Month: April 2007
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When I was Your Age…
Annika has a new favorite song – Cara Mia by Måns ??, an entry in the Eurovision Song Contest. I have now heard it at least 47 times, and surely more to come. Technology is a wonderful thing – most of the time. When we can skip back to a favorite song again and again…
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The Silly Pirate (by Benjamin)
(as dictated to me) One time a silly pirate was very funny. And he had two eye patches on his eyes. And then do you know what happened? A little boy walked along and when he saw a bunny he said, “Stop!” And then do you know what happened? It was very fun that a…
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SSL – Swedish as a Second Language (Your Tax Kronor at Work)
Just had Christopher’s utvecklingssamtal, and all is great at dagis… well, almost. He loves going, has a great time with his friends, and plays hard all day. He has left some of the “trots-ålder” behavior behind, so he is more cooperative, and less prone to testing every limit. Happy, cute, extremely adept at coloring within…
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More Skiing… and a Knee Brace
Another weekend of skiing – and an awesome time with the kids. The snow quality was marginal, kind of like skiing in a swimming pool at times, but the kids were troopers. David and I felt a little bit guilty for putting the kids in all-day ski school… but not too guilty. We enjoyed skiing…
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Not Good with Locks…
After the boys’ treasure chest experience, you would think we would be more careful with locks… I bought Annika a bike lock on Saturday, with a 4-digit combination that she got to choose. She made much ado about secrecy, but told David (so he could help her set it) and then me (because she couldn’t…