Eliot's Travels

We desperately needed to get out today. By Tuesday afternoon, the rain had cleared to sunny skies. I thought it would be fun to take a bike ride and go over to a mostly empty parking lot near the train tracks to play some baseball. The boys batted, pitched and chased balls. We watched trains pass right by us, including this engine - maybe it's a maintenance car? We're not sure, but it was fun to see.

Later in the day, Deborah invited us over to play at her house. Timo, Eliot and I played voetball (soccer to us). Astrid, Eliot and Miles liked playing on the wipkip (seesaw) and just running around and exploring. Deborah has a little garden and playground just next to their house, so that's where we played. Deborah and I played some baseball and the kids chased balls. I thought I remembered where Deborah lived, so I rode off in the right direction. After 5 minutes of circling the same block, I had to look at the Delft map. Funny enough, Deborah lives just off the highly decorated street we passed by on Sunday. The flags were still flying high and proud today.

Today was an important biking milestone, for me at least. After dinner, we needed to go to the store before our big trip to the zoo. I rode the kids over to the small C1000. I successfully rode home with my bike bag, a heavy bag in my basket, a lighter bag on my shoulder and 2 boys on my bike. Luckily, I didn't have to stop until we got to our parking garage door!!

posted by Whitney @ 2:15 AM