the promised pictures of Zoey's vaccination bandaid:
never thought a kid could be so proud of one!

SHOTS

2 weeks ago Zoey accompanied me to the health care center tot get my yellow fever shot. Is this a suitable activity for a 3 year old? In our case it was! Zoey is fascinated by anything medical, especially doctors (lucky me!-) The outing had a double function, as Zoey was due te receive her 4-year vaccinations a week later, I figured I'd show her that "big girls don't have to be scared of shots".
Mission accomplished! Mommy didn't cry :-), Zoey got to help the nurse give me a bandaid and a week later my brave daughter waited for her check up patiently, and got her shot without so much as a peep! I was one proud mommy!! And Zoey was one proud pre-schooler, with a huge Pooh bandaid on her arm....(check her expression in the picture above- post to follow!!)
She did well, the doctor was pleased, everything fine, EXCEPT that she has to redo the eye exam, because her left eye wasn't up to the minimum standard. The big question is, is that due to tiredness or is it her vision....we'll find out in november, when she redoes her eye exam...!
Official "consultatie bureau" years are over, further follow up continues at a lesser frequency through school....!
Wow, do (almost) 4 years fly!

Play dough fun!!

Sometimes playing is a hard work (for mommies that is, with all the rolling, mashing,and opening and filling of appliances with play dough) And sometimes cleaning up afterwards is even harder work!

Zelfs kleine meisjes worden groot!

Een mijlpaal bereikt, een nieuwe en grotere wereld opent haar armen om onze dochter daar in op te nemen....Want Zoey kan sinds een paar weken zonder zijwieltjes fietsen! Voor de zomer geoefend, maar te eng bevonden door het keur-meestertje, terwijl ze het hartstikke goed deed, maar ineens heeft ze de smaak te pakken! en gaat er geen dag overheen voor ze op haar prachtige en inmiddels met slingertjes versierde 12-inch fiets op het pleintje rondrijdt! En snel dat ze gaat!
Esmee vindt het ook prachtig, en heeft bedacht dat ze dat zelf ook al wel kan, hoewel we haar dan wel op het kleinere fietsje ondersteund rechtop moeten houden en vooruit moeten duwen....."Meetje, jou tijd komt nog wel!"
Foto's van Zoey's fiets avonturen (op het pleintje, naar de eendjes, naar de kinderopvang en naar de aldi) moeten we nog maken en plaatsen. Maar we wilde jullie deze geweldige prestatie niet onthouden :)


Zoey expanded her horizons a couple of weeks ago when she suddenly decided she could ride her two-wheeler without support from extra wheels or parents! And, WOW, can she go fast!! She races around the grass in our neighborhood, and begs to ride her bike to the nearby Aldi (store) or the ducks like it's the greatest thing in the world! It amazes me how fast kids learn, and how quickly our little girl is growing up, almost ready to start school, chatting away like a preschooler, and sometimes so wise for her age! To be honest, I'm glad she doesn't start school till January, that seems soon enough!