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Nora's first school year

Sat, 06/11/2016 - 10:52am

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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dailylife

Radio

Sun, 06/05/2016 - 11:42am

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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dailylife

Smart

Sat, 06/04/2016 - 12:29pm

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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washington

Arlington Cemetery for Memorial Day

Mon, 05/30/2016 - 9:51pm

Yesterday we visited the Arlington National Cemetery. We talked with Nora about the meaning of Memorial Day, and it did make an impression on her. She asked lots of questions. We saw many bikers, on the road and at the Cemetery.

We planned a barbecue for the evening but it was raining. I played a game with Adrian to distract him from being angry (he might be teething) and I was holding him in the rain for a few moments -- he liked that.

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dailylife

Early morning walk

Sun, 05/29/2016 - 11:23am

Summer temperatures are finally here. We went for a walk at 9.30 am, before the boys' first nap, since it was nice and fresh outside. We walked to the Highlander Motel to watch some of the motorcycles. The motel always hosts motorcyclists around Memorial Day who are here for Rolling Thunder, and Nora likes to see them. The boys saw and heard them too, from a safe distance in the shadow.

Yesterday we spent the whole day outside, which was great but hot. We put the playpen on the deck as well as the inflatable pool for Nora.

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dailylife

A mess

Fri, 05/27/2016 - 9:36pm

It was suspiciously quiet when the boys were in the dining room.

Both Leo and Adrian were involved, but Leo managed to crawl away before I took the picture.

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dailylife

A first step!

Sun, 05/22/2016 - 4:40pm

Adrian made his first step! The boys have been cruising for a while now, but while Sasha was in the playpen Adrian made a quick, independent step.

Update 5/27: Leo also made a similar move. No picture yet.

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dailylife

Vrachtwagendag 2016

Sat, 05/21/2016 - 11:50am

Today was vrachtwagendag (truck dag) at the Central Library. It has a tradition for us to have a short night the day before, and this year was no exception. Adrian had 105 degrees fever last night, and Nora had a cold so we woke up three times last time -- and then at 7.30 am by Nora again.

Nevertheless, we made it to vrachtwagendag and we had a nice time. The start was a little rough for Leo and Adrian -- they got started by the loud horns of the various trucks.

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arlington

New pavement on 13th Street

Mon, 05/16/2016 - 9:28pm

The pavement on 13th Street, behind our house, is being redone.

Can't wait to bike on the new asphalt.

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dailylife

Haircuts

Sat, 05/07/2016 - 10:25pm

We went for a walk through Clarendon and brought the boys for haircuts.

It was Adrian's first visit to the hairdresser and he didn't like it very much. The noise and all the strange people scared him. The lady was very good with him though and he calmed down.

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