This is what happens...

...when you are too busy updating your blog and not paying attention to your 2 year old...

Decorating and Cookie Making

The other day we brought out the Christmas decorations and tried to be a bit creative decorating this year. At the time we didn't think we were going to get a tree ( that had changed and tonight Matt is going to pick one up.) We are not able to nail anything to the walls and have limited shelf space so we decided to hang a few of our ornaments. Kaylin loved picking them out and handing them to me to hang.

On Sunday we went to Jim and Megan's house for dinner. We thought it would be nice to bring them some Christmas cookies. So, Kaylin and I made some cut out cookies and spritz cookies, my favorite!

1st trip booked!

We have booked our first trip! We will be going to Cologne, Germany from Dec 17-the 20 to check out their Christmas markets. Yeah!!

Our house from the outside

My dad has requested pics from the outside of the house so here they are...

Ours is the door on the left. We have the two windows on the left and the 1st three windows on the second floor (the first is cut off). There is a British family that lives on the top 2 floors.

The above 2 pictures are looking left and right from across the street.

Again, the far left door and the two windows next to it and the three windows on the second floor.

Ajax Game

On Sunday Nov 30 Matt when to see Amsterdam's football team play against Utrect. He had a great time going with a few people from work who have season tickets. Two observations that are different here than at any sporting game back in the states; the first being no alcohol was served because they were playing against a rival and the second being there was no music played. The fans chanted through out the entire game. Hopefully we will get some pics soon. Matt took our camera, but I forgot to put the memory card back in and we don't know how to get the pictures off our our internal memory. We are looking forward to going to a game together.

Kaylin's first bike ride

Today Matt took Kaylin on her first bike ride. She wasn't very happy with the ride, but I am sure it was because she was tired and very crabby. Well try again when she is in a more agreeable mood!

Thanksgiving Part 2

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! I hope you all had a great time with family and friends and I hope you all were stuffed with turkey and stuffing! :)

Our first Thanksgiving in our new home was pretty uneventful! Matt went to work and I stuck around here with the kids because the painters are still here working on the back. We did have a Thanksgiving dinner and were able to talk with family which was so nice. We even used our china for the first time. It was nice to finally have it out and ready to use for special occasions.

Turkey is hard to find here and we found that we could get one if we preordered it from Hanos which is like a Sams Club. Unfortunately we found out to late so we'll try next year. I made a small chicken, mashed potatoes, corn (had to search a bit for it), stuffing, rolls, pie (store bought), jello (brought from home) and I surprised Matt with some cheese dip...anyone in the Zomboracz Family circle knows how fantastic cheese dip is!

My helpers:

Kaylin was thrilled with her Jello!