Guus Bosman

Every now and then the boys are smiling at each other, especially now that they're in highchairs. And when they drop a toy, Nora will pick it up and give it back: "hier, jongen!"

The colds are mostly over, thankfully.

We're all pretty tired. Nora had a cold first, and then slowly but surely all of us. Lots of interrupted nights.

On Wednesday I woke up at 4.10 am and was back home at 10.30 pm, and on Saturday I worked from 9.00 am to 4.00 pm.

But last night we went out for a nice dinner. We went to Woodside Grill -- the first time since the boys were born. We had our favorite outside table near the door -- separate from the other diners so we don't bother anyone and with lots of space for the stroller.

This morning Nora woke up at 7.00 am. After I brought her downstairs etc we agreed that she would play and I would go back upstairs, and so we did. She played for at least 45 minutes by herself, making a big convoy of her Lego and Playmobil. One of the boats she made from the Duplo blocks reminded me of the boats I used to make when I was little.

Last weekend we brought back Nora's old highchair and Nora and I assembled the second one yesterday. We haven't seen them next to each other yet but they both enjoyed sitting in the highchair -- there's so much more to see and they're now part of the family conversation, especially during dinner.

Yesterday afternoon we went for a walk and Nora picked up a stick "for the fireplace". On 13th Street a big but friendly dog passed by us and the owner said: "he's jumpy but very friendly". When the dog passed Nora he saw her stick... and grabbed it. Nora was very surprised and didn't want to let go, but the dog was stronger. The owner apologized and returned Nora's stick.

After Nora left for Bulgaria we cleaned up the various piles of sticks near the front and backdoors. Well, they are back.

Two weeks ago Oma Mieke discovered that Adrian had his first tooth.

Now he has two little teeth. Quite sharp.