On Sunday, December 29, we took a train out to Amsterdam for the day. My dad had been once when he was in high school, and my mom had never been before, so we knew we needed to make a point to explore the city with them. The weather was spectacular, albeit cold, and we had a highly successful and fun day together.
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| Waiting for the train on this cold morning, before the sun broke through for a beautiful day. |
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| Something about this picture brings me peace. |
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| She wastes no time in making herself comfortable, that's for sure! |
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| We were so delighted to have the sun welcome us into the city. |
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| Good lookin' bunch! |
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| We had packed a lunch, and found a cozy corner at the train station, specifically at Starbucks, to enjoy our food (and yummy drinks!). |
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| We found a combo deal for a canal cruise and the Van Gogh Museum, which
was a great way to spend a bulk of our time in this great city. |
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| We got off the boat in front of the Rijksmuseum, and took a nice walk to the Van Gogh Museum. |
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| Isn't my mom a beauty? (and no, we did not go ice skating - just took a picture) |
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| This is how we managed to have a highly successful visit to the museum. Geoffrey napped in the stroller, and we all had audio tours - and Maddie was given the kid-friendly version. She loved it, and so did we! |
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| This picture was taken for the sole purpose that I am usually the one behind my camera, and it was time for me to get in a group shot. :) |
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| Beautiful love. |
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| That's a different kind of beautiful love. :) |
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| Maddie had an obsession with putting on Grandma's hat and glasses, and pretending to be her. It was pretty ridiculous - and by ridiculous, I mean super cute! |
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| We made a return visit to The Pancake Bakery, this time ordering different pancakes for each kid - Maddie had the "magician," and Geoffrey had the "fireman." :) They love their new hats! |
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| And we loved our Dutch pancakes! Yum! |
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| Ready to take the train home. We had such a wonderful day! |
Did you forget 'on purpose' to mention how 5 of us searched the inside the museum high and low, for 45 mins to find Dad, only to eventually find him outside - sheepishly thinking that was where we were all meeting? or... our walk through blocks and blocks in the Red Light district, passing "coffee shops", and "ladies of the night" (who were noticed first by our husbands)? And all we wanted was to find the pancake house! :o)
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