Chem-Trails

As most of you know, my son is turning three this week. I want to make his birthday special, so after I dropped him off at nursery, I got the bus to Utrecht (where I took this photo of the sky). There's more shops to visit there, and in particular, a pretty decent toy shop, Intertoys. I also wanted to get out of Oudewater.

When I arrived in Utrecht, I discovered that most of the shops didn't open until 12 o'clock, with a few opening at 11, which was frustrating, but meant I had the chance to wonder around. There were a few shops that were already open so I was able to get a few presents from Hema and as some coffee (see the extra). I picked up a cheap tripod from the media shop and then went into the toy store, where I found what I was looking for. Unfortunately, I didn't find a frame big enough for the painting of the peacock I did for Little Man, so I'll have to get something from a framer in a few months' time.

When I got back, I collected Little Man. He'd had a lovely time. The group had been taken to the library, which he loved. We hung out at home, went for a bike ride, did a spot of shopping, namely for clems, Little Man's current favourite fruit, and came home. Caleb came round and brought dinner with him. It was lovely!