Two!!

Auro's 2nd birthday fell on Friday the 17th of September, while Auro and I, unfortunately for Remo, were already in Belgium. On the other hand, it was maybe for the better that we were not in Italy on a Friday the 17th, seeing that the Italians consider it to be an unlucky day, much like we connect Friday the 13th with misfortune.

Opa (my father) surprised the birthday boy with a huge (and nearly impossible to take back home to Italy) toy truck (complete with backhoe) and in the afternoon Nuki (nonkel Chris = my brother) treated Auro on a couple of rides on the merry-go-round and a go at 'fishing for ducks' (I have no idea how you call this in English) at the yearly fair of Leuven (Louvain). Needless to say Auro enjoyed his day which was topped of with a Belgian waffle and a visit to tante Els (who unfortunately was hospitalized since the previous day).