Keira's first haircut

Nothing like a new 'do to brighten up a girl's day. But poor little Keira was not too happy to get her hair trimmed. Poor little thing was soooo tired.

Finally! A Beautiful day!

My sister, Judy and her son, James, are here for a visit. They arrived on Wednesday and it has been nothing but non-stop rain..very dreary and gloomy. :(

But, today turned into the a beautiful day and we decided to go to Tusendfryd, Oslo's answer to an amusement park, and hang out for the day. We enjoyed a lovely picnic, popcorn, cotton candy, games and a couple of rides.

Keira enjoyed herself immensely because she got to be outside and just take in the sights and the sun.

Nothing like a picnic lunch

Followed up with popcorn and cotton candy, of course

Judy getting out some aggression

James is the captain of his own boat

Hey baby, check out my coooooool shades

Singing in the Rain

Despite the never ending rain, Keira and I met with Anne and her son, Martin, yesterday for a nice walk in Frognerpark. Anne and her husband were also a part of the group from Norway who went to China to adopt a child. Martin is four years old and soooooo cute.

When Martin saw us at the park, he ran to us a and smiled so big and chattered incessantly in Norwegian. See how cute they are together!

Watching TV with Pappa

Ho hum. Another rainy day outside. There's nothing like watching TV with dad to pass the day away!

Sunny Day...Must Play

Yes, finally, it was a beautiful sunny day in Oslo. We walked to Baerums Verk today where Keira could walk on the grass, take a look at the river and eat a bolle.

There were several kids running and playing along the grass today where Keira was. And, there was one little girl who must have been 3 to 4 years old or so who kept following Keira. This girl had her finger so far up her nose, you'd think that she was digging for gold or something. It was really gross. Her mother asked her to stop picking her nose and she said why? Why should she stop picking her nose? Hmmm...let me think about that one. Want to eat it too?

Every time Keira stopped what she was doing to look at the girl and say something to her, the girl just stared and would run away. After a few minutes, she would come back with her finger up her nose again. GROSS. GROSS. GROSS.

Me, as the particular mommy that I am, had to pull Keira away and whisper to her that we don't hang out with girls that pick our noses...'cause, I mean, that's just gross. You see a picture of this little girl towards the end of the first video.
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Ok, let's try it without the girl...

What to do on a rainy day

Eat, of course!

Officially walking!

Well, here she is. Officially walking today. She let go and went for it! What a surprise. Now I have to hide everything or move it out of the way because she's got a long reach...cell phone? No problem. Wallet? No problem. Hot pans? No problem. Yikes!