Guus Bosman

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"Nee, nee"

Adrian likes to say "nee". We'll ask him if he wants something, he'll say "nee" (or не, it's hard to tell the difference).

Here is a short recording of him saying "nee, nee" when I ask him if he wants get out of bath.

And then there is this from our walk tonight:

Adrian: "die"
Adrian: "die"
Leo: "Buuh" (auto)
Guus: "Wat zie je daar?"
Adrian: "daar"
Guus: "Waar is de poes?"
Adrian: "Nee"
Leo: "Ma"
Adrian: "Ma"

A dog barks.

Guus: Wat hoorde jij? Was dat een waf waf?
Adrian: Waf waf!

Guus: Nou dan gaan we weer verder.
Adrian: nee, nee!
Guus: zeg maar dag poes.
Adrian: Mama.

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More time for Adrian and Leo

Nora arrived safe and well in Bulgaria, and I spoke with her over Skype for a few moments. She's happy.

It's great to have more time with the boys now. Tonight we went for a walk and without a destination in mind, we ended up at the hondjespark because they like watching the dogs so much.

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Three kids

We managed to take a picture of Nora, Leo and Adrian.

A few moments after this picture Leo made a summersault from the sofa to the carpet.

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Reading Pol, by herself

Nora loves reading "Pol". Here she is, totally absorbed, with a big pile of books within reach.

She often tells me about funny pictures she's seen in the books.

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Fun with water

Leo, Adrian and Nora are having a lot of fun with their new water table.

The boys like to drink the water too. Which we don't allow so that's a lot of fun for them also.

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Adrian awake at night

There was a big thunderstorm over Arlington last night, and around 10.30 pm Adrian woke up crying. He was clearly scared so I took him downstairs, where he cuddled with Sasha for a long time. He was happy to be with us.

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Sore hands

On Monday night I took Nora and the boys for a walk. I wanted to go to the barber but it was too crowded so we walked around instead and met Sasha at the Clarendon Metro.

When we were going home Nora picked up berries from behind the church. A minute or two later she started complaining that her hands hurt. It was quite painful and at home we gave her some cream. 30 minutes later it had subsided.

Tuesday night we walked on the same path again and I took a picture of the plant. We still don't know if that's the culprit but Nora won't pick those berries anymore, that's for sure. There are other plants around the berries, one might be poison ivy perhaps.

Hippo House

Nora's first school year

Yesterday was Nora's last day of school. Sasha and I brought her in the morning.

The Arlington Montessori House has been amazing and we all have had a great year. Nora has learned a lot, and now speaks English quite well. The other parents are great, it's really fun to hang out with them.

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Radio

The boys figured out how to swtich on the radio, much to their delight. We let them roam around in the living room more frequently now, and they love it.

Leo in particular likes to play with the radio, but I started telling him "nee". He tried twice this morning but after a gentle "nee" he does leave it alone.

The other night when they were playing with it they managed to switch the radio to FM radio, which we haven't tuned so a loud white noise blasted through our living room, scared us all, haha.

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Smart

This morning Leo tried to touch Sasha's laptop. That's not allowed, and we told him so a few times. And then he tried something else -- he pointed outside, said "brruuh!" (meaning car) -- as if to distract us so he could touch the computer...

Last night I took Adrian for a bike ride and this morning when changing his diaper I asked him: "wat hebben gisteren allemaal gezien op de fiets?" and he remember exactly: "maaa" (=poes), then "wafwaf" (=hond) and finally "brruuh".

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