After a dreary week, we woke up this morning to flurries of snow and a beautiful day in Amsterdam. We walked around the city and took a few pics:

ready to play in the snow

Aidan was anxious to get outside.

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The stroller has held up pretty well in the snow.

snow bikes

I guess this is the equivalent of having to brush your car off in the morning. Snow doesn’t seem to affect the bike-culture of the city.

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Snowy streets. We live in the building on the left. Amsterdam (usually) doesn’t get enough snow for plows or shovels, although the streets are sometimes salted.

winter canal

Winter canal. Not cold enough to be iced over, but pretty chilly.

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St. Nicholas Kerk.

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Aidan has been doing much better this week. He seems to be adjusting and he loves to play with his new friends: ‘Sam’ his old buddy from before (although they mostly fight over toys), ‘Massiva’ a little Algerian girl who lives down the hallway and is close to Aidan’s age, and Rivka, an older girl from Venezuela who plays really well with Aidan.

FIS is going really well, but the days are long and very full..hence the lack of posts!

winter sunset

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Aidan’s cousin, Violet, loves to accessorize. She came up with this look, and Aidan liked it so much he decided to try it himself.
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The Netherlands is the world’s largest exporter of flowers. This time of the year the tulip fields are in full bloom, and hundreds of thousands of people flock to Keukenhof-the world’s largest flower garden, just outside of Amsterdam. Someone graciously paid our way to go (it’s a bit pricey, but worth it), so a few weeks back we made a day of it. We weren’t disapointed-the gardens are absolutely overwhelming! But then so are the crowds…

I just uploaded the pics to a new flickr set; you can check them out in the photo gallery.