we saw Disney On Ice last week. the kids really enjoyed the whole experience. it was doubly special because we happened to get tickets right next to lumi's best friend.
31 January 2017
24 January 2017
20 January 2017
Otso: 3 Years, 3 Months
Summary
Otso enjoyed Christmas, and all the time with the family. It's clear that while he does well at barnehage, he still really likes time and space to go at his own pace.
Learning/Development
He enjoys counting, and likes looking at the number chart on the kitchen wall.
We also put up a little sign with the Finnish vowels and some words using the vowels, and otso referred to the "Ä" and the "Ö" as "the one with eyes". :)
Language
Apparently he is learning to make his American "t" hard like the British "t". He also doesn't know which is a "t" and which is a "d". He pronounced it "I am retty" instead of "I am ready".
He says "ei on" instead of "ei ole".
Toys/Games/Other
Favorite toys: legos, perler, anything Paw Patrol
He was introduced to ping pong in London and loved it.
7.1 we went swimming at the University pool. He loved it! He hasn't ever enjoyed the pool like this. We splashed around for about an hour.
Both kids are really into "new york city" by They Might Be Giants / Cub, and often shout-sing it.
He is back into puzzles recently, and does at least one or two every day.
Social
He had a great time with his cousins in London. He adores Elmo and has a super fun time with Veera (who is quite helpful about the little things like helping him down the stairs ).
He bites often now when he is fighting with Lumi. 7.1 gave her a vicious bite on the arm. You could see the bleeding under the skin.
He still seems to have 2 best friends at barnehage, and they usually play very nicely together.
Eating
He seems to have entered the Great Beige Food Phase. He refuses many things now, and can get quite angry when we serve him something unacceptable. He throws food, dumps plates on the table, throws silverware, etc. Sometimes he comes around after the tantrum and can be convinced to taste some. For example, on 1.1, he bit into a little potato round, sobbed, threw the potato on the floor, dumped the contents of his plate on the table, threw his fork, and tried to dump his milk. He ran to his room. Äiti came and calmed him down, he came and sat at the table, and then tried the potato again and declared it "good" and ate the remaining pieces.
Even when there isn't anger, he likes to leave in the middle of a meal with a lazy "canigofromthetable?" as he pushes himself away. then he will return later cheerfully and finish off the plate of food.
Sleeping
He mostly did a good job sleeping in to a later time in London.
Though we weren't trying to give him naps when we were out and about, he fell asleep in the stroller and was almost impossible to wake.
He wants to come to äiti's bed earlier and earlier in the night.
Stats
Clothes: size 104/110. Shoes: size 26.
Teeth: 20
Weight: really out of date!
Height: 99 cm on 6.1
Events
21.12 solsnufest at barnehage
23.12 fly to London
24.12 Christmas eve, joulupukki
25.12 Christmas
26.12 shopping in London
29.12 fly home to oslo
7.1 swimming
8.1 suomikerho
11.1 movie with Barnehage in theater "Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen" -- first movie in theater!
Otso enjoyed Christmas, and all the time with the family. It's clear that while he does well at barnehage, he still really likes time and space to go at his own pace.
Learning/Development
He enjoys counting, and likes looking at the number chart on the kitchen wall.
We also put up a little sign with the Finnish vowels and some words using the vowels, and otso referred to the "Ä" and the "Ö" as "the one with eyes". :)
Language
Apparently he is learning to make his American "t" hard like the British "t". He also doesn't know which is a "t" and which is a "d". He pronounced it "I am retty" instead of "I am ready".
He says "ei on" instead of "ei ole".
Toys/Games/Other
Favorite toys: legos, perler, anything Paw Patrol
He was introduced to ping pong in London and loved it.
7.1 we went swimming at the University pool. He loved it! He hasn't ever enjoyed the pool like this. We splashed around for about an hour.
Both kids are really into "new york city" by They Might Be Giants / Cub, and often shout-sing it.
He is back into puzzles recently, and does at least one or two every day.
Social
He had a great time with his cousins in London. He adores Elmo and has a super fun time with Veera (who is quite helpful about the little things like helping him down the stairs ).
He bites often now when he is fighting with Lumi. 7.1 gave her a vicious bite on the arm. You could see the bleeding under the skin.
He still seems to have 2 best friends at barnehage, and they usually play very nicely together.
Eating
He seems to have entered the Great Beige Food Phase. He refuses many things now, and can get quite angry when we serve him something unacceptable. He throws food, dumps plates on the table, throws silverware, etc. Sometimes he comes around after the tantrum and can be convinced to taste some. For example, on 1.1, he bit into a little potato round, sobbed, threw the potato on the floor, dumped the contents of his plate on the table, threw his fork, and tried to dump his milk. He ran to his room. Äiti came and calmed him down, he came and sat at the table, and then tried the potato again and declared it "good" and ate the remaining pieces.
Even when there isn't anger, he likes to leave in the middle of a meal with a lazy "canigofromthetable?" as he pushes himself away. then he will return later cheerfully and finish off the plate of food.
Sleeping
He mostly did a good job sleeping in to a later time in London.
Though we weren't trying to give him naps when we were out and about, he fell asleep in the stroller and was almost impossible to wake.
He wants to come to äiti's bed earlier and earlier in the night.
Stats
Clothes: size 104/110. Shoes: size 26.
Teeth: 20
Weight: really out of date!
Height: 99 cm on 6.1
Events
21.12 solsnufest at barnehage
23.12 fly to London
24.12 Christmas eve, joulupukki
25.12 Christmas
26.12 shopping in London
29.12 fly home to oslo
7.1 swimming
8.1 suomikerho
11.1 movie with Barnehage in theater "Dyrene i Hakkebakkeskogen" -- first movie in theater!
17 January 2017
10 January 2017
03 January 2017
Lumi: 5 Years, 11 Months
Summary
The big thing this month was the Christmas season. Lumi loves Christmas : the songs, the cookies, the decorations, the lights, and of course Joulupukki and Santa Claus. We are lucky to have a secular Barnehage that enjoys all the cultural aspects of the season without forcing the religious aspect on the kids.
Social
She missed her friends while we were in the US, and seems happy to be with them.
She was delighted that she got to lead the Lucia "parade" in the barnehage. The reason given was that she won't get to experience another Norwegian Lucia day because she is moving to Finland. All the kids wore white with a red sash and carried an electric candle, but the leader of the parade got to wear the crown of candles.
In London, she is playing mostly with Elsa, though they argue.
Leisure
She loves anything Paw Patrol.
Our Christmas calendar this year is building a Lego set, and adding stick-on googly eyes to the Christmas monster. Each day we alternate who gets to build Legos and who sticks on the eye. Last year Lumi was jealous of the eye sticker, but this year both kids are most interested in the Lego set.
She really likes the girl or woman characters in anything. It's sad for me to see women so underrepresented in pop culture, but it's heartbreaking as a mother. For example, we have been listening to the Muppets and John Denver's Christmas album. I loved that album as a kid and I enjoy it now. But it's a sausage fest: there is just Miss Piggy (and Janice, but you never see her anyway). So Lumi isn't into it. And though it's fair to ask her to look beyond gender to identify with a puppet, it's also fair to ask the makers of the puppets to do better.
Learning
8.12 at barnehage, they worked on "calculations", both addition and subtraction. she does it on her fingers, but is quick and confident! this is the first school-style work she has done at barnehage; it seems like she is ready for school.
Language
There is a set of brothers in her muskari class who misbehave quite a bit. We discussed it with her a little and she told us "and they speak Norwegian at muskari! You're supposed to speak finnish at muskari!"
Food
She still has a limited palate, but is getting braver.
For Christmas she resisted for a long time before trying anything. Eventually she gathered courage to taste the turkey and then loved it. We got fish and chips, and she only at the fish without breading. She really did not want Pasi's gallette soup, but when she tried it she found the giant pasta shells delightful.
30.12 after much back and forth, she tried the lentil soup we made at home and she declared it "the best soup".
For Christmas, she got a kids' cookbook. On 31.12 she made her first recipe: mustikkapiirakka. It was great (really tasty!) and she was very proud of it. Then on 1.1 she made her first savory recipe (a tomato-based pasta sauce with bacon in it) and she really hated the taste. So...she is fixated on baking for a while.
Health
She had a rough time re-adjusting to the schedule here in Oslo. She missed a lot of sleep on the red-eye flight back home, and then of course it doesn't get light here until 9:00, so there were many mornings she was sleeping way past her normal time and then having a hard time going to sleep at night. Normally she is wonderfully cooperative at bedtime, and this was a big backslide.
15.12 lost her second tooth (lower right incisor) but she didn't notice until after snack. it could have fallen out somewhere or she could have swallowed it. she was very distraught (and her teachers helped her look for a long time). but after some advice from other parents, we wrote a nice note to the tooth fairy asking for a coin anyway.
17.12 she felt ill and told us she didn't want to eat anything sweet. then in the evening she vomited on the living room rug.
Stats
size: 116 (6 in US size). She has long limbs and needs the extra length. size 30 shoe.
height: 112 cm on 9.9
weight: 18.2 kg on 19.11 at airport
favorite color: "rainbow"
Events
4.12 arrival home to Oslo
10.12 muskari, decorated cookies with Eino
11.12 christmas market downtown with Helmine (& family): ferris wheel and carousel
13.12 Lucia day
15.12 lost second tooth!
17.12 visit Nelli
18.12 visit Helena's new baby
21.12 solsnufest at barnehage
23.12 fly to London
24.12 Christmas eve, joulupukki
25.12 Christmas
26.12 shopping in London
29.12 fly home to oslo
Random
She thinks the first day of Christmas gift is a " palm tree in a pear tree ".
She was watching birds fly over the park and said " there is a pile of birds flying together! "
Flying into Heathrow and looking at the English countryside, she said " it looks like new york city. "
For Christmas, she was disappointed to get "only things that I need!" instead of toys. She was cheered a bit by the yo-yo and ballet shoes in the stocking on Christmas morning.
The big thing this month was the Christmas season. Lumi loves Christmas : the songs, the cookies, the decorations, the lights, and of course Joulupukki and Santa Claus. We are lucky to have a secular Barnehage that enjoys all the cultural aspects of the season without forcing the religious aspect on the kids.
Social
She missed her friends while we were in the US, and seems happy to be with them.
She was delighted that she got to lead the Lucia "parade" in the barnehage. The reason given was that she won't get to experience another Norwegian Lucia day because she is moving to Finland. All the kids wore white with a red sash and carried an electric candle, but the leader of the parade got to wear the crown of candles.
In London, she is playing mostly with Elsa, though they argue.
Leisure
She loves anything Paw Patrol.
Our Christmas calendar this year is building a Lego set, and adding stick-on googly eyes to the Christmas monster. Each day we alternate who gets to build Legos and who sticks on the eye. Last year Lumi was jealous of the eye sticker, but this year both kids are most interested in the Lego set.
She really likes the girl or woman characters in anything. It's sad for me to see women so underrepresented in pop culture, but it's heartbreaking as a mother. For example, we have been listening to the Muppets and John Denver's Christmas album. I loved that album as a kid and I enjoy it now. But it's a sausage fest: there is just Miss Piggy (and Janice, but you never see her anyway). So Lumi isn't into it. And though it's fair to ask her to look beyond gender to identify with a puppet, it's also fair to ask the makers of the puppets to do better.
Learning
8.12 at barnehage, they worked on "calculations", both addition and subtraction. she does it on her fingers, but is quick and confident! this is the first school-style work she has done at barnehage; it seems like she is ready for school.
Language
There is a set of brothers in her muskari class who misbehave quite a bit. We discussed it with her a little and she told us "and they speak Norwegian at muskari! You're supposed to speak finnish at muskari!"
Food
She still has a limited palate, but is getting braver.
For Christmas she resisted for a long time before trying anything. Eventually she gathered courage to taste the turkey and then loved it. We got fish and chips, and she only at the fish without breading. She really did not want Pasi's gallette soup, but when she tried it she found the giant pasta shells delightful.
30.12 after much back and forth, she tried the lentil soup we made at home and she declared it "the best soup".
For Christmas, she got a kids' cookbook. On 31.12 she made her first recipe: mustikkapiirakka. It was great (really tasty!) and she was very proud of it. Then on 1.1 she made her first savory recipe (a tomato-based pasta sauce with bacon in it) and she really hated the taste. So...she is fixated on baking for a while.
Health
She had a rough time re-adjusting to the schedule here in Oslo. She missed a lot of sleep on the red-eye flight back home, and then of course it doesn't get light here until 9:00, so there were many mornings she was sleeping way past her normal time and then having a hard time going to sleep at night. Normally she is wonderfully cooperative at bedtime, and this was a big backslide.
15.12 lost her second tooth (lower right incisor) but she didn't notice until after snack. it could have fallen out somewhere or she could have swallowed it. she was very distraught (and her teachers helped her look for a long time). but after some advice from other parents, we wrote a nice note to the tooth fairy asking for a coin anyway.
17.12 she felt ill and told us she didn't want to eat anything sweet. then in the evening she vomited on the living room rug.
Stats
size: 116 (6 in US size). She has long limbs and needs the extra length. size 30 shoe.
height: 112 cm on 9.9
weight: 18.2 kg on 19.11 at airport
favorite color: "rainbow"
Events
4.12 arrival home to Oslo
10.12 muskari, decorated cookies with Eino
11.12 christmas market downtown with Helmine (& family): ferris wheel and carousel
13.12 Lucia day
15.12 lost second tooth!
17.12 visit Nelli
18.12 visit Helena's new baby
21.12 solsnufest at barnehage
23.12 fly to London
24.12 Christmas eve, joulupukki
25.12 Christmas
26.12 shopping in London
29.12 fly home to oslo
Random
She thinks the first day of Christmas gift is a " palm tree in a pear tree ".
She was watching birds fly over the park and said " there is a pile of birds flying together! "
Flying into Heathrow and looking at the English countryside, she said " it looks like new york city. "
For Christmas, she was disappointed to get "only things that I need!" instead of toys. She was cheered a bit by the yo-yo and ballet shoes in the stocking on Christmas morning.
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