Sunday, January 11, 2009

2008

novemberdagen November days Sinterklaas & Xmas

These photos of the last two months of 2008 remind me of how much our daughters change every week, new expressions, new tantrums, new steps, new words or sounds. Mira went to school (kindergarten) for the first time in her life this week and is now the youngest kid on the playground. She was excited and not scared. She hardly noticed mama and papa say goodbye as she walked off into the class room on Monday morning. Malini continues to be stubborn, especially if you try and feed her something other than mother's milk, but she is adorable and happy 99 percent of the time. Crawling at high speed and screaming at her sister if she's being smothered! She is beginning to try and put lids on pots, screen the floor for bread crumbs and stand up with minimal support. The photo of the bike trailer shows how we transport them to school and creche in the morning, 3 days a week. Parul's parents visited us at the end of last year. We had a great time with them and the rest of the family.

Sunday, January 04, 2009

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Malini is 9 months old today



Malini is er vandaag negen. Even lang uit als in de baarmoeder, dat wil wat zeggen. Is het daarom dat ze 's avonds niet meer zomaar haar bedje in wil? Het is 8 uur en ik ben alleen met haar beneden. Ze speelt en kruipt babbelend rond. Af en toe zoekt ze met haar ogen de mijne op. Ze geeft me een warme glimlach en huppelt op en neer (in zithouding) uit blijdschap, gewoon blij om te bestaan.