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First colds

Sat, 05/16/2015 - 5:51pm

The boys had their first cold. Nora's cold started on Saturday night, and though we tried to keep her and the boys apart, they started coughing a few days later. They had some fever also, but thankfully the symptoms were pretty mild.

The kids have now recovered, and Sasha and I had a light version of the cold but it's getting better also.

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Flowers on the deck

Sat, 05/16/2015 - 5:42pm

Last Saturday we took the car, all five of us, and went to buy flowers for on the deck.

On Sunday Sasha and Nora planted petunias. Nora enjoyed playing with the soil, transferring it from the bag to a pot and then another pot...

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Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day, 2015

Sat, 05/09/2015 - 9:45am

Yesterday I brought Nora to my work for the official Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day. My firm organized various nice events in our offices around the country, and there were a lot of kids in my office.

Big kids were welcome all day and had a nice program, but that would have been too much for Nora. So she spent a fun hour and a half with me and my co-workers and then we went for lunch together.

The highlight? A balloon she got from a co-worker, haha.

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A fox on 14th Street

Thu, 05/07/2015 - 8:42pm

During my runs, which are usually around 7.00 pm, I've seen a fox family who made their den in a yard on 14th Street. Yesterday we all went for a walk after dinner to see the foxes. It was a nice walk and we were joined by Kelly for a while. We also saw a little bit of the game at Washington Lee. Then on our way back we saw the foxes, at least the parents.

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Family picture

Sun, 05/03/2015 - 6:10pm

Two weeks ago we took our first family picture.

The boys are 11 weeks old today.

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Tummy time

Wed, 04/29/2015 - 6:13pm

Dr. Kim, our pediatrician, told us to make sure the boys get enough tummy time, so we've started a regime for them.

Before their feeding they now need to spend some time on their tummies. Just like Nora, they hate that. Adrian finds it a little bit easier than Leo who complains loudly but neither of them particularly enjoy it.

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Smiling

Tue, 04/28/2015 - 7:12am

The boys started to smile a week or three ago, and they are smiling more and more.

Yesterday evening when I came home they were sitting in their bouncy chairs downstairs. I sat down in front of them and started talking with them -- they loved that and rewarded me with big smiles. Then I read them their first Nijntje book, Nijntje in de speeltuin.

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Crying in the grocery store

Sun, 04/26/2015 - 5:45pm

After a lazy morning we left around noon for a nice long walk. We talked to so many people -- Eric, Lowell, Karin, several other people we don't know.

On the way back we passed by the Belgian bakery and bought bread, and then we went to Trader Joe's. Adrian started crying when we entered the store. It's unusual for the boys to really cry in the stroller but Adrian was definitely unhappy. People tend to look at the big stroller -- even more when there is crying coming from it, haha. We quickly wrapped up our grocery shopping. Nora also cried when the didn't get any stickers -- something she has come to expect from this store, clearly -- so we went back inside and the cashier gladly gave her some ("there's no need to cry, sweetie").

A few minutes after we left the store Adrian fell asleep again.

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King's Day 2015

Sat, 04/25/2015 - 5:43pm

Nora and I went to the Dutch School in Bethesda this morning for the King's Day celebrations.

This is the third year I've been going there and it's a really nice event. The first 30 minutes we did some book shopping on the vrijmarkt and we brought a big bag full of books to the car. Most books are sold for $0.50 or so and there are many children's books.

Then it was time for the games. This was the first year Nora participated and she liked it, especially the rope pulling. She also got a nice decoration on her arm (a "tatouage", I said) and she tried the blikken gooien.

Nora bought a small xylophone though I did the 'negotiating'. It was at the end of the market and the mother said: "well, my kid told me that everything is $0.10". So I picked up the xylophone and the boy came. He was five or six years old and said: "that's five bucks!". "Hmmm, that's a little more than what I was hoping for...", I said. "Fine! Ten cents!" So Nora gave him a dollar, in a very serious transaction ("dank je wel", "dank je wel!") and both kids were happy.

Just before we left we shared the last home-made stroopwafel, which was a nice treat. We drove home and then walked towards Sasha, who had taken the boys out on a very long walk through Lyon Village.

Later on the day she asked me: "papa, wat is een tatouage?" "Dat is een plaatje op je lichaam." "Ik zag een mevrouw met twee vlaggen tatouages op haar wangen en een meneer met één vlaggetje."

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Two-month doctor's appointment

Thu, 04/23/2015 - 10:36pm

This week we went to the pediatrician for Leo and Adrian's third checkup. At two months old, it was time for several vaccinations so they received three shots. When Nora got them we all got very stressed and sad because of the crying. It was a little easier now that we knew what to expect but we felt so sorry for them.

Their weight is great. Leo is 13 lbs (5.9 kg), and Adrian is 12 lbs 12 oz (5.8 kg). Leo is 23¾ inches, Adrian 23½ inches. Both of them are roughly in the 75th percentile for height and length. They have grown quite a lot. They are a little heavier than Nora was at this age, and a little shorter.

After they got home they slept for a long time, in their car seats still. When they woke up they were cranky and both had a sore spot around one of the injection sites so we gave them a little bit of Tylenol. They slept well at night and the next morning they were fine again.

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