She was almost two and tired of walking around this castle in the Netherlands. Technically maybe not a pout, but it's the first photo that came to mind when I saw this week's contest at I Heart Faces (so I decided to enter again).

I'm going to check out some more entries!

It really does, especially when it gets to the part where the boy holds his mother. I haven't been able to read it to Kate without getting very emotional right around there.

Love between parent and child I understand.

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This was in between telling me to "stop take pictures Mama" and "leave me alone".

Ah the wondrous smell of a towel that was dried outside in sun and wind. Even with some kind of fabric softener it's still quite rough, and works like an exfoliating scrub.

Most subdivisions in the US don't even allow you to hang your laundry outside. Here it's common custom. In my dad's backyard is the "droogmolen" (drying mill) which turns around and holds quite a lot of laundry. To be honest, riding by an apartment building that has laundry hanging on most balconies made me realize it really doesn't look all that great, I get that point. It's just so much better and saves so much gas/electricity to dry laundry this way.

I remember when I was a kid, and my mom did laundry. Can you imagine how much that is for a family of six? This mill was completely loaded, we'd look for older laundry that was dry, so we could hang the next load.

Now that it's just laundry for three people (Kate, my dad and I), I have a bit more room. Most laundry is from Kate and me.

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We were at the cemetery. Looking for ideas for my mom's grave. Kate loves that place, lots of big trees, pine cones and sticks (twigs) on the ground. She collects sticks and pine cones and rocks. This time she left them on Oma's grave, Oma will watch them for her.

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It isn't healthy, it really isn't. This baggy even contains some MSG. But I miss Paprika flavored snacks when I'm in the U.S. (at times). BBQ flavor is okay, but it's not this. I'm eating way too much unhealthy stuff when I'm in the land of my birth!

Watching some toob with Opa.
This was on the first day there.
She's still in her traveling clothes.

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With her favorite Cousin.

Kate's big cousin.