Today was the first day of winter break, and we set an alarm clock for 6:30 am!!  My Mom and Dad had an early morning flight back to California. I was fine with the transition until we got to the airport before the sun rose.  Looking in my mama’s eyes made me cry. And then again more tears flowed as I hugged my dad goodbye.  We are going to miss them being here with us!!

Luckily, my friend Jane was thinking ahead and planning outings for this week.  We met up with Jane, Kim, Cami, Patti Beth and a couple other new friends and their kids to see our first movie at a theater in Amsterdam.

The movie was in 3D and was produced in English with Dutch subtitles, popping out in 3-D as well.  The movie was really cute and I’m glad that we had something to do to get us out of the house.   After the movie, we walked along the Singel and I had heard about a great, Indonesian restaurant, called Sampurna that was on the flower market.  We decided to try and it and enjoyed a noisy family meal that included Sayur Lodeh, Rendang, Bami Goreng, Rice, Satay Ayam, and Krupruk!! Trying to take 3 kids to a quiet restaurant and expecting them to sit still and quiet is a joke!  Once the food arrived, all was well again and we all enjoyed our delicious meal.

Today was good after all. Mom and dad arrived safely in Los Angeles and are very excited to see my nieces and sisters and brother and their own house and own bed again!  Welcome home, Mama and Pops!  Slaap lekker!!