Sun and Miracle mornings

And here we are. Friday March 12th, 64 out and I am sitting in the sun in my tanktop writing this blog. Wondering what I shall write about today. Its been a while as nothing much has happened and I also still keep my Dutch blog alive so it doesn’t feel like its been a while.

So little is happening in live nowadays and at the same time a lot is actually happening in our lives. We are currently down to 16 weeks until returning to Holland, that sounds so incredibly soon. So I will keep it to almost 4 months left, that sounds way better:-)!

The weather is getting better which also gives us more options to hang out with friends YAY! We have had several outdoor playdates already and still going strong and loving it! It makes me so happy to hang out with my friends while the children are enjoying playing with their friends what they have missed so so much the last months.

I am feeling good, I am not stressed and I'm actually making a lot of progress. This week I've started to sell some things on Facebook, got rid of the Elliptical, coffee table, big Livingroom cube closet which takes up lots of space. We still have those months to go and people are worrying that we will be spending that time in an empty house. I can reassure everyone that we have been able to collect enough stuff over the course of 4 year to have it not feel empty at all😊. The good thing about getting rid of those things is that it forces me to go through it all.

Good friends are taking a bunch of our furniture and therefor we are able to keep that until close to leaving, which is awesome and so helpful. So I don’t have to worry about that anymore. Over the course of the last months I have been purging so much already that I'm actually surprised that we have anything left really. But much much more to get rid of. Think about all the kitchen appliances, we have so many, but none of it will be working in Holland so we will have to get rid of those, but off course we still need it now, so wont get rid of it yet!

I like the whole organizing project, it is one of my superpowers so I don’t mind doing it lol! Deciding what will be shipped and what will be going to fly on the plane with us is a little bit harder. But we will get there.

One thing that will def help me in the process is the fact that we heard this week that the kids will be going back to school full time per April 5th, we couldn’t be more excited about that! That will be awesome for them of course, to hopefully have some normalcy for the remainder of the year!!! I wish that so much for them!

Also, Nynke had an online introduction to her new school this week. She followed different fun short classes with some teachers and enjoyed it. It also brought some anxiety, but I think that is part of the whole process. It is a big choice that she is making, especially at this young age. Looking at everything with what we know now, it probably would’ve been best to have one more year here and then have her go to the highschool in Holland. She is still young, but to mature to go back to the elementary level there. We will just take it one step at a time and we are probably just worrying while she will just ROCK IT! I wouldn’t be surprised by that considering how she is doing it all!

It is so funny to see how resilient the kids are, also in this whole moving process. When I said we were getting rid of several pieces of furniture, Pim right away jumped up and visualized redecorating the whole living. They get very excited about the move in general, which is a good thing. An hour later that excitement can turn like the New England weather though, they can be instantly sad, but also recover quick again!

For now, we will just go on what we are doing…Enjoying our time here as much as possible while also prepping for our leave. Everything is quite organized so far, just don’t come by to look at the mess in my house😊.

Meanwhile I have a new hobby lol. I’ve been listening to two audio books: Dear Good Morning (is Dutch) and The Miracle Morning. Its never been hard on me to wake up early, but I could def be grouchy if the kids start fighting before having my coffee etc. But I’ve been listening to lots of audiobooks during the walks I try to take a few times a week. So after finishing the books I’ve taken the challenge to get up every morning at 6 am, workout a bit, meditate and read and write in my journal. And I must say, stepping out at 6 am is not always the easiest (though now its getting warmer its def getting better), but I am so much more calm after I finish everything and coming downstairs after. It sounds like the perfect picture and it really isn’t, also I don’t have very small kids anymore which makes it easier to fit it in in my life, but I totally understand moms that have been doing this longer a lot better now. There is something about starting the day with time for yourself before the hectic of the day takes over. So I can def recommend reading or listening to one of those books and then see for yourself if it would be interesting for yourself. For whoever knows my husband, he is the most hardcore nigh owl there is and would never get out of bed unless I would kick him out (usually me being very annoyed). But he was up for the challenge and he started getting up at 6:30 himself and going outside to run…he loves it so far! We are only about 2 weeks into the challenge, but who knows what comes from it! I always like to think you have to try everything once in your life:-). I for one am happy that I started this, especially now before the good weather kicks in and it will even be easier to wake up when the weather is nice and the sun is up already! So I will def go on as long as it feels good!

And now its already time to jump in the car to go pick up Nynke and then Pim. My mind wanders to Holland a bit thinking how different it will all be in a few months. End of August when they will start their new schools and Pim will ride his bike or walk to school everyday. Nynke will ride her bike to school everyday without me, but with friends or by herself. Crazy to think how much their life will change, they don’t realize it yet but there are many things that they will love we are sure, in spite of all we will also gonna miss here!

Ok, gotta post this and then run. Such a shame, it is lovely in the sun here! Hope to see you soon!

XO