Crazy Day

I had one of those crazy days today where I was in a million places. This morning, I got Jack ready for school and then I dragged him on the tram to Magna Plaza in Dam Square. I went to go find a present for Sarah Morris who just had a baby girl. But Bam Bam's has moved! That place has been there as long as I have been coming to A'Dam. But there is a toy store called Pinnocchio that has high end toys. Jack played with the Thomas the Train stuff while I picked him up some birthday presents. He started doing that crazy pee dance that my Dad calls "the watusi". So I rushed him off to the washroom and had to rummage around in my purse for the .20 Euro to get in. That accomplished, we went back to the to the toy store and 5 minutes later, Jack was doing the watusi again. So the washroom attendant made me pay - AGAIN! I gave her the real low down durty look but it was useless. After that, we headed out to MacDonalds for lunch. I didn't realize how late it was, so I whisked Jack back onto the #5 tram and we headed to school. The tram was packed, especially as we neared Leidseplein. It was at this point that Jack looked at me and asked, "Mommy, do you have a vagina?" and I was like, "Ummm yeah... now eat this McNugget." And then he said, "Mommy, do you have a big vagina?" I could have killed him.

After I dropeed him off at school and I went home and picked up Zephyr for a trip to Beatrix Park. I fed the ducks, swans, and koots. Then we went over to the dog park area and I met a really nice lady with a male Bearded Collie. It was such a beautiful dog. His name ws Boom. And then a lovely Vizsla puppy came around and Zephyr was full of bananas chasing her. The owner was also really nice. His puppy was named Ute and she was only 8 months old. I was telling them that I saw a wedding taking place on the other side of the park and I was worried that they would come over to us and one of the dogs would jump on the bride in her beautiful white dress. The owner said that was nothing... He took Ute to the Amsterdam Bos (Woods)last weekend and she took off to where there were a bunch of people sitting on a picnic blanket. Turns out, it was a birthday party and they were just blowing out the candles on the cake when Ute arrived and took a big bite outta it! Hey started screaming and she started getting confused and she starting stepping in the cake and eventually she sat in it. Party was over after that.

We hung out there for a bit and then Zephyr and I headed over to the other side to go home. Zephyr got the scent of some bird and she went crazy ass running after it and next thing you know, I heard a huge SPLOOSH! She fell/jumped into a canal. And a really green algae swampy one, at that. She got out OK but she was completely green. She smelt like swamp farts. So I had to drag her back home for a bath, rinse and rub dry. Yuck.

I had another hour or so to kill before I had to pick up Jack so I rode over to the Pipe to visit a cafe/cake shop called.... My Aunt's Cake. I was hoping to order Jakc's birthday cake there. The shop was incredible. I have an idea of what I want now. As I was cycling home, I came across a mini-red-light-district near my house. It was so wierd to see women like that around here. Especially, at 3 pm. They looked rather bored.

I also took some time to cycle around the area - a great way to explore. So many cool shops to check out at a later date.

Finally, I made my way back to the British School to get Jack. I was strapping him into his bike seat when this woman turned around and realizing that her son wasn't there. She just about went into panic mode when he came around the corner. She unleashed on him in the thickest Irish brogue... "Jesus, Mary, Joseph - Patrick you're goin to be the end of me!" It just made me smile.