Sunday, August 22, 2010

Past couple of weekends

Yeah, yeah...I have just been crap at posting since we've gotten back from vacation in July. Once I get off schedule, it just seems to take a couple of months to get back into the practice of posting.

Since we've been back, our days have been filled with activities...but, for the life of me, I can't off the top of my head remember what those activities are!

Some things to note...

Last weekend, we were at the cabin with some friends and had a great time! We biked, we fished, we gathered wild blueberries to eat straight from the ground and we even made a little campfire outside.





This weekend, Per's parents have been with us since Thursday. It's been great fun hanging out with the grandparents.



Wonder what next weekend will bring?

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

First day at Gullhaug Barnehage

The dreaded day has come....my little baby starts at a new daycare today. I had butterflies in my stomach walking into the barnehage. What would it be like? Were the people nice? Would Keira be happy?

What a pleasant little surprise I got today. Not only were the caregivers nice, but it seemed like they really liked Keira and really knew about how to care for children.

There are a total of 3 caregivers in Keira's "class". There's a blend of kids from 1 years old to a little over 2 years old in her group. There will be a total of 5 girls and 4 boys. All the girls are approximately around Keira's age and all the boys are a lot younger.

We are currently now going through a three day orientation period where the purpose is to get Keira integrated into the system as gently as possible and to make her feel safe and secure.

Today was the first day where we were with her from 9:30am - 12:00pm. Tomorrow, I'll be there an hour or so and then leave her for two hours. On Friday, she'll be delivered around 7:45am and then I pick her up at 2pm. She'll be taking her first nap there on Friday. Then, next week, it's business as usual at the new barnehage.

Here's crossing our fingers that everything goes well.






Lunch time!

Drinking milk from a "big girl" cup

Thursday, August 12, 2010

We clean up good, don't we?!


Here's a picture of us from a 40th birthday bash we were at last weekend.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Top 10 Vacation Memories


We're just back from a three week vacation in La Manga/ Murcia Spain. It was such a lovely vacation. All long sunnny days and HOT, HOT, HOT. We lazed around the pool, dug sand castles at the beach, drank fantastically cold beer, worked out, played golf, hung out with friends and slept late. It was soooooooooo relaxing.

I didn't get a chance to blog while I was away due to no internet connection. In a small, tiny way, I felt so out of touch with everyone and couldn't share my rambling thoughts while away.

1. Good friends and endless glasses of Veuve Clicquot make for a great vacation.
2. Some women have no business going topless in public. They probably shouldn't ever go topless in private either.
3. Sand - it's the gift that keeps on giving. It shows up in all kinds of tiny spaces.
4. Crustless soft white bread (sin corteza) is the bomb. You can actually buy it crustless in the stores. Why can't we have that here?
5. I went off on a 6 year old at the pool because he was picking on Keira and being an all round little shithead
5. I need to learn some Spanish so I can tell off people who are pissing me off
6. Even if we're on vacation and don't have a lot of time, it sometimes pays off to do a little bargain hunting anyway
7. The Chinese mega stores have everything you need at a low, low price - from pots, pans to cleaning products to toys to tampons.
8. The Spaniards singing loud and jumping into the pool at 10:00pm celebrating their vicotry in the World Cup.
9. Fresh sardines and fresh anchovies taste even better chased with a super cold glass of beer
10. Taking Keira to pee pee on the side of the road for the first time - it took ages before she could go because she was more interested in the weed tickling her foot than relieving herself.

Friday, July 9, 2010

Bran anyone? Keeps You Regular!

Hmmm..how many kids do you know who like BRAN cereal? hahahah....

We're counting down the days to vacation. Today is the last day at work and then it's off to sunny Spain! Yeah! Can't wait.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Friday, July 2, 2010