Gorgeous days of Spring have began!  The other day we had 19.2C which was the warmest March 22nd in the Netherlands EVER.  Ok, but this is not really the point of my post.  What I'm trying to get at is that due to such freaky warm weather we had the door wide open at the house and we have not installed the screen door yet.  This GINORMOUS, GIGANTICUS, ENORMANCE bumble bee flew inside.

The dumb thing buzzing REALLY loudly bumping his head against the window on the opposite side of the door.  He was huge, he was so huge that you can see the hairs on his individual paw fingers.  I mean, the hair on his paw fingers had hair.  I have never seen such a huge bumble bee!

Unfortunately both Vito and I do NOT do bugs or insects.  Usually I fake cry and get him to take care of those beasts but this time I tried that, he just looked at me and said Uh-uh!  I'm not going anywhere near that thing!

Now all this dialogue is happening as we stand in the hallway behind the closed glass door clutching our child to our hearts.  The child by the way looked pretty willing to wobble into the room and take care of the hairy beast himself.  And me in spite of being a panicky, over protective mother actually for a second considered letting him.  I mean the alternative would have been us moving out of the house...

Then the bumble bee flew out of the door back into the street.

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5 minutes later...

And this went on all day!
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Tempestuous weather ahoy!

Weather in Amsterdam is psychotic!
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What's my name?

Maternity leave is over... Back to regularly scheduled craziness!
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Lilac!

Finally the Lilac bush is about to bloom! Love!
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Travels with a baby - Doorwerth, Netherlands

Place to stay: Golden Tulip Arnhem Doorwerth

We had a fantastic stay at Doorwerth. Like I said it was our very first trip with Jr. and we wanted to go not too far from home. The hotel is located in a park zone and has a lovely terrace where we sat and had beers in the afternoon sun. There were also tennis courts as we noticed... and contemplated being interested in tennis as we drank our beers. (No really, we'll seriously be all over that because I just ordered expensive tennis raquets for both of us!)

Anyway, for just a bit more we upgraded to a suite and Jr. had his own room :).

Activities: Walking or biking

We decided to take it easy and just walked around with the baby carriage. The weather was fantastic and the surrounding parks beautiful. The hotel is a convenient 20 minute walk from Kasteel Doorwerth. All around the castle there are numerous bike and walking paths available that lead you through the surrounding forrest. We didn't go too crazy, just walked to the castle had lunch on the terrace and walked back. After all we wanted to be 'on time' for beers at the hotel! I'm sorry... so how exactly did our life ''change'' after having a baby??

I think we'll be ok, our next trip is already planned too! Another one in the Netherlands because we're still a bit chickens, but after that we'll tackle something a bit more adventurous.

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Vaccination by travel!

Our trip was fantastic! We went for long walks in the forest, lunched by a castle, got a bit of a tan, had beers in the sunshine, ate dinners at restaurants and we even had a night cap at the bar. Most importantly, Jr loved it all! I think we have successfully injected this boy with the travel bug! Later details...

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