Emili's May 17th

Emili with her best friend Ruben (above) and two of her kindergarden friends wearing bunads, their Norwegian national dresses (below).


Emili and Ruben walked in front of the whole group during the parade. Ruben held the class banner.

In the last pic, Emili is worn out and ready for bed. She is looking at one of her favorite books, "The little prince", written by a french author.

She sleeps in the bottom bunk with Thomas above her and Kelvin in the same room but in his own bed.

Natalie and class on May 17th

Lena Natalie and her class during the May 17th celebration at Steiner school. In the last picture, Lena is in a booth selling soda and ice-cream to raise money for the school.

Kelvin May 17th

Kelvin and some of his classmates on May 17th, Norway's national holiday! :)

Thomas' note to God

Yesterday in Sunday School, the kids were asked to write a note to God, asking about anything they might wonder about.



"Dear God, I wonder if you are true. I love you, God?"

It touched me to the very core.

Emili says

This happens a lot. Emili speaks English with a few Norwegian words thrown in here and there. Sometimes with humorous results.

"Can you hell for me?"

Helle = pour

She wants me to pour some juice into her cup. Cute! :)

Norway: Murderer gets 30 days in prison

I can't believe this story that I read in the local newspaper (Romerikes blad) today.

Basically, some inexperienced truck driver was annoyed by a driver in front of him who was driving uneven speeds and decided to pass him. He was driving a looong truck (2 trailers long) with over 20 tons freight.

He ended up killing the driver and passanger by entering the lane again BEFORE he had passed the car completely!

So what does he get? 30 days in prison (assigned to 60 but allowed to go after half) and loses his drivrs license for 5 weeks! That's it!

Regardless of the Judge who said he showed clearly irresponsible driving and that the deaths were because he was careless and did not follow standard driving procedures.

Two people die and 5 others badly injured because of some careless moron and he gets a slap on the wrist.

What a country! Gotta love Norway. :)

Dagens horoskop

Today my daughter read my horoscope to me and for once it suited me well:

Du kan oppdage en lit tvilsom side ved en venn eller kollege i dag. Dine kommentarer og skrevne ord kan fort bli tillagt mye større vekt en vanlig, så vær forsiktig med hvordan du uttryker deg.

Translation:

You may discover a doubtful side of a friend or collegue today. Your comments and written words can quickly be given more credence than usual, so be careful how you express yourself.

...but it's a day late.

Yesterday Irene became quite offended by something I said or did. Or wrote. I can't remember which.


And Lena's was also suitable for her:

En ny sak kan komme til å ta mye lenger tid enn beregnet. Energien er heller ikke helt på topp, så pass på å få slappet godt av i kveld.

Translation:

Something new may take much more time than planned. Your energy is not up to par, so be sure to relax well tonight.

And today Lena is sick! No way! It knows her!

Not only that but this could suit Lena nearly every day since she almost always misjudges how much time she needs to alot for things.

Lena and I are both sick today in fact. I am working from Homw and Lena is "relaxing" home from school. Let's hope we get well soon. :)

It Snowed Last Night!

Well, these pictures are from yesterday so technically it snowed "the night before last" but either way that's pretty late in the year for snowfall!

Irene and I spent our Easter holidays cleaning the house (spring is here?) and building this mini greenhouse in our yard.

Enjoy the pics!




PS. The snow has already almost melted. Another day or two and we'll be back to the grass and dirt we love. :)

Amy is growing - cell phone pics

I took these pics yesterday with my cell phone because our camera is damaged...

 

 

 

 

Kelvin's first piano lesson

I guess it would have been more correct to say this is Kelvin after his first piano lesson, playing the piece of music he just learned to read.

He does a pretty good intro, but it may be hard to make out all that he is saying. He says this is the first song he has learned "from a book". The piece is called "The woodchuck", like the famous tongue twister.

Kelvin Casts New Years Magic

These were taken last night in our front yard. Kelvin looks like he's casting a spell on baby Amy in that last picture!

 

 

All Five Kids Together

These were taken today. Left to right: Kelvin (10), Thomas (8), Lena (12), Amy (5 months) and Emili (5).

Amy's First Teeth!

Here's a short video of me trying to get a shot of Amy's brand new teeth. She turned 5 months this day (New Years Eve) and had two teeth break through!

Kelvin decorates the tree

This was filmed on my birthday, 22 December 2006.

Emili plays with baby Amy

Emili loves to play hold and play with her baby sister. Yesterday Amy was 5 months old! She actually cut her first two teeth too. I'll try to post pics of that later.

For now enjoy this cute video of Emili posing for the camera with baby Amy. (She keeps saying "Cheese!" because she thinks I am going to take a picture. She doesn't realize I am recording a video.)

Cutie! :)

Midnight New Years Fireworks Video

Part 2 of 2 videos I recorded from our balcony last night. (Scroll down or click here for part one.)

It was exactly midnight and the New Year had just begun! Fireworks galore! I wish you could see all the amazing fireworks. They were EVERYWHERE!

New Years fun for Thomas and Emili

 

 

 

 

More cute family photos

 

 

 

 

Here are some more cute family photos taken today, New Years Day 2007! :)

Fireworks!

This is 1 of 2 videos I took of the view from our veranda last night (New Years).

What an awesome sight! I wish the video did it justice!

New Years Kids

 

 

 

 

Just a shot of each kid on New Years day. (Picasa only lets me post 4 pics at a time or there would be more here.)

Today we talked about New Years resolutions, played some games, played outside and played with Star Wars toys.

Kelvin started taking piano lessons (from Irene, his mom). He is doing well and I hope he continues. He seems to enjoy it so far. :)