Sydney and her Toothbrush

Here is Syd at 6 months with her toohbrush. She was getting her first tooth and wanted to rub her gums constantly.


Syd is now 16 months old and getting teeth number 13 and 14 - and they hurt.


She doesn't like when we brush her teeth - she has to do it herself becuase she thinks she's a big girl.


Syd wanted to show her Uncle, who's a dentist how good she can brush her teeth. But when you brush your teeth you need to look in the mirror to see what your doing. Not even the camera could distract her from brushing her teeth.

My new bag

I have been trying to find the perfect bag to put both my usual purse stuff plus Sydney's diaperbag necesscities in. The problem is they are either all way too big or simply I didn't like the material. So being the overly ambitious person I tend to be - I thought I'll just make one myself. First problem - what should it look like - I quickly found the wonderful world of Amy Butler Patterns. Second Problem - Material - that was also quickly solved by a trip the Netherlands Fabric Market. I got great deals on the material - 5€/m for the print and 2€/m for the solid. There were several other problems that came up - seeing as I decided to make the pattern myself, and then installing a magnetic snap. But I am thrilled with the end result.

Leftover Material

So - I have been keeping old pairs of jeans thinking I could make something with the denim. Sydney now has a jean skirt and teddybear. The bear is a favorite - I had to take it from her bed to get a picture of it.

Too Funny

So today we got a package - and Sydney couldn't wait to see what was inside of the cardboard box. She helped to open the box and was so excited to see a toy inside that as soon as she saw it she said "Lecker!" For all of those people out there who don't understand German - lecker is the equivilant of Yummy. I thought it hilarious that the toy was yummy.

Head and Shoulders . . .

Sydney loves Baby Einstein - her favorite one at the moment is Baby DaVinci. She gets super excited everytime the music starts. The video has the song Head and Shoulders Knees and Toes - she tries so hard to copy the actions. It's so cute - see for yourself.


Sorry, we tried to rotate the video but it didn't work. So just tilt your head or the screen.

Diplom Thesis

Today I finally handed in my thesis. So if nothing goes wrong I will be a real engineer soon. The topic of my thesis is "Hydrologic Precipitation Runoff Simulation in Arid Regions using Remote Sensing Data on the Example of a Catchment in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia".

Reliving my childhood

Sharon, Lois & Bram. If these names don't mean anything to you - it's probably because you didn't grow up in Canada watching the Elephant Show. It was one of my favorite shows as a little girl. The songs I remember still to this day. I loved them so much - that I had to order Sydney her own CD of Sharon, Lois and Bram.