Hmm, it seems to be all about decorating cakes lately. Well, it is a fun hobby, so I am pretty busy with it. This is the latest (again an order from our neighbor):
It's "Woezel en Pip"; a childbook-thing from Holland. I got to use a few new techniques and it was a big one, so I'm proud of the result (and happy with the payment!).
What else is going on? The kids are doing well. Most of the time they're fun, sometimes I wish for ducktape or another solution to quiet them so I have my rest. Fortunately everyday comes with something like "bedtime". Applause for the one who invented that! :-)
Marc is doing ok. Still in therapy to get his mind under control (hyperventilation, anxiety-attacks and a heavy youth). We have to take this all day by day.
Marc also joined a poker-competion nearby. I decided to use the nights he'll be from home for this in the coming months to read. Get the kids to bed, settle on the couch with a good book, something to eat and drink and some nice music in the background. I don't want to spend those nights ending up hanging in front of the TV, watching crap like Popstars. So far I've had 2 of those nights and I enjoyed both of them. I started with reading "The boy in the striped pyjama", a beautiful story! Last Friday I started re-reading "Left Luggage", a nice story as well. I can totally recommend this; leave your TV off for a night and dig into a nice book!
Another thing that keeps me busy is cooking and baking. I've done some things with the fall-produce, like wallnuts, pears and pumpkin. I have a whole bunch of muffins, breads and soups in the freezer. Yum! Especially since reading Jamie Oliver's Jamie at Home I'm fan of cooking with season-veggies and fruits. The tastes and prices of stuff that's in season is so much better! And I like to work "project-based". Right now it's the tastes of the fall, in a couple of months we move on to winter-tastes.
So, that's what's going on with this Dutch mommy. Lots. Enough.
