Otso's 33rd Month

Summary

It has been a month of vacation - - first Mazan, France, then two weeks with Grandma at home, then to Finland. He is happy and healthy. 

Learning/Development

He is getting better at coloring. He chose colored pencils when grandma let him pick out a toy.

Language

He likes to talk about Lumi's treasure box, but it comes out something like "feavver box".

The common language for the kids in Mazan is Norwegian and it's fun to hear him speak it. 

He is speaking a lot, but most of that is repeating whatever Lumi says. Sometimes it seems that she is his primary English teacher.

11.7 Charmingly blunt: when Lumi was doing a craft he kept trying to interfere and begged to "mess it up!" 

In Finland, he is still speaking a lot of English to his grandparents. Often it seems that he isn't even aware that it's not the right language to use. But he uses Finnish when we supply him with the correct words. 

Toys/Games/Other 

He doesn't want to swim. 

He is enjoying the yard immensely in Mazan. He likes petanque, Frisbee, Foosball, and just running around on the grass. He also likes to throw a ball at the trees. 

We went to a flea market to replace the kids' lost clothes, and picked up some cheap dress up clothes for all the kids to play with. Otso has been wearing the shawl from the Beauty and the Beast costume. 

He found some beads and wanted to keep them in a private area. I guess we need a special treasure box for him too.

The car racing track in Saimaa is lots of fun. But he still doesn't want to go to sauna. 

Social

He has been playing with most of the kids in Mazan : Adele, Clemence, Marie, and his sister.

Eating

Favorite foods: ice cream on a stick, watermelon 

He hasn't been eating much in Mazan. He doesn't enjoy bread with toppings. 

He still won't eat berries. Even fresh blueberries in the forest. 

Sleeping

He hasn't been going to bed very easily in Mazan, but fortunately it is a relaxed atmosphere so he can stay up a bit. 

We have seen a lot of erratic sleep from him in general, even after we are home. It could be the light or it could be that he is ready to give up his nap. We are waiting a bit but taking advantage of some nap-free days on weekends.

With Grandma he has been missing his naps a lot.

Health

He got a fever on 3.7 (as did Lumi). Perhaps they picked it up on the plane.

He's having a lot of pee accidents still.

Stats
Clothes: size 98/104. Shoes: size 25 or 26.

Teeth: 19, cutting the last one too! 
Weight: 15.1 kg on 8.5 
Height: 93.5 cm on 1.5

Events

22.6 sommerfest at barnehage

24.6 flight to Paris 

25.6 train to Avignon, loss of suitcase, arrival in Mazan 

1.7 train back to Paris, dinner with Mama Dollie and Isabel

2.7 flight home to Oslo

4.7 last day of barnehage before summer, Grandma arrived

9.7 long hike from frognerseteren to sognsvann

15.7 grandma headed home; we flew to finland

16.7 play with August and Hilla, then playground with Asher, Emery, and Gaia 

17-21.7 mökki in Saimaa 

Random

He sneezed and said "I have bless you!" 

At the mökki, he keeps calling Lake Saimaa "the pool".