We've had a pretty fun week, mixed with the usual outings to the market, HEMA (our very mini version of Target) and running around the city. I'm getting pretty good at navigating the trams. It's so easy, they're clean and fast and they go everywhere. We take the 26 in to the city and go from there. The day we visited Noah at work we took a tram, a metro and a bus. Quite the adventure but I'm getting more and more confident every day and the kids are pros, checking their tram cards in and out each time.
We try to get out every day or else I lose my mind, but we've also had lots of playing at home. Sophia runs a daycare where Emmett and the baby dolls are her kids. These are their beds. She loves calling all of their parents to tell them their kids are sick and they have to be picked up RIGHTNOW. Finn is mildly obsessed with the iPad which is another reason we have to get out of the house. I made the mistake of downloading Pokemon Go and he's obsessed!
Today we went to Oosterpark for the first time. The parks here are pretty incredible. They're designed in a very cool way, with things to do along all of the paths throughout the park. There's also usually cafes along the way. There was a water park and it was actually warm and sunny enough to get in. E was stripped down to his diaper having a great time.
He lost the shirt a minute later.
Water path.
The other side of this structure had a little slide. Dutch schools go on summer holiday this week so kids are starting to be everywhere. The moms have all been super friendly and all speak English. The parenting style is interesting to watch - very hands off.
The playgrounds are so different from the US. Everyone here says it's because they don't worry about the lawsuit stuff nearly as much. The one we saw today was amazing - a huge structure like a roller coaster that the kids climbed all the way through.
These hanging tire swings were cool.
End of the play structure.
Emergency coffee stand. Because, yes. The Tropen Museum is at this park. We've been wanting to go but my museum cards were inside my wallet that was stolen in Mallorca so we're waiting for new ones and then we'll get back on the museum circuit. We did have lunch at the museum cafe overlooking the park and it was gorgeous. Ham and cheese toasties all around.
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