It's the Fourth today and we walked in the Lyon Village Parade this morning.
The parade is a short walk along Key Boulevard, and several classic cars participated as well as Uncle Sam. Nora was deeply impressed by the fire trucks that also took part. We've been reading about the "brandweer" for a while now and it was fun to see them in real life, if a little scary.
At 12:30 pm Nora went for her nap. When she wakes up, the Zane family will be almost here. They're visiting us for the first time in the new house.
We asked Nora, "waar is de koe" and she pointed to her cow and said "koe". Then we asked "къде е кравичка?" and she pointed to the cow again and said "вича".
When I asked "wat zegt de koe" she dutifully answered "boe!" and when Sasha asked the same thing in Bulgarian she said "муууу!", much to our delight.
I gave her a new book to read for dinner and it had a picture of a bird. She said "duif?" and then "ogetje" (for "vogeltje"), followed by "tjielp tjielp!"
She was excited about her new 'baby carpet' and enjoyed walking on it and continued to hike throughout the living room.
In America a one-year old baby is called a "toddler", from the verb "to toddle". The Dutch translation for that verb is "waggelen" -- to walk unsteadily.
I ran with Nora again. It's always easier to do a run if you've done it before and tonight was no exception. It's 3 minutes slower than when I ran this course alone. Running up hill with the stroller is not trivial!
Nora doesn't mind the run but I think it's a little boring for her. She started sucking her thumb after 20 minutes.
Nora made her first steps this weekend! For a while now she was able to walk while holding our hands, but she started walking all by herself now, sometimes up to 8 steps.
In other news: we bought two gates to close off the kitchen and the stairs.
My previous run was a week ago. A cold delayed my getting back in the rhythm by an extra week, but last night I went for a run. A new course, 3.9 miles. Should really look for 4 miles but for now it's fine. Nice and hilly.
It's the Fourth today and we walked in the Lyon Village Parade this morning. 
Our friends Jennie and Ronald are making a trip along the East Coast, and yesterday they arrived in Washington, DC. 
Djurre Boshuizen is born! 
Nora is walking, as of today. We are very proud.
Nora made her first steps this weekend! For a while now she was able to walk while holding our hands, but she started walking all by herself now, sometimes up to 8 steps. 