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First weekend in Amsterdam

We had a fantastic first weekend in Amsterdam! Transitioning from full-time working mom to full-time stay at home mom was a big change over the past week. So I was really excited to spend the whole weekend together as a family and explore lots of new stuff. Saturday morning we took the tram to Centraal Station, Amsterdam's main train stop in the heart of the city, which is about 5 stops from our rental. I'd taken the tram around the island but wanted to wait for Noah before taking the kids to Centraal. It's chaos with trams, buses, bikes and people absolutely everywhere. Everyone survived and I think Finn said "this is so cool" about 300 times. We walked to the Saturday market in Jordaan, bought produce, cheese, bread, a wooden shoe keychain for Finn and a bead bracelet for Soph (per usual E got nothing). Noah has met several expats at his office space and one of the families invited us over for a picnic on Sat afternoon. They had a 4 year old girl and it was great for the kids to have a play date.
The friends had a "bucket bike" - which everyone here seems to have - and let us try riding it. Kids loved it and it's pretty fun to cruise around. 

Whole lotta Dutch - bucket bike and windmill.
Centraal Station!

Heading home on the tram. The kids were such troopers all weekend. We must have walked 5 miles each day and schedules are still a bit all over the place. It's light out until almost 11pm here so people stay up late and sleep in late. 

Walking through Amsterdam neighborhoods.

Breakfast. They are obsessed with mozzarella balls all of a sudden. Breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The stroller is working hard! This sucker is 7+ years old now and had all 3 kids in or on it at one point today.
We checked out the NEMO Science Museum today which everyone had recommended to us. It was great - but super crowded - so we got passes and will likely be visiting a bunch over the summer.

These two. He worships her and she's his boss. All day every day. 




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