dailylife

The Zane family arrived on Friday night and we're spending a nice Easter weekend together.

The weather was excellent yesterday and we went for a walk to the Italian Store. On our way back we stopped at the Hayes Park where the kids played and we all had a picnic together.

Rob and Jerry attended Gerlof's wedding where they were served various cheeses -- including the excellent Bergense Blonde.

It's very definitely spring now and we hang Nora's martenitsa in a tree this morning. For the first time on a tree in our own yard.

Then we went for a long walk with Nora. As I am writing this, Nora is having lunch in her high chair and talking to herself. All of a sudden I hear: "Geschrokken. Hond!" -- she is remembering that she got scared by a dog halfway the walk.

This weekend we were in Durham, North Carolina to attend the Full Frame Documentary Festival. We lived in Durham for five years and it was wonderful to back.

Full Frame is always great and it was excellent to be in the Carolina Theater again after a two-year hiatus.

We traveled on Friday morning and saw our first movie at 1.00 pm. At night we had dinner at Metro 8, a steakhouse that our Argentine friends once recommended, many years ago. When our order was served, the waiter automatically brought the side of mayonnaise -- a Dutch tradition that they had not forgotten.

Saturday morning we went for a walk around the Duke Golf Course -- another recommendation by Belen and Esteban -- and then watches documentaries all day. Sunday morning we did the same walk again and then drove back home, about 5 hours. We had a great weekend together.

We saw several excellent films -- I'll work on the reviews and recommendations in a separate article.

Here is a short sound recording of Nora singing "het regent, het regent". She is also showing off her counting skills.

Click here to hear it.

Nora, singing:

het zegent
de pannetjes worden nat
kwamen twee boerinnetjes aan
vielen op hun gat

Guus: Heel mooi, kun je dat nog een keer doen?

Nora: een, twee, drie, vier, vijf etc.

Guus: Kun jij een liedje zingen? Over mama?
Nora: mama, mama, mama... een, twee, drie... etc

At the end:

Nora: Deze lezen?
Guus: Gaan we die lezen?
Nora: Ja.