Busy month of May

visit of Dorothy Martin from Albania in the Holy Land. She's reunited with my mom who last saw each other right after our wedding, that was 7 years ago. With them in this photo is Mr. David Mockon who came as a visiting consultant.

at home with Dotty and Mrs. Ramirez

Oma Ineke came to visit us this May especially to see her newest grandchild, baby Ethan

Oma & Enna-Marie

with our two grandmas and oom Jorrit

Our second visit to Bahji since Ethan's birth...here our baby is sleeping in this beautiful garden

mom and Menchie standing next to the Shrine of Baha'u'llah

Enna-Marie & mommy

Maarten with brother Jorrit visiting the Mansion of Baha'u'llah

mom loves the garden, she wanted to have her photo taken in the garden in Bahji (of course also in the Haifa garden)

Ethan's first visit to tipat halav, in English it means a "drop of milk", it's a health center for mothers, infants and young children..a place where children get vaccinations, monitor/record the baby's weight, length, head measurement, etc...

the last 4 photos were taken at the last evening of Oma Ineke & Oom Jorrit with us

Little busy bee...

This month Enna-Marie turned three and a half yrs. old and is a busy girl. She still goes to pre-school from Sunday to Thursday and to her ballet class every Tuesday, plays at home and sometimes she's out playing with friends, listens and dances to music, does a lot of coloring (and maze too which she just learned lately), cooks with daddy, helps mommy to do some chores at home, visits the beach every other week, and just enjoys her time being with us.

wearing daddy's short pants



















brushing her teeth



















learning to fold some laundry clothes

baking a carrot cake

playing at the beach with Elfida

biking her "big bike" in the balcony

dressing up with lingerie

having fun with Carmel at the beach

quenching thirst from "ice drop" (Filipino version of popsicle)

laughing with Farid while daddy plays with them

performing together with her co-pre-schoolers at the End of the Year Bahá’í School program

with her new friends at ballet class (can you spot EM?)

biking with Carmel

at the mall wearing huge crocs shoes

at a friend's swimming birthday party

playing beach ball with Rodrigo

kids in gan waiting to be picked up by their mommies