5 Years

Five years ago she was born, Orla Jane Maria De Ruiter. In those years she altered from a depending baby into a girl who knows what she wants and how to get it. Being the youngest makes that she knows how to battle for those things important for her, fortunately that is not always crying. She has great humour and knows how to use it, making everyone smile, even when it is not appropriate!
Her big wish was a Cinderella dress which she saw in the Disney store! Knowing that she was getting the dress, the next items on her wish list were high heels, gloves and crown, all in the accompanying Cinderella brand. So she was spoiled with her wish list and more, being perfume and lip gloss. The whole outfit was complemented with a glitter bag, a magic butterfly wand and not to forget eye shadow and nail polish. Wow we have created a princess in those five years... and her behaviour?
Yes that resembles her outfit!

Normal routine

For the coming weeks we have our normal routine, waking up at 6.30 to make breakfast and make sure the girls practise their respective instruments, Carmen on the Piano and Kirsten the cello. Bring them to school at 8.15 and then get the house organised and work on the assignments for my photography course. Get the girls from school and run them to their after school activities! Well that means starting up a taxi business!!
Monday is horseriding and church choir (Carmen/Kirsten) and while Kirsten sings Orla and I enjoy a hot choco with whippedcream. Tuesday is ballet and recorder and while Orla has her recorder lessons Kirsten and I read a book. On Wednesday Kirsten has a pretty busy programme, first arts and crafts, then cello lessons and last but not least Irish dance, which she does together with Orla. Somewhere in that afternoon Carmen has her choir practise and at 6 pm she is in the pool for some swimming.
Thursdays are for play dates and relaxing and so are Fridays with the exception for Kirsten who has her tennis lessons then. Carmen is off to piano lessons and scouting on a Saturday, while Orla has started with her swimming lessons to get her diploma's. But that diploma will take some time....
Somewhere in between Aram and I are doing our bits and peace's!

Disneyland Paris

We did it all, with the exception of the roller coasters!
We saw the shows, and Mikey's winter wonderland was the best and thus we went twice to that one, the second even better than the first! The Christmassy atmosphere was lovely even though it was the New Year... The girls liked most of the rides, only 'Pinokio' was a no go for Orla and 'Snow white' after the ride also according to Carmen. The witch was quite prominent during the ride! Resulting in the fact that mom and Kirsten were the only ones to go into the Ghost Manor, which we both enjoyed tremendously! Buzz's lightning was a big yes with Carmen and Kirsten, apparently there is more shooting sensation in those 2 than we thought! The parades were really good with the evening light one the best according to me.
Every evening we hit our pillow early, yes even mum and dad, I guess we can say that it was GREAT!
The pictures speak for it's self.

Happy New Year

Well the New Year started, that means time for new resolutions and one of them is keeping a blog and keep it up-to-date. We will see how that goes, but the start is there.

Last night was a rather short one, after the fireworks Aram and I made sure everything was packed and then went to bed around 2 am. At 7 the alarm went off!!
We are heading towards Paris, more specific, Disneyland Paris and the Disneyland hotel. Leaving at 8 made sure the roads were not blocked and no traffic jams were encountered... Leaving us a 4 hour drive down South.
At one o'clock we were able to go for our first show, mickey mouse clubhouse live! By 5 we were all settled in our room and by 9 we were all asleep!!

What a lovely way to start the New Year