The next day, Anne Sophie was receiving a company of our good Russian-speaking friends. We had a great time together. But when dad went to put the tired baby-girl to bed, he accidentally himself fell asleep, which did not prevent the guests from enjoying the rest of the party :)
The following day we got a visit from Katja, Ronny and their 10-month old son Zhenya, as well as their two nieces. The kids were having a great time, especially they enjoyed playing football, or rather headball, with a balloon. The game went like this: the fathers would hold the babies in their hands and would let them pass the balloon to each other by hitting it with their heads. This gave rise to lots of excitement and laughter.
On Sunday morning, dad and Anne Sophie again went to De Horsten for about 3 hours. They found some very fine mushrooms, of which mom made a very delicious soup! In the afternoon, we got another birthday visit, this time from Ira and her 6-month-old son Lucca. We ended up singing Russian songs from our youth, letting the children play and enjoy each other's company.
On a different note, in the past few weeks we've been walking and biking a lot. Anne Sophie really enjoys both, and seems very busy watching things as we are passing by and trying to make sense of them. She is now actively trying walking, by holding on to different objects in the room, mostly the couches. But she is still afraid to take that first step with nothing to hold on to.
Dad, that is me, has been reading several books on child development. But mom says: just go and play with your kid, for by the time you finish those books, she'll be a grown-up :) Well, dad's way of doing things is that he first reads how to do something and then does it. The problem is that this reading may indeed last forever and result in nothing practical :) The books are really good and I'll talk about them in a different post!
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