Thursday, September 06, 2007

thijs is jarig!

Thijs was greeted this morning by 3 of his little friends: Caroline the Colorado Beetle, Sushi the Snail and Dudley the dung beetle. After breakfast, he opened a few presents and was thrilled to find THORON, a platinum armor dragon, and Sunblott, an equinox dragon. Good thing he had his sword at the breakfast table because he was going to need it w all those winged creatures flying around!
Then it was off to school, where Stijn made a talk about Thijs and shared fotos from his childhood, along with some stories, like the time he dropped "bear bear" in a lake and a fisherman rescued him!
As you can see here, Thijs did not mind being the center of attention, and he was glad to pipe in now and again w his own version of a story. He was also happy to let the kids touch the Harry Potter-sized scar on his forehead, which he got from falling in the creek!
Showing his collection of insects is something Thijs takes great pride in doing. He also enjoyed telling how he knew the ichneumon wasp is a female. The kids thought this was really cool.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday to Thijs. Can't believe he's 5! Got your nice post card. Sounds like you had a great time. Lakeside was nice. We've booked for a trip to Cancun in November over Thanksgiving - just the four of us. Should be nice.
Hope you are back into the groove. Hope we can catch up soon.
R

slo birder said...

Stijn and I did some great snorkeling on the reefs around Cozumel. You'll love it, and you'll have the benefit of being close(r) to ruins, which would be fun to explore. Oh I'm very jealous!