Gramma and Grampa are here and we are having a fabulous time. They have gone off with Daddy to buy geraniums to fill our flower boxes front and back. Frunty is at school, enjoying being back after an almost one month holiday. (sick and then Easter holidays, then trip to Turkey) Pet is sleeping. Doggie is recovering from a liver problem still to be determined. So I have a moment to try to catch up.

Gramma and Grampa enjoyed a one week holiday in Germany before joining us here in Brussels. The day after their arrival we all flew down to Bodrum, Turkey. We were supposed to leave Easter Monday but the flight got canceled, not enough travelers. So we left on Saturday and were thrilled with the extra days which we wanted anyway. A few days before our trip, we found out that our hotel was not ready. Later we visited it and found it to be in unprepared for guests. We were very lucky because we ended up being upgraded to an amazing, five star resort called Samara in Torba. They tried to give us another resort at first but we researched and discovered it to be stroller unfriendly. Then they tried to put us in an excellent hotel but in the middle of the city of Bodrum. After many phone calls and sticking to my guns, I got them to give us Samara which was beautiful.

When they say here, "ce n'est pas possible", they cannot be believed. If you keep to a friendly way of asking, you generally receive! So anyway, we had a fantastic time. Highlights were the day trip we organized ourselves to the ruins of Ephesus. We also really enjoyed relaxing by the ocean while receiving massages by a wandering masseus named Doctor Oz. Grampa and I made daily trips to the Turkish bath in the latter part of the afternoon while Gramma and Daddy bathed the kids before dinner. Besides being scrubbed, we were massaged during and after the Turkish bath. It is an experience everyone should try...if you like steam and having cold and hot water poured over you and bubbles splashed onto you and someone scrubbing you with a rough glove!

Baby crying gotta go!

Since I last wrote, Peauteau's nickname has changed twice. Frunty started to call his baby brother "Bellyfete" which he said was French for something. I forget but will ask him tomorrow. Then it became and is today, "Pet" which Frunty says is French for "bone". It is very cute and the thing is, Peauteau answers to these names.

We went to our friends' today for a play date and two things happened. Pet tried to go up the stairs so I took pictures of his first attempt to climb stairs and secondly, R was talking to me and Pet turned to look at her and she asked him a question and he responded, "yah". It was very clear and very adorable.

Yesterday Frunty tripped in our home while carrying his wooden boat from the movie "Madagascar". It is really from Hema, the Dutch shop. Anyway, he knocked his tooth...again. (when he was 1.5 he broke it at the shopping mall while running in his oversized boots bought in Luxembourg.) This time, no shoes or socks or running but unfortunately, bonk. We took him a few hours later to the dentist, our wonderful Dr. Michiels, and the tooth is loose and may fall out in the next few weeks. We will go for "controls" at the beginning of May to see how things are going. Hopefully no damage to the adult tooth or to the roots...Frunty is walking around with a fat lip as well and over top, he holds a little cloth for drooling on. It is a pretty sad sight. He has been sitting most of the day on the couch watching Bob the Builder and I was quite happy when he agreed to go to R's to play. He's calling me, gotta go.

Peauteau loves putting things into a bag or box and then taking them back out again and then putting them back in...over and over. It is so fun to watch him do this and the little mouth he makes, so full of concentration. He also likes to shake his head indicating "no"...we don't really know if he knows what it signifies or not but it looks cute and we all start shaking our heads too. He loves watching his brother too and playing games with him and if Frunty tries to push him a bit, Peauteau will squeal and stand his ground very well. They don't fight yet but sometimes try to grab the same thing.