Do something I enjoy every day in august

My son was off to the day care again and my daughter an me had another day just for the two of us. We played and read together and tried out another nice recipe again: Breadpudding with lots of blueberries. It was easy but fun to make and Andrea really enjoyed it. And it was really delicious as well!

I had some time to finish my book and it was worth it (Harry Poter 7). I also watched the kids play outside and had some time to just think and plan things, clean things out to make space for something new. I always need these kind of days to recharge everything.

4-08:
I invited some people for dinner and tried out a new recipe: Chicken “Maryland” (Chicken with banana and covered with bacon on a bed of corn), some tomato-mozzarella-salad and some fresh bread. We ate in the garden and it tasted delicious, no complaints from anyone!
For dessert my daughter and me had some icecream made ourselves in the morning. We enjoyed making it a lot and it also tasted great with the mango-melon-salad in a vanilla-syrup… Yummy!!!

5-08:
We were invited to a picnic fro a friend’s brithday. With the great weather, the nice food and the very relaxed people there it was a very ncie day we spent there. My daughter and me played ball and frisbee with an old friend of mine and afterwards she just went to some people she also didn’t know and asked them to play with her some more. ;-) Incredible! So great!

6-08:
I had a sunbath. I HAD THE TIME TO TAKE A SUNBATH! That by itself was already something to mark in my calendar. But I even had the time to fall asleep! It was an incredible and very unexpected gift – and even better since I didn’t get sunburned. ;-)

7-08:
I read and read and read… The day was quiet again and I had some time to read with a cup of tea with it and some nice misuc in the background (classic music actually… that goes so well with a nice book and a cup of tea). My cat also curled up in my lap and made the whole day complete (she’s still so shy; it’s only been two weeks since we got her from the animal shelter).

I had a day off and went into town to shop. Always something nice… But as if this wasn’t enough, I also met a friend and we had some cappuccino’s in the sun (finally!!!) and talked a lot. It was very nice. I got some presents for a friend of mine and had a really nice time.

In the evening, after dinner we went outside with the four of us. In front of our house there is a lawn, owned by all the people of our street (10 families). The lawn looks lousy, a lot of dry spots. We were the only ones outside at that moment and got out some grass seeds we got a few days earlier and sowed them. My daughter had so much fun and hopped from one dry spot to another, carefully dropping a few of the little seeds onto the ground. It was so nice to see that. (It’s not going to rain until monday or tuesday, so it’s probably wasted, but we’ll just continue this until the lawn looks a bit better and the kids have a nice and juicy lawn).

Max went to the day care for the first time for a whole day. We had a quiet and slow start, took our time and had a good walk there. All went well with him, we also took him home somewhat earlier than usual.

Andrea and me had a day just for us girls. ;-) We baked princess-cookies with a pink sugar coat and sugar hearts on top. It was so much fun. We really enjoyed doing things together and will probably make a habit of it: every thursday with the two of us we will do a lot of nice things together.

We went into the village to actually get something, which turned out to be impossible for now (shop’s closed on wednesdays). But we walked around a bit and found a nice restaurant and decided spontaneously to stop by and have lunch. We sat outside underneath some trees and had some sandwiches and cappuccino’s and enjoyed it.
In the evening we decided to make a habit of this and to have a lunch somewhere with the four of us every week.

Later in the afternoon we went to a pancakehouse with friends and had something to drink again. We also went to the playground with our kids and I went down the slides with both kids – it was so much fun.

On the way back I got some strawberries. They were so sweet and nice – we ate them all the same evening. ;-)

A perfect day – a good start for this goal!

is the last month of my maternity leave. In september I have to start working again. Not that I haven’t enjoyed the previous months at home, but this last month I want to be special by doing special things I enjoy the most to remember every day by. (Or by doing something I simply enjoy enough to make it special).