Inkheart the book

I saw the movie and read the book.
It's so full of fantasy!

Going to bed ritual of my son

I promised to write a piece about my son. He also has a ritual before he's going to bed. Considering his age he is going much later to bed, but he still thinks it's to soon.


Our son is 13 years old and his bed time depends on what he must be in school.
When it's time for bed,
he goes upstairs to take a shower.
After he is ready he comes downstars to give us a kiss goodnight.
He holds me tight for a hug,
a long hug...
He does the same with his father,
also a very long hug,
and he goes upstairs (yes, much faster then our daugther)
but then it comes.........
He stands by the door and says;
Goodnight
Welterusten (it's Dutch and means goodnight)
Bye, bye
Zwaai, zwaai, (Dutch for wave)
Mazzel, (Dutch in the term of bye)
Ballen, (Dutch in the term of bye)
Toedeloe, (Dutch in the term of bye)
I love you,
Ik hou van jou (Dutch for I love you)
See you tomorrow.

And my husband says al the same things to him, if we wait to long he says "I'm waiting.."
Then he is off to bed, for the rest is he as quiet as a mouse.

He saying all of those things since he is 4 or 5 years old, and I still think it's funny.

Love this song!

We made it forever last december. This was the song when we walked in.

Count to three

Since the children we still do something that's is, what I think, a very old trick.

There are times when children just won't listen, it doesn't matter what you say or do they just keep doing there own thing.


The thing that really helps with us is when we say 'I'm counting to three' and after the three you have to do what we said. That can me anything, from cleaning there room to listening to what we have to say.

I have to say we started with it when they were very young and even when they are now 12 and 13 years old, they still listen to it.
Isn't that funny!

Last weekend we where at my sister's house and at some point they began to be a bit annoying. I said the had to stop, but they just looked at me and went on with what they were doing. So after a little while I said it again 'I count to three and then you both stop!'
Yes, they stopped.

Funny he, that it just still works!

Pink Ribbon pen and more? To commercial?!

It's October and the pink ribbons come flying around. A lot of companies are doing something for breast cancer. I don't know how it is in America, but here we have phones, t-shirts, bracelets, of course the magazine and a lot more.

From every product that you buy an amount is going to Pink Ribbon.
But why aren't we making that contribution ourself?! Is it really necessary to buy a product for ourself, get a good feeling out of it because we did it for a good cause. It tells us that the big companies have a heart because they give to Pink Ribbon. Let's be frank, every penny they pay is tax deductible.

Why is it OK to do all off this with a sickness like breast cancer. There is someone who wrote a book about it, Samantha King - Pink Ribbons, Inc. She tells in the book that you can market this out because it's save subject. Everybody knows it, finds it a bad (I'm sorry I don't know an other word) sickness, can talk about it and has it's own decision about it. The most people who get breast cancer are woman and they are most of the time in charge of the money in the house hold. That is why it's a marketing business! Look at the market, most of the time it's for woman.

The companies started a campaign, started by making a beautiful magazine, very glossy, beautiful woman, nice clothes, make-up, hair. The money comes in, the faces of the companies look good, because they are doing something for breast cancer, and everybody is glad. You think, did you know that the most money is going to awareness and publicity and really a little bit is going to treatments and research. The awareness is that you see everywhere that as a woman you have to check you breasts, but has anyone make a poster of give lessons on how you must examen yourself.

In the magazine I don't see picture of woman who really had breast cancer, you don't see picture's of bolt woman, you don't read story's of woman who are sick, who lost one of there breast. No, because it all has to be fun and let's be honest it must sell.
Maybe the magazine is different in America, but in Holland there are no story's from sick woman.

No, I'm not buying the magazine, the phone or whatever, I'm donating every month, not only in October, to the cancer foundation. I feel much better that way.