April
4/23 My 40th birthday went by quietly... as quietly as it can with two kids. We spent our morning in the woods and ordered dinner in to avoid riding in the rain. 4/25 Had one of Hobbit's friends over for the day. We tried to do everything! Playground, play clay, rode scooters, blew bubbles, and even erupted a paper maché volcano. It was a good day. 4/26 Botanical Garden Is there a better way to review the Ecology section than an ecological scavenger hunt in a Botanical Garden? I don't think so. (Got a sister section to come too!) We took them to the Botanische Tuin Zuidas , which is run by the Vrije Universität and only a block from our school! 4/26, 27 Konigsdag (King's (birth)Day) Netherlands celebrates the king's birthday by putting on orange gear (an homage to his heritage in the House of Orange) and either heading to a block party or a town-wide garage sale. We started the night before at a King's Night party at the mall. They had d...