A dark and stormy night and birthday plans

It's after midnight and I've spent the evening working on the new website that has been in development for quite some time.

It's very close to being finished now.

But tonight has been fraught because it has been a day of storms and while Peter was a superb companion on the balcony this afternoon, this evening has been spent fighting off the mosquitoes while trying to find ways to deal with the extreme mugginess while working.

And as I write this, the night sky periodically explodes with lightning flashes that cause the low cloud cover to glow over Antwerpen city ... then there's the almost continuous rumbling growl of thunder.

It's been a day full of people - school holidays and a full house means dishes, dishes and more dishes.

In other, far more important news ... Little Miss 3 is about to become Little Miss 4 and she is full of all kinds of plans about what she would like for her birthday.

Birthday cakes are being designed in secret, presents are being hidden and she's whipping up a storm of excitement over the event.

The little pink two-wheeler bicycle of her dreams is downstairs in the garage - the one that her mummy and Marco went out and bought today.

The pink bicycle that she has wanted forever, since one of her kindy friends rode up and parked hers proudly at kindergarten and to be honest, this is the kind of place where she will use it everyday. We live in the flat country, where bike paths and beautiful parks mean that any and everyone is out there on their bicycles.

Friday is the big day.
Saturday is the big party.
Celebrations are planned for both days.

Okay, a great huge enormous fork of lightning just blew the darkness to pieces ... I guess what I was seeing earlier was the storm muted and distant. It's almost on top of me now, with accompanying sound effects.

Time to sign off.

Slaap lekker from this kiwi in Belgie.