Toad in the Tuin

Hello everyone!! It is so nice to see you! Guess what? I had an adventure last night in the garden.

The word for 'garden' in Dutch is 'tuin'. You say it like the English word 'town.' When I was in the 'tuin' last night, I saw a TOAD! Do you know what a toad is? Here is a picture of a toad. They aren't very pretty, are they? Have you ever seen one in your garden?

Did you know that toads don't walk, they hop! Can you think of other animals that hop? Here are some pictures of animals that hop. Do you know what kind of animals they are?



I was very surprised when that toad hopped up to me. Would you be surprised if a toad hopped up to you?

What do you think I did when the toad hopped up to me?

With love from Biggie G!

Bar-B-Q

Hello everyone!! I missed you. It's nice that you came to see me!!

I had an adventure on the weekend. My grandma and auntie came over for a bar-b-q. Do you know what a bar-b-q is? It's when you cook food outside. Here are some different kinds of bar-b-qs.

Did you know that there are many ways to spell bar-b-q? Barbeque. BBQ. Bar-b-q. Can you think of any other words that are spelled more than one way?

Guess what!?

I was a little bit scared of my grandma and my auntie at first. I don't know why but I get scared of visitors sometimes. So I ran upstairs and I hid under the bed for a while. Then I started to feel less afraid. When I felt brave enough, I went back downstairs and said hello to my grandma and my auntie. Here is a picture of them. They are very pretty, even though they don't have orange hair like I do.
Here is a picture of my mommy and my auntie and my grandma all being a little bit silly. You can't see me because I am too short for this picture.Next time I promise to show you a picture of me. My daddy says that sometimes it is hard to take a picture of me because I move too fast or because I am hiding. I'll try to slow down!

With love from Biggie G!

Outside in the dark

Hello there, I'm glad you came to visit me. I had an adventure today. It was fun and scary at the same time. Kind of like a rollercoaster - have you been on a rollercoaster before? They are a lot of fun, but they are also scary. I don't want to go on a rollercoaster every day, but every now and then a rollercoaster is great! Well, today I went outside into the back yard. It's full of fun things out there. My mommy doesn't like to work in the garden, so there are a lot of tall plants that just grow wherever they like. That means lots of fun places for me to hide and lots of nice smells for me to sniff. Here are some pictures of me in the garden. In some of them I'm hiding. Tell me if you can find me!

When I went outside it was daytime, and I stayed outside until after it was dark. I stayed outside really late!! My daddy called for me to come in, but I pretended I didn't hear him because I wanted to keep playing!

At first I wasn't scared at all. Even though it wasn't daytime anymore, it was still light outside. That's called twilight. In some parts of the world, there is no twilight, but in other parts it can last for hours. How long is twilight where you live?

As the light kept on fading, the day turned slowly into night. You know what was silly? Even though the light kept fading, it seemed to me that it was suddenly dark! I wasn't paying very good attention.

When it was completely dark, I got a little bit scared. I'm glad my daddy left a window open so I could jump inside. I ran over to him and he was so glad to see me! He knew I was outside playing, so he wasn't worried. He was glad to see me because it was time for me to go to bed! But first I got some cuddles. I love to be me because I get cuddles every day from my mommy and my daddy.

Maybe I was a little bit naughty when I pretended I couldn't hear my daddy, but he knows that if he used his 'serious' voice I would have obeyed him right away. And sometimes it's good to get a little bit scared by yourself so that you know better next time.

I love to play in the garden, and I love getting cuddles! I had a great day today. What kind of day did you have?

With love from Biggie G!