It’s Tijs’ first birthday today. Tijs is our first (and, so far, only) nephew, the son of my sister and her boyfriend. I haven’t seen him since August last year, so obviously he has grown a lot. That’s what children of his age do. I don’t really miss anything the Netherlands, but it would have been nice if we had the chance to see him grow a bit more. When we last saw him he was really just a little baby.

Apparently, he went to the zoo in Rotterdam today, with his mum and both his grandmothers. Not sure if that was such a good idea…