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Molly and Scott are here woot woot! We have had a busy few days of sightseeing, hopping on and off trams and trains, eating and drinking, and walking and more walking. I am totally exhausted. It was great to spend Father's Day with our whole family and my dad today - I don't remember the last time we got to spend it together! We have been all over Amsterdam and today we ventured to The Hague, a city about an hour train ride from here.
On Saturday we took a ferry to the Noord area of Amsterdam, just north of the city about a 3 minute ferry ride - this is a picture of Emmett and my dad. Emmett walks absolutely everywhere. I swear the kid does not get tired!

My cute mama at dinner at Lucca Due in Jordaan. I believe Soph Dawg took this photo. 

I Amsterdam sign at the Museumplein. I lost Finn and Sophia for about 10 seconds here and about lost my mind. Found 'em!

Another shot from Museumplein - the area where Rijksmuseum, Van Gogh, and a bunch of other stuff collides. Beautiful park area and tons of people. And a Pringle vending machine which we definitely tested out. I think it was the highlight for Finn and Soph.

There was a full-on carnival in our neighborhood over the past week. We kept trying to avoid it but Friday was Euro Day - every ride was 1 euro so we caved and checked it out. We met up with a family Noah met through work - April and Sophia are 3 weeks apart and were so excited to run into each other. They rode every single ride and had an absolute blast. Finn played every game and won a fishing and golf set. 

Rainy and cold day on Saturday. We went to Noordemarket in Jordaan.

Watching him make some delicious French pastry at the market. Yum!

Also bought some strawberries. Sophia is living on yogurt and fruit.

That's Emmett in there! Getting off the ferry is a mess of people, bikes and motorcycles. He just marched right off like a boss.

Canal cruise on Friday night. It was beautiful! It also ended at 10pm. I think we are being judged as parents but they're still jet lagged?? Whatever. It's summer.

Today we went to The Hague and visited a place called Madurodam. It's a very famous sight/museum/park place that is enormous and full of miniature replicas of Holland. Similar to exhibits of the cities at Legoland. We stayed for hours - the kids loved it and they had beers so Noah and my dad were happy. We had lunch at Foodzie in The Hague.

Enormous tulip display, of course!

Headed back to Centraal Station at Amsterdam. We have got to get a FitBit on this kid.
Thanks for coming to visit Mom and Dad. Love you xoxoxoxo

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  1. Jessica Schroeder MashhounJune 22, 2016 at 9:14 AM

    Looks like an awesome trip with the 'rents! Glad to see they made it out! And I LOVE seeing everything you're doing...keep it up! xoxo

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