Petra’s developed quite a sense of humor lately, and she’s also gotten rather fond of make-believe.  A few weeks ago, when my mom was still here, she was teasing Petra a little, going around the table and pointing at one or another of us and asking, “Is that your mom?”  Each time Onock pointed out [...]

Let me tell you, you haven’t lived until you’ve organized and chaperoned a shopping trip for five pre-teen girls (plus one interloper).  All I’m going to say is that I’m glad it’s over.
Oh, so glad.

I have always loved goats, and if I had my druthers, we’d have a couple or three as pets.  Cat lover though she is, I think Lydia wouldn’t mind herself if we added some goats to the mix.  Too bad she’s not the one I have to convince.

This afternoon Tage and Petra were doing the in-and-out, in-and-out thing through the front door and all the slamming was getting on my last nerve.  Just when I was getting ready to go out and yell at them, I heard Tage come in and call out excitedly to me.  He didn’t even pause to take [...]

I decided last week that our evenings would go more smoothly if we started eating dinner at five o’clock instead of six.  Olof usually isn’t done working by then, so I expected a bit of resistance from him but was surprised when he readily agreed.  It wasn’t until later, of course, that I realized his [...]

Fall is well on its way, we’ve felt it in the air for weeks.  On days like yesterday, however, we can almost convince ourselves that summer has decided to stay a bit longer.

One night last week, Lydia and I were in the kitchen together, she emptying the dishwasher and I putting the finishing touches on supper.  We were talking about school and she said that she really liked her new art teacher.  I asked what he was like, and, among other things, that he was “young.”  I [...]

Just now Olof called me into the living room from the office to “help Tage.”  Turns out Petra had kicked him in the side of the head while they were roughhousing, and he was lying on the floor, crying (Olof was holding the baby, so couldn’t help Tage up himself).  I picked him up and [...]

It’s been a little while since I posted a picture of the baby and considering that I don’t have much in particular on my mind to post about, this is as good a time as any to share a cute picture of her sleeping (and wearing the cute sweater that my friend, Sue, knitted for [...]