Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Gilbert - A Birthday Trip: Day 1

 

On Saturday we went on a trip. My owner told me to pack for several days.

It was a rainy and grey day,

First we took a bus.

Then we took a boat. I think I know where we are going! We got hot chocolate on the boat.

We went to Schiermonnikoog!
I've been there once before on a day trip, but Sullivan had several birthday trips to Schiermonnikoog. He always stayed at a hotel, I wonder if we'll go there as well.

It turned out my owner booked us an apartment because the hotel was closed in January this year. The apartment had a nice livingroom.

And a dinner table.

A tiny kitchen.

And a comfy looking bed.

And a small bathroom. Looks like it has everything we might need.

It was in the middle of the village as well.

Too bad it was still raining, because I wanted t go exploring.

My owner made a run to the supermarket and another store and came back with chocolate milk, Amaretto, and a raincoat for me. She told me that hot chocolate and Amaretto is a tradition on these birthday trips.

It kept raining all afternoon, so we stayed in relaxing and reading.

In the evening it stopped raining so we went for a short walk to the water tower.

They were showing movie clips on the tower. It looked strange.

On our way back to the apartment we went to the snackbar and got French fries and a chicken burger for dinner. Yum.

And we made hot chocolate with Amaretto! We could only find small cups, so my owner said we would have to get a bigger mug the next day.

Next: a long walk

Monday, January 9, 2023

Finally an Update Again

 

We tried some of our dinosaur games!

Dinosaur Paradise was really cool! We got to create an ecosystem that could support a big T-Rex population.

Draftosaurus was fun as well. You had to fill a park with dinosaurs, but not all dinosaurs could be put in the same enclosures.

On Christmas Eve we had oliebollen!

On Christmas we had lots of presents from Miki!

Look at all these awesome presents!

There were fun animals.

A Pusheen Diary and Pusheen buttons!

And cool hair clips for our owner.
She wore one of them to Christmas dinner!

Thanks miki!

Our owner got a Bad Janet t-shirt from Jeffe. We approved!

We went out for Christmas dinner and I had lots of yummy food!


Just after Christmas we caught a cold, so we didn't do anything special for New Year's Eve. We hope to be fully recovered soon.

I know I'm late, but still I wish everyone a lovelt 2023! 



Thursday, December 15, 2022

Books, Food, Christmas , and more

We got more books from Sinterklaas and as early Christmas presents!
These we got from Melliane (together with a 3rd that arrived separately).

We went out and I got hot chocolat and apple strudel. 

On an evening walk I spotted a building dressed up as a Christmas ornament.


We made a trip to the garden center for a Christmas tree, and they had beautiful decorations!


Just my size!

I think this is the Snow Queen.


There were lots of Christmas animals

Maybe this is the Dog Queen?

I have so many questions about this vase...

More Christmas cheer!

We found a beautiful tree and decorated it at home.

My owner is very busy with work at the moment as she works extra because of Christmas shoppers, but we managed to squeeze in a lunch at the Sushi Mall with a friend when she was in town.

I ate tons of Edamame.

My owner got a Christmas present that we're not allowed to open before Christmas. I'm very curious! (I think the mailmen were curious too, as they squashed the package a bit.)

We also got signed books!
Thanks, Jeffe and Sarah Pinsker.



Have a great Holiday Season, everyone.
 

Sunday, November 27, 2022

Gilbert - A Trip into Town and More

 

We went into town not long ago and I met this beaver at a shop that sold outdoor stuff like raincoats and winter gear.

After that we got a nice bottle of cider,

and a vlammenkoek (a kind of pizza).
It was a really fun outing.


The next day we participated in a Pub Quiz!

And we won!


We visited friends and played The Hunger.
It's a fun deck builder/race game with vampires. I got a piggy familiar!

Sinterklaas arrived in the Netherlands and left us a present!

A book.
Sullivan immediately started reading it.

And we played Planet B with friends!
At Spellenspektakel we only got to play a few rounds, but now we got to play the whole game. It was lots of fun.

And it has Dodos!