Although Machteld is much younger then Maud, in the matrimonial department she got a 1 year, 3 months, 4 days head start. To celebrate her fifth wedding anniversary, we hopped over to Amsterdam to kidsit our nephews, while Maggie & Alan went partying downtown.
We left for Botswana last September when Tui was just born, so he doesn't know us at all, but he was very cool about this strange uncle and auntie. In fact he refused to go to sleep, cause he really wanted to make up for lost time, and get familiar with us. He especially flattered Maud by crying if he was not in her arms.
Jack decided on a different approach by being a compliant angle. Maybe he was practising for loosing his status of 'terrible two' by turning three coming July, but we of course like to think he was just happy to see us. The bottom line is we've never seen a two-year old agree to 'let's bath', 'lets go to bed', and etcetera that easily! On top of that he was delighted to share is new 'big boy' room with us for the night.
After a mellow, extended breakfast with Alan and the boys (poor Machteld had to report for work early), we biked to Bram's great aunt Loes. Ninety year old Louise Aisha is the last of Bram's granddad Bram many sisters and brothers alive. She's still incredibly sharp, and has all this amazing stories about colonial Suriname. Nothing beats oral history from someone who really lived through it!
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