The boys are starting to say more and more words, which is very cool. Yesterday we went to Giant and they were excited about seeing balloons and said "ba, ba".

Leo likes the "b" sound and often says "buh, buh". He calls many things "bebe" -- including Adrian and Nijntje. And of course he still says "mama" all the time. Adrian is quite good at the animal sounds -- "wat zegt... de koe?" "boooeee!". A running joke Adrian and I have is about his socks. When I ask him, "Adriaan, waar is je sok?" -- he'll look at his foot and laugh.

They are socially quite aware. Something when I bring them upstairs they wave and say "dag dag" by themselves. And Adrian often says "ne" or "nee" when something questionable is happening in the household.

Sasha and I are now in the final stages of recovery from cold number 10; Nora and the boys have been fine for a few days now.

Last night we saw Leo standing by himself for the very first time. He liked it a lot, and we're very proud.

This week we've managed to walk to school every morning so far. When we run late I'll take Nora on the bicycle. She likes that, and it's fast, but I enjoy the walk to school and chatting with her. She is so cheerful. The other day I pointed to a bird and said:

"Kijk Nora, dat is een roodborstje. Mooie vogel he?"
"Ik vind alle vogels mooi! Ik vind alles mooi!"

It's been very cold this week -- frost alerts at night -- so we had gloves and shawls. Nora has a nice green hat, and when I looked next to me I saw she had pulled it all the way over her face -- she can see through the little holes and it keeps her face warm, haha.