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21 months old

Tue, 11/15/2016 - 5:51pm

Being away from home and in an airplane gives me time to write down observation of the boys and today they are 21 months old.

A few months ago, around that time that my parents left, they stopped taking their second nap. Slowly but surely their first nap is moving a little later. With Lelya Snezha they go to bed around noon, when we're home a little earlier. They still sleep a good two hours, Adrian a little more. When Leo wakes up he is immediately fully awake and wants attention. Adrian takes things easy when he wakes up and we often find him awake but lounging in bed.

Sinterklaas gave them spout-less drinking cups. Another step towards adulthood.

The love their big sister and each other but also are learning ways to hurt each other. Leo has the habit of taking his cup and hitting people with it, mostly Adrian on the head, with the predictable teary-eyed result. They don't really fight, they just accidentally hurt each other. Adrian was biting Leo in his leg yesterday. Leo still has the tendency to try to bite us in our big toes when we are sitting on the sofa. With his cup-hitting, Leo managed to make his 3 year older sibling cry. But most of the times they get along very well, the three of them. They enjoy playing in the empty box of our new printer.

Their vocabulary is expanding, though they don't speak as much yet as Nora did as this age. One of their favorite new words is "eten" (eat) -- when we're ready to serve dinner they'll run to their highchairs and yell "eteeee" or "stoooeel". Other words they know are molen and of course mee! Their Bulgarian has improved a lot in the last few months.

They love their jackets (a present from Ruth). Leo always wears the blue one, Adrian the black one and they don't allow us to mix that up. They often point to each others jackets and say "trekker" (Loe: "ti-tiew") because pretty much all vehicles are "trekker" or "odo".

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dailylife

38th birthday

Fri, 11/11/2016 - 8:00pm

Time is flying by... 38 already! I celebrated it low-key and that was great. The kids loved seeing the birthday decorations (as did I), and the cake in the evening was a highlight for Nora.

Thank you everybody for the nice gifts and messages.

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dailylife

Bluemont Junction

Sun, 11/06/2016 - 8:00pm

We were at Bluemont Junction yesterday. Nora had been there once before but she didn't remember it. First time for the boys and they loved the train. Adrian in particular was mesmerized and didn't want to leave the caboose.

When I took their hands and we walked further, Adrian escaped a happily turned around and started walking back to the "trein! trein!".

Walking with the boys is slow so we didn't walk far but they got a good amount of exercise and we had a very nice walk together.

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dutchusa

Haring & Paling 2016

Sat, 10/29/2016 - 10:44pm

We went to the Dutch Embassy tonight for a party.

It was a fun evening and we all had a good time. Met several new people.

The main feature on the menu is Dutch herring and eel. I'm not a big fish eater but Sasha likes the herring and Nora and I like the speculaas.

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dailylife

Another ear infection

Sat, 10/29/2016 - 10:39pm

Adriaantje hasn't slept well the last few nights and we suspected an ear infection. I took him to the pediatrician this morning and sure enough -- an infection on both sides.

Afterwards we went to CVS for his medication. During the day he is happy; his ears only bother him in at night.

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dailylife

A real protected bike lane in Rosslyn

Tue, 10/25/2016 - 9:51pm

It's only 0.4 miles but it's the beginning of something beautiful: a real protected bike lane in Arlington. Today the County finished repaving Wilson Blvd between North Oak and North Quinn, and added flex-posts to separate the bicycle lane from cars.

When the kids went to bed I bicycled to Rosslyn to check it out, and it felt great. Wilson is not a great street to bike on, with the two high speed lanes of traffic, and the protection made a huge difference. It also helps that it's less likely now to bump into opening car doors.

According to TheWashCycle the bike lane will later be extended to Court House Rd, and there are even studies into extending it all the way to Fairfax Drive. That later part is where I bike with the kids pretty often, a protected bike lane there would be amazing.

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dailylife

Lynnbrook party 2016

Sun, 10/23/2016 - 8:33pm

We went to the Lynnbrook party this afternoon, which was a lot of fun. It was great to catch up after the summer and chat with new and old neighbors.

We discussed a little about the potential redevelopment plans for the YMCA, which is starting with a Special Land Use Study.

The kids enjoyed themselves. Nora was getting a little tired at one point but when I told her Eli would join later she was happy to stay. Leo and Adrian loved running around and we were chasing them down all the time.

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dailylife

Donaldson Run in the fall

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 9:52pm

I took the kids out for a walk along Donaldson Run in the afternoon. It was beautiful out -- a grey sky but not cold and with a real fall atmosphere.

Halfway the walk I let the guys walk by themselves and Nora took Leo's hand to guide him, while sniffy Adrian stayed close to me. We watched the water flow, and the boys touched a few trees. Adrian pointed to the ground and said "bah", because of all the leaves.

Afterwards we did grocery shopping at the Giant in the Lyon Village shopping center.

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dailylife

To the pediatrician with Adrian

Sat, 10/01/2016 - 9:42pm

Adrian was the fourth person in our household to get sick, and he's suffering more than the rest of us. Yesterday we saw him pulling his ears, and mindful of his ear infection in the spring we brought him to the doctor for a quick checkup.

I took him on the bike in the morning -- he loves bicycling -- and we used the temporary protection on Quincy that was installed for a 'fun ride'. It took about 20 minutes to get there, 15 minutes on the way back.

Adrian didn't have an ear infection so hopefully he'll get better by himself soon. He was a little less clingy today although he still wanted to be held for long periods.

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dailylife

Milk before sleeping

Wed, 09/28/2016 - 8:00pm

Before the boys go to bed, they drink their bottler in their bouncy chairs.

Recently, Nora started joining them with a glass of milk.

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