Tue, 05/21/2013 - 7:22am
We spent the whole weekend packing and preparing our move, but on Sunday afternoon we went to Sophie’s birthday party. She turned one year old and John and Juliana had organized a big party for her, with a puppeteer, music, a bubble machine and lots of balloons.
Nora was very impressed — overwhelmed even — and it took her a little bit to warm up to it but after 10 minutes or so she started enjoying things. Of course, balloons make everything great and she loved being around other kids.
Sat, 05/18/2013 - 10:45pm
The movers will be here on Wednesday morning, so we’re packing and preparing this weekend. Things are nicely on track. We still had all the boxes from our previous move and by now we’re pretty experienced.
In the evening we went to several stores, including Home Depot — probably the 10th visit there in the past few weeks.
Tue, 04/30/2013 - 10:01pm
Took me 43 minutes today. Happy I ran though.
Sat, 04/20/2013 - 8:00pm
It’s been a week since my previous run. The closing of the house was a big factor, but I did feel my knees a little bit too so I took it easy. No pain after yesterday’s run.
Wed, 04/10/2013 - 9:53pm
Very slow run. Walked at least a mile. Still have a blister on my toe and my muscles are still sore from the race.
Wed, 04/03/2013 - 8:00pm
Did a quick run in the middle of the week. Usually do two but it didn’t work out.
Tue, 04/02/2013 - 8:10pm
Opa Jaap left today after a fun month. All four of us really enjoyed the time together and Opa’s presence was especially useful in the past 10 days.
Nora learned many new Dutch words from “Apa”, as well as the ability to make some ugly faces, haha. New words include “pen”, “dicht”, “mee” (as in, “ga je mee?”) and “peer”.
Whenever an airplane comes over Arlington, Nora will now lift her finger in imitation of Opa and say “hoor”!
Mon, 03/25/2013 - 7:33am
We woke up to a snow-white world this morning.
In the morning Nora likes to watch the school buses with children (“kicheche” — for “kindertjes”) but there were none today, since it is spring break.
Sat, 03/23/2013 - 7:12pm
Today was a beautiful day and we went for a long walk, the four of us.
The moon was visible and Nora liked to point it out: “maan, maan!”
Just like last weekend she skipped a nap today. She usually takes two naps, but today only one.
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