Hi Robin
What a glorious spring day we are having here in Brussels. I hope the sun is also shining and Hoofddorp in Holland and that you can play outside. So funny to see you walk. I hope you don't mind me saying so, but when you walk, you look just like a little penguin.
By the way, Robin, there is something you need to know - and your Dad supports me in this: You are a BOY. Get it? A boy! That is the opposite of a girl. Girls, I will talk to you about some other time. But let's for the time being stick to the theme of 'being a boy'.
Among many other implications, that means - even if you are only a mere 15 months old and have just atarted to walk - that if a BALL (you know, those colourful round things) is rolled in front of your feet (like your Dad is doing all the time), you are supposed to KICK the damn thing, not stand there like a pillar of salt and look at it as if it was something that the cat dragged in...
Your Dad is already a trifle disappointed that you have so far not yet been scouted by Ajax, but your apparent disinterest in kicking a ball is seriously depressing him, and we can't have that, now can we?
So, my dear Robin, here is the Official Memo: BALL = KICK!
Get it right from now on, and you will have your Dad eating out of your chubby little hand.
Hugs from Opa Verweg (Granddad Faraway)
Over Opa Pias
- Marius Wanders
- Rosmalen, Noord Brabant, Netherlands
- Mijn naam is Marius Wanders, geboren in 1948. Voormalig koopvaardij-officier, en daarna een lange loopbaan in management en als directeur van voornamelijk non-profit organisaties en internationale NGOs in binnen- en buitenland. Gepensioneerd sinds september 2015. Gehuwd met Annemarie Holtzer in 1970. We hebben drie zoons Henk (1976), Alex (1977) en Oscar (1981) en vijf prachtige kleinkinderen: Robin (2007), Rune (2010), Estee (2012), Jesse (2012) en Hedin (2014). Op Twitter is mijn accountnaam @tweeter_opa. Op Facebook heet ik gewoon Marius Wanders. Deze blog is ter aanvulling van mijn uitingen op Twitter, Facebook en andere sociale media. Om mijn ei kwijt te kunnen. Mijn professionele website vindt u op http://www.propeopleconsult.eu
Reading all this from the farther's perspective, it just touches me.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenVery nice idea dad, and wow what an effort you've put in to all this.
I love to read this all and I am more than sure my son Robin will love this too, although in time ofcourse.
Regards from Robin, Suzanne and your eldest son.
Henk