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Sinterklaas in Washington

Sat, 12/06/2014 - 4:50pm

Today Saint Nicholas arrived at the Dutch Embassy. This year we've been reading Sinterklaas books for a few weeks so Nora knows Sinterklaas and his helpers well.

We arrived a little early so we had plenty of time to look around. The Pieten arrived soon and I guess they liked Nora because they came back every few minutes to make sure she still had pepernoten. The bigger kids would store the pepernoten in their bags -- but Nora took just one at the time.

Like last year, Sinterklaas arrived on the balcony of the central hall of the embassy. It was nice to sing the old songs.

The little kids were then invited in the big room and soon all the two-year olds were called forward. Nora was very brave -- much braver than I think I was at that age -- and comfortably sat next to Sint Nicholas on the sofa. She gave him a big hug too.

Sinterklaas knew "dat Nora heel goed Bulgaars spreekt" and even knew about Meneer Prascho. She got a big present from Piet; a box with play dough.

The event is very well organized and we had a magical time.

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Pre-Thanksgiving run

Wed, 11/26/2014 - 6:43pm

I worked from home today and at noon I went for my run. It snowed, for the first time this season. The ground is warm and nothing stayed so it was a little slushy but not slippery and the run was great.

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5 miles
Duration: 
45 minutes
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Run with Nora

Mon, 11/24/2014 - 9:36pm

Nora and I went for a run together. I hadn't really planned running tonight -- I've been running in the mornings the last several weeks -- but I needed to clear my head. And the weather was great! Nora wanted to join me. We hadn't done run together in a long time and it was great to be out with her. She didn't even need a jacket, it was so warm. Running is great.

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5 miles
Duration: 
47 minutes
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Very cold run

Wed, 11/19/2014 - 8:10am

It's good I have my winter gear! It was only 23 degrees this morning. My gloves and thicker jacket helped a lot.

Distance: 
5 miles
Duration: 
43 minutes
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Rainy Monday morning run

Mon, 11/17/2014 - 9:39am

It was raining a little. We went to bed early so I knew I had time for a run in the morning. Feels good.

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5 miles
Duration: 
44 minutes
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Sinterklaas arrived

Sun, 11/16/2014 - 8:23am

Yesterday Sinterklaas arrived in the Netherlands. We watched a little bit on YouTube. First a small part of the 2013 event but Nora is too little far all that so we switched to Sesamstraat's intocht from the early 2000's and that she liked.

We've been reading Sinterklaas books for a week now, and yesterday evening Nora put her shoe near the fireplace.

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Stained deck

Fri, 11/14/2014 - 8:28am

I stained the deck yesterday and it looks nice. We had some rain a few hours later and everything needs to dry before we can walk on the deck again, so I left through the front door. It was chilly -- 43 degrees or so -- and I ran with my new warm shirt and jacket.

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5 miles
Duration: 
44 minutes
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Visit Esteban

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 10:43pm

Our friend Esteban came to visit us from London, a very nice surprise.

He emailed me on Monday that he'd be in town for a conference, and it was great to have him over for dinner and introduce him and Nora to each other. She was listening intently to him, describing his son Tiago who was born a few months after Nora.

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36th birthday

Mon, 11/10/2014 - 10:10pm

Today was my birthday, the 36th. A great day with a lot of love. We didn't have time in the morning so I there were presents in the evening, and then we went for dinner.

We went to Ray's the Steak, a very nice experience, and Nora enjoyed the New York strip with Black & Blue sauce. Such a richness, going out with two girls like these.

Thank you everybody, for all the phone calls, and emails, and Facebook and WhatsApp messages... it really made my day!

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DST run

Mon, 11/03/2014 - 9:56am

Clocks went back this weekend so I woke up early. Went for a run at 6:50 am and it was nice outside.

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5 miles
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