Americanization (continued)

When we got back from our trip to the US this past May, I wrote about Americanization. Well, we did some of that this time as well. Of course the whole Christmas celebration in the US is quite different and more elaborate than in the Netherlands. And then, we got to enjoy some real live American sports events! Well, on top of all that Nonny had bought Tobias a baseball bat and we played a lot of that. Tobias is quite proficient at hitting that ball all the way into the neighbors' yards (and making me or Lisa run after it :-)). So, another American game has been added to the list... Tobias really enjoyed it. So much even, that he mentioned that he wants to play baseball in the Netherlands. It so happens that Gouda does have a team and that one of Tobias' friends (who is a few years older) plays on it, so, who knows....

Also, Tobias got the sequel to Granddaddy's class on Fire Hydrants.... Granddaddy took him to the Dickinson Fire House. That was quite overwhelming with the big fire engines and the big helmets and the big guys. It was an exciting experience though in which Tobias got te wear his very own fireman helmet! I did not get to take too many pictures because I think Tobias was actually kind of impressed... he was staying quite close to me. He did get to see all the stuff though, including inside the fire engine, the helmets, the hoses, inside an ambulance, all the tools they use, etc....




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