time: Quinn loves to listen when we read to her and to look at the pictures in the book. Tess joined us when I was reading about Bumba and the whale.
A few weeks before they came here, I promised Tess we are going to bake a chocolate cake (brownie) when they are here. She had been talking about it ever since and couldn't wait to make it once they got here....so we did....it turned out very yammie.
When uncle Ryan was home it was time to play with the ball in the sunroom.
And Luke showed Quinn how to put the different shaped blocks back in the bucket.
We didn't only bake a chocolate cake, we also made cookies. My special helper Tess was in charge of decorating them. And what a job she did. Every cookie got a good share of sweet stuff on it. And now and then some ended up in Tess' mouth as well.....
The sun did come out a few times luckily, so then it was time to put on our sunglasses and go outside!
We don't have a lot of toys yet for the kids to play outside with (better said, we don't have anything yet). But what more do you need than a football! The kids loved to throw the ball around. And so did the two dads.
Tess with her bubble maker.
We also took the kids to the New Zoo. It was kind of chilly that day so lot of the animals were inside. But it was nice to walk around anyway.
Luke even got to give the giraffe a cookie.
The penguins weren't home. Only this crazy family was outside....
Quinn didn't think too much of the Zoo yet. She pretty much slept all the time we were there. I'm sure next year she will enjoy it more.
Three sleeping kids in the back seat. Dreaming about all the nice things we did together. 
Ryan bought my and Aafke's favorite ice cream cake to celebrate Mothersday. Yammie. He wanted to write "We love you mommy's, from Tess, Luke and Quinn" on it.....but the cake was a little too small for that.
Another try for a group picture....Quinn was looking at everything but the camera. Still cute though.
After a long flight they finally came through the gate. The kids hadn't slept a lot during the flight, but on the last stretch from Minneapolis to Green Bay, the light finally went out for Tess and Luke. Luckily it didn't take long for them to wake up and give us a big kiss and hug hello.
Tess had been asking many times before they came if she could hold her little cousin Quinn. And she was so proud when she finally could. She held her many times over the 2 weeks they were here, and every time we had to take a picture.
Luke was very impressed with his baby cousin as well. He loves to give her kisses and hugs, however this little Bam Bam (that's how Ryan calls him) doesn't know his own strength.....so we had to watch him carefully when he was around her.
The two moms and the three little munchkins. It's hard to get three young kids at one picture at the same time. But we did a good job here.
Three little butts...
Quinn with my brother Arjan...he couldn't believe how small she was and that his own two sweethearts were once as small as she is right now. They grow sooo fast....
Aunt Aafke gives Quinn her bath. Tess is watching carefully. She wanted Quinn to go in the big bathtub with her, but we explained her she is a little bit too little for that yet. In December, when we will go to Holland to visit them, she will be big enough and then they can have a bath together we promised her.
Quinn loves it when you talk to her. She talks back to you in her own special way with "oohs" and "aahs" and by blowing bubbles....lots of bubbles...
After a good conversation, it's time for a nap. Normally she takes a little nap before her last feeding, and then we either hold her or she sleeps in her swing... All the other naps are in her own bed.
