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In July, we all got a bit of a cold, except dad had his worst bout of flu since he could remember. He stayed home for four days and did naps on many others. Piet, on the other hand, was able to skip his rope while he had a cold. Juliana had a runny nose for some weeks, but she kept her good spirits. In the morning, we would often take her into our bed. During the day, she had been enjoying the sandpit with her brother, on her own, or with both siblings. She explores the toys and eats the sand. On other occasions, Piet fed her her rice porridge.
Athletics carnival
Like last year, Piet and Emma had an athletics carnival at school (sportdag). In Australia, kids are assigned a team (house) when they enter school and they stay in that team until they leave school. Piet and Emma are in the same team (kabbarli/red), as are Katy and her brothers. Piet and Emma ran races for their team.
Emma won
her race, while
Piet was happy that one of his team mates won his race.
Juliana watched part of the proceedings from the sidelines. As another activity had been cancelled, the kids only ran three races each during the full sports day and Piet was bored out of his head.
Juultje's progress
Just over a month ago, Juliana got her first two teeth. She may be getting a third now, as she is regularly grumpy. One distraction that will keep her entertained for a while, is our
toy kitchen. Otherwise, she can be happy in her playpen and on the play tiles in front of her playpen. She can sit up straight without falling over much, although she makes the odd face plant. She seems keen to crawl, if not frustrated that she can't crawl. Sometimes, she will try to move towards a toy and actually move backwards. How upsetting.
When we wondered aloud when we should start reading to Juliana, Emma picked up a book (mr McGee and the big bag of bread) and started reading it to Juliana. Emma can 'read' this book as she is very familiar with the fairly repetitive text. Otherwise, she reads simple readers from school and the odd word at Dutch school. She has proudly finished her first 100 sight words (explained in February 2013). While Piet tends to sound words out, Emma tries to recognize or guess them.
(Emma's stay in Bendoc moved here).
