Lage Vuursche and more

So Friday I drove Ben to see Pancake Town and we saw a sign that we roughly translated to mean a logging festival was happening on the 21st of Aug. That was YESTERDAY...

So, after I found my way home from the airport via train and by foot, we loaded up the car for the 9km drive to Lage Vuursche. We followed the cars and found parking along the trees. Then we wandered into the festival. It was so cool! Right in the middle of trees and grass there were chainsaw raging and giant logs waiting to be cut.

There were aisles of treasures to be had, and some DELICIOUS food. :-) We walked around, found the 'how long can you hang from a log' competition, a cute little shirt for Ivy, and lunch. We had a braat on a bun and some grilled ham slices on a roll with mustard. It was fabulous...and the best part is that Ivy has almost all of her teeth now, so she just takes bites off of whatever we are eating. She loved it as well.

While we ate, we listened to some really bad American country music and watched a square dance lesson...it was brutal. Then, as we were getting ready to continue wandering, a parade of women dressed as nuns and men dressed as monks found their way to the dance floor. They were introduced as "dancers" from the US performing their routine of Sister Act. UM, what a horrible representation of the US...but oh well...Ivy was dancing right along with their music. :-)

We finished our adventure with some mini pancakes dripping with butter and powdered sugar while we watched Ben see how long he could hang from the log. He broke the initial record of 58 sec with his 1min 15 sec, but couldn't hold on to break the new record of 3min...He did, however, beat the little girl that joined him in the competition. :-) We came home in time for naps and did our grocery shopping later in the evening.

Almost all stores are closed on Sundays, so today we are doing laundry and cleaning the house.

I'm off to work again tomorrow and Ben is solo with the babes. His bakfiets should arrive on Wed and then the real adventures will begin. We've taken Ivy for a couple of short spins on my bike. It has a baby seat on the front. She LOVE, LOVE, LOVES it. She squeels and laughs as the wind blows on her face and through her hair. It's quite a sight and quite a fight when we get home and she learns we have to get off the bike. :-)

2 sets of pics and another blog below.

More to come.... Lindz, Ben, Ivy, Henry