Go Kid Go!!

Poozle officially crawls.

She is the cutest thing EVER! She really only did the scooting backwards thing a few days and now she slowly but steadily crawls anywhere she wants to go. She won't crawl without reason though. She has to see something she wants, and it's usually something she can't have. She will crawl towards it until she can just barely reach it enough to pull it towards her; then she plops down on her bum and sits there happily playing with it... until she sees something else she wants. this cycle continues all day long. :)

New friends and Cookies!

I made more friends. YAY. Kelli and Monica from Herning came out to make cookies with Ingrid and me! (oh, and a few kids and a cute little dog were involved...) :) You may need to check in on her blog for pictures too.I was focused on cookies so I neglected the camera. :(I was happy to finally meet Kelli, I think she is seriously one of the sweetest people ever made, even her dog was perfectly behaved. : ) AND she brought over some coveted macaroni and cheese for the kids so she has an open invitation to return anytime!! I know understand how she can be so positive about E V E R Y T H I N G. :)

So Kelli and Monica, thanks for driving all the way out here and I hope you enjoyed your candy covered cookies! AND Holly TAK for the magazines! I read one all ready, but I will now ration them out to myself as special treats. :)

I think after this summer we should do a monthly "Magazine/Book Swap Date" with everyone we know/type to. I cope with Denmark much better following these little "play dates".

ICE!!

I am cool like Kelli now. See... I'm as cool as ice... :) hee hee (I'm also pretty pleased with myself for figuring out that whole link thing.)

I saw Kelli's ice maker on her blog and decided my husband could have one since he just bought me a super deluxe latte maker!! See my mother's day gift.... :)
So I went online and with the help of a Danish friend ordered this Ice Maker! I ordered it at 10:00am on Tuesday and it showed up on my doorstep at 1:00pm Wednesday!

It was a bit bigger than I thought. :) But I guess I didn't really think... I was envisioning a toaster sized appliance to nicely sit on a little table next to Paul's seat at the dinner table ...in the corner and out of the way. :) It was a little bigger than that.This was a father's day present but I wanted to make sure that if Daddy didn't like it we could return it, because I never would have thought I would have paid so much to freeze water!! So Happy better make sure he likes these ice cubes :)

The kids all love it. The ice comes out with a hole in the middle, like a tall bowl. They put an ice cube on a Popsicle stick and eat it. Maybe we'll save money on real popsicles? Maybe I could put juice in it instead of water?

Are you Grumpy?

My dad sent this to my daughter... and me. :)

It made me smile. I've decided that if you read it and you don't smile, you are too grumpy...

♥1. You're reading my comment
♥ 2. Now you're saying/thinking that's a stupid fact.
♥ 4. You didn't notice that i skipped 3.
♥ 5. You're checking it now.
♥ 6. You're smiling.
♥ 7. You're still reading my comment.
♥ 8. You know all you have read is true.
♥ 10. You didn't notice that I skipped 9.
♥ 11. You're checking it now.
♥ 12. You didn't notice there are only 10 facts

Did you smile? Or are you too grumpy? Nobody likes grumpy people you know. :)

Poozle Stands!

Andrea thinks she can stand up by herself... but she can't. She wobbles around holding onto her little table and eventually plops down on her bum and cries.

Andrea also thinks she can crawl... but she can't. She scoots backwards and eventually plops down on her nose and cries.

She has had some "fusterpate-ing" days as Michaela would say.

Game Night

It was fun. Only because my team won. :)

We played lots of games, but since it was at my house and I'm short one spouse I had kids to run off to deal with a kid every so often. So I officially played one game. Cranium. It was hard. YOU try to build Noah's Ark out of clay!! :)

It was hilarious because of everyones' international backgrounds, their varying ability to speak the English language, and knowledge of what certain words even meant. :) It was at a previous game night that someone sculpted a penguin out of clay, but they were supposed to be making a dolphin. :) Penguin, Dolphin... what's the difference to someone who has been speaking English for only a year!!

So we had lots of "skip that one" cards. :) Sometimes the other moms would say their answer in their own language and someone else would help translate it. :) Too funny, it worked though and I now know that PEZ was invented in Austria and is named after some German peppermint-ish sounding word. I also know that you can buy PEZ in Denmark. I ALSO know that my HUSBAND can buy CIRCUS PEANUTS AT TARGET!! :)



Here's a picture of Scotty at Tivoli. His look is one of concentration, not fear. He LOVED the little bumper cars. At first he thought the bumping was hilarious and would laugh hysterically anytime anyone bumped anyone. However, after about six turns he decided bumping wasn't fun and then we had some pretty traumatic turns (...him crying in the middle of the track being bumped from every direction.) So we sat out a couple turns and the little Driving Monster was allowed back only if he agreed not to cry. He didn't cry and another ten turns later we finally had to drag him away... He LOVED it. :)

...and there are no lines at Tivoli so it was a continual ride for him, interrupted only by the sprint: from his car, out the exit, around the corner, back through the line, and back to his car. I found a place to sit and just watched...

New Friends!

I made new friends today! YAY. I like to make new friends. (I like to have lunch with the old ones too. Thanks for everyone who has eaten with me this week!) :)

A new family is starting at the international school so they came over today so our kids could meet up and "play". "Play" means discuss Harry Potter and look for bugs in the backyard.

We moms "toodled" as Sierra would say. "Toodle" means sit and talk. My new mommy friend didn't make me self-conscious about my floor that was covered in toys and crushed cheerios ... so she can even come over again. (I don't bother inviting people over if I feel I have to excessively clean my house for them... love me, love my chaos.)

All the kids were so great together and even Scotty was "tantrum-free". Pretty successful day if I do say so myself!

Denmark's not so bad when you have friends. :)

ALL my friends will come over for our monthly "Mommy Game Night" tomorrow. Well, not all my friends I guess... just the ones who love me the most. :)

My favorite friend Happy is back in the States though. He had to go all the way there just to get a pretty stamp in his passport or Mr. USA said they would take away his hard-earned Green Card. Dumb, but I get an extra suitcase full of "goodies" so it all works out in the end. He'll be home on Monday. (Which, if you are paying attention, leaves me alone with all the kids for my Mommy Game Night... So Michaela and Sierra and a friend from school will babysit little Scotty and Andrea upstairs. I will pay them with Root Beer Floats.)

night night...