Zoo

Today we went to the Zoo. We were very lucky with the weather, it couldn't have been better - but that also meant that half of Copenhagen was at the Zoo... but it was OK, not so crowded. Signe had her face painted and Lisa got to point at all the animals and she tried to say all kinds of different animal-sounds, some were good others very weird!
Lisa seemed to like the Tigers best, and Signe the monkeys :-)
We had a wonderful day :-)

New family member

As you already know, and have seen on Facebook, Luna got a little brother. He is, actually, her real biological brother. When we wrote the owner of the parent-cats about Gaia, they told us about the litter they had. Odin and I went to see the 4 male kittens, and it was quite hard to decide which one to choose. Aslan and his black/white brother were both very interesting.. we talked about it all the way home in the car. During the visit, Aslan had shown interest from we came till we left, so we finally figured that he had picked us, not the other way around. His very handsome, dark brother had been quite indifferent towards us, and only sniffed us once. Aslan sat beside us sniffing, looking, examining all the time... so yes. Aslan was the choice.
Next problem was a name... !!! Signe wanted something she knew from a story or movie, Odin wanted something masculine and NOT cuddly and I wanted something to fit his creamy color.

Luna has been very sweet and accepting towards Aslan. She is still getting used to him here, and wants to be in charge - and he lets her. They started playing a little, but she is not taking the "mommy-role", even though he would like her to. When Luna is outside, Aslan stays close to us all the time... we need to watch where we step! - And if in doubt of where he is, we can go by sound, because he purrs so loud, that we sometimes need to say "shh"!!

Welcome to the family, Aslan.

One week to vacation...

... But only for me and Signe. Odin and Lisa will have to wait a little...
Lisa had a few days with fever and being cranky. We have no idea why, she didnt really seam sick, other than the fever, however, we heard about alot of other children with fever, so she might just have caught something somewhere. She´s fine now, and happy as always.

Signe went to a trial-lesson for Handball yesterday, and absolutely loved it. Many of her friends from school is on the team, so she´s now all excited about playing handball - great! Her and I recently bought tickets to this years "Cirkus Summarum", which she is looking very much forward to.

pic 1 : Lisa smiling at the camera.
pic 2: Signe and Lisa got the same summer-jacket - CUTE!!
pic 3: Lisa and Daddy, on the day Lisa had a fever.

24 degrees in the shade.

It only took a day or two for the weather to change, after Romy & Gijs left. And since then, its been really nice, clear blue skies and a lot of sun. We have to oil up in sun lotion in the morning, and again at lunch. Lovely!
We have been playing in the garden a lot, Signe loves being outside, preferably with water. Lisa has been a bit overwhelmed by the heat, and has been struggling a bit, sleeping a lot and being very dependent on mommy.
Its now 20:00 and the kids are put to bed... the sun is still out, and warming alot. The cats are running around on the laws, being very kitten-ish! Lovely :-)

Lisa is still only talking jibberish, but she talks alot! She eats very nicely with her fork now, and when using a spoon, she even tips it on the side of the plate, in order not to spill! - she learned that today :-)

Note: only the first picture is from our warm summer days :)

Spring

On top: Lisa at the Indian-day with daycare. All the kids in town met for a picnic and everyone was dressed as Indians - including the adults.
Bottom: Lisa with Papa, eating a yoghurt.

The birds are singing (and some of them are dead on our doorstep, thank you Gaia and Luna), the garden is green and the kids happy. We have approx 20 degrees on the good days and some spring-rain from time to time. The girls are happy and doing great. Lisa is growing alot, and even though she doesnt speak yet, she understands everything that goes on around her - and she reacts correctly to both danish and dutch. Signe is getting big too, she recently had a performance at school, where her class was singing a song for the rest of the school. Second grade is around the corner, which is hard to understand. Time flies!

January 2011

Back on the Blog

Heyhey,

Its been a while since Odin and I updated the blog, so yes... getting back on track here. Tons of things happened over Christmas and new year and beginning to describe it all will take me all weekend, so that's not going to happen.
So what is currently going on here? - well, Signe has her winter-vacation at the moment, and she´s trying to read as much as possible, since there's a "who reads the most in the vacation"-contest in her class. She´s getting really good at reading, she even read the cards herself, when playing "Monopoly" the other day.. owh, and she was also winning big time.. She also has two more loose teeth, so son she wont have any left in her mouth, I think...
Lisa on the other side, seems to be getting a few more, she keeps putting her finger in the back of her mouth. Lisa is really the dancer and singer of the family, she does nothing but dance. Even at the store, she hears the tunes on the speakers, and she starts to dance. She also says "Hi" to everyone we pass, when out. She´s so charming, and does a lot of crazy things every day!
The rest of us are fine :-)