The van Putten Diaries

I interviewed Miles (age 7) for the second time on March 29th.  This is directly what he said, though some of the answers required my deeper probing before they were answered.  My comments and clarifications will be in non-italics font while Miles' answers will be in italics .  The last time we talked, you were talking about how excited you were to move into our new house because there would be more space and you would be able to get more things.  Does it feel better here than being at the apartment? Yeah. What are your favorite things, either - (interrupted) The dogs. The dogs are your favorite things? One of my favorites.  Also that park right there. Yeah, that park is pretty awesome.  What are some of the best things about being in Leiden?  Or about being in a different country and a different culture? I can tell you one of the NOT so good things in Amsterdam. In Amsterdam?  What do you know about Amsterdam?  (he's never been) We...

I interviewed David (age 4, almost 5) for the first time on March 29th.  This is directly what David said, though some of the answers required my deeper probing before they were answered.  My comments and clarifications will be in non-italics font while David's answers will be in italics.   What are the best things about living in Leiden? I want to tell you about the adventure things, in Tacoma and here.  First, Point Defiance. Do you miss Point Defiance? Not really, not hiking it, just the beach.  I don't like hiking, that's why I don't miss it. Oh, I'm sorry.  What else, what about the adventure thing? The beach. The beach here or in Tacoma are you talking about? Here. You like it here? Yeah. Is that one of the best things about living here?  The beach? Yeah. (We haven't visited the beach since moving here, but we did in 2021) What are some of the other best things about being here? The house... well, mostly that Charmander  (David's s...