I've said it before -- Adrian can really take a liking to things he sees, and then he wants to grab them. That works fine for toys: he'll get 'angry' until he has the toy in his hands. He especially likes the blue "Happy Birthday" balloon. Yesterday I asked him, "waar is de ballon" and he immediately turned towards the balloon, pretty cool.
The other day Lelya Snezha told me that Adrian's high chair was looking towards the backyard and he got excited -- it turned out he really want to hold... the two doves outside. Yesterday in the playground he had his mind set on a big beach ball that was in another stroller at the other side of the playground.
A week ago the power supply of our server died and it took part of of the hard disk with it. Jaap did an amazing job -- he bought the new server and using a USB stick with the OpenBSD installation media he set up the new server, including partitions and filesystems.
So now we're on OpenBSD 5.8. In the process I switched to Apache 2.4.16 (instead of the custom build of the old Apache 1.x that OpenBSD used to maintain), and from MySQL to MariaDB. The site is now back up and running, with some minor tweaks to be done. The pink error messages will go away.
# uname -a
OpenBSD zolder.fritz.box 5.8 GENERIC.MP#1236 amd64
I went for a run after a hiatus of almost two weeks. Illness number 8 this year hit us pretty hard. It was a slow run but it was good to be on the road again and I managed to complete my 4.5 miles distance which feels good. 52 minutes.
Nora used her high chair for about two years. I had always wondered about the straps -- Nora never needed them. Well, last week we learned what they are for: Leo mananged to stand up straight in his chair, and started crawling over his table towards the big table.
This book is gorgeous. The author tells the stories of tens of immigrants from Friesland to America, Australia, Africa and combines interviews with them with visits to their hometowns in Friesland. The author is a gifted writer who in beautiful prose describes human tragedy and success.
To be honest it was tough getting out of bed this morning. But I did anything, and at 6.20 pm I was out and about. I was back home around 7:15 am which gave me nice time to have breakfast before the "get the kids ready" cycle started. Nora was also deeply asleep when I woke her up. When I mentioned the prospect of a "prikkelkus" she woke up. Leo was such a sweetheart when he came downstairs. He waved at me later. Adriaantje was still asleep when we left.
I've said it before -- Adrian can really take a liking to things he sees, and then he wants to grab them. That works fine for toys: he'll get 'angry' until he has the toy in his hands. He especially likes the blue "Happy Birthday" balloon. Yesterday I asked him, "waar is de ballon" and he immediately turned towards the balloon, pretty cool. 
Nora's 4 year checkup went well. She's healthy and happy. 
Nora used her high chair for about two years. I had always wondered about the straps -- Nora never needed them. Well, last week we learned what they are for: Leo mananged to stand up straight in his chair, and started crawling over his table towards the big table. 
Nora turned 4 years old today.
Happy Valentine's Day! Last week Nora made 28 cards for all her classmates. She wrote her name in Bulgarian.