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Category: daily life
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
sip-sap
I just LOVE Mayra’s word for sinaasappelsap (orange juice), check it out! It makes me smile every time again.
Sunday, June 06, 2010
on the phone
Our little chatterbox is talking on the phone these days. It doesn’t necessarily have to be an actual one—anything that looks like a phone and can be held to the ear will do. Whole conversations starting with “moshi moshi” (she must have picked that up while playing at the hoikuen…
Friday, June 04, 2010
ALLOOOO Somolon!!!
Solomon, my brother’s turtle, is staying with us for a month while my brother is in Europe. Mayra (now 1 year 4 months) happily gets to feed him. After one day she settled on calling the turtle “Somolon” and has been talking to, and about him ever since!
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
mayra 14 months
Hello hello. After a loooong silence here’s a little movie that Mayra and I took with B’s new computer. So much fun playing with the webcam features! Mayra is fascinated by eyes and eyelashes at the moment, and loves playing ‘inai, inai, baa !’ (Japanese for ‘peekaboo!’). She was intrigued…
Sunday, November 29, 2009
tales of a sunday
Today was a nice relaxed day. Lots of playing and sleeping. And more playing. We caught most of it on tape so can actually tell you the visual story of our go abouts. As you may guess, star is our little lady. Make yourself comfortable for the reading and viewing…
Friday, September 25, 2009
chiba mini-getaway
This week there were a couple of national holidays and since M and I just had our 2-year wedding anniversary we planned a little getaway celebration. Destination: Boshou - the south of Chiba peninsula. Only a couple of hours drive from Tokyo (Mayra hates being strapped in the maxi cosi…
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
drill fire
It’s Wednesday morning and here I am, in the cafe waiting until it’s time to pick up Mayra from the hoikuen. A (second) announcement in Japanese followed by one in very-Japanese-sounding English sounds through the speakers: “DRILL FIRE, DRILL FIRE! The drill fire is still burning on the 8th floor…
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
hoi-ku-en
Yesterday Mayra started hoikuen (daycare). Hibiya Kids Park is where she will be going 2 days a week from October, allowing me to get back to work again (part-time). Or if there is no work out there --the crisis is noticeable in Tokyo as well-- then I have more time…
Monday, August 31, 2009
summer holidays 2009
We were fortunate to be able to go to Holland and escape the summer heat & humidity of Tokyo.
It was the first time for the three of us to travel together, and for Mayra a time to meet some of the family in Holland.
We…
Thursday, April 02, 2009
the name game
Mayra Dilan Viasus Zoet
For those of you who didn’t know yet, that’s the full name of our precious girl.
We’re being asked often what the meaning is (of Mayra) and how we choose her names, so here goes an extended entry on the topic.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
mayratalk
Mayra has started babbling her own language. It mostly consists of “gheeghee, googoo, ghaaaaa” at the moment, and she tells us her stories with a very serious and convinced look in her eyes. So cute. It’ll be interesting to see how she will cope with the trilinguality (is that a…
Saturday, March 14, 2009
mayra 2 months!
Our girlie turned 2 months today. Incredible how time flies, and how fast Mayra develops.
She is very curious and loooooves being walked around so she can see things. With as a result…
Monday, March 09, 2009
hungry
Mayra Dilan at almost 8 weeks. Since a couple of days we have a new way of finding out that the little lady is hungry!
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
mohican anyone?
Don’t know how or why, but Mayra’s hair has been standing up straight. No need for gel! Curly when wet though.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
first cherry blossoms
Mayra, Nicolette and I went for a walk in Rinshi-no-mori Koen, our local park, where we spotted some sakura trees (cherry blossoms) blooming early. It’s still cold, but spring is upon us!
