A Little Taste of Norway for the Holidays

In these parts there are lots of Norwegians, and we love to shop at their stores! Well, our friend Dustin's great-grandmother gave him her Norwegian-baking equipment, and when he and his wife Heather came over for dinner last week he brought some delicious homemade desserts. In the picture, starting from the left, he made krummkake, sand tarts, and lefse. They were delicious, so I say “Velkommen!” (and that’s all the Norwegian I know.)


As you can see, Heather and Dustin are some of Josie’s favorite people. (His name is not Dustin, its "Josie's Dustin.") She is in for a huge shock when they come home from China with their little one!

Badger Hockey Game

We took Josie to a Badger hockey game last Saturday and she did GREAT! She had so much fun, and was very well behaved. She really loved the crowds and the cheering, and *espeically* the clapping! What fun to get to clap every few minutes with hundreds of other people!!!

Look Mom!

I never knew that it started so young, but Josie has gotten into the habit of asking me to “Look Mom!” whenever she finds something interesting. It is SO fun! And eye opening, because it’s sometimes surprising the things she wants me to look at (“big boooger” or piece of dirt.) She also says, “Mommy come see?” when she finds something interesting in a book, and calls me “Mommy tell her?” when one of the other daycare girls is misbehaving! But my favorite is “Look mom!” It’s just the best!

Ever since daddy went back to work after paternity leave, if we find something interesting during the day, I will say, “We need to tell Daddy about that when he gets home from work.” About 8 months ago Josie started asking “Tell Daddy ….?” when she experienced something during the day. Again, some unexpected things she wants to tell him: “Tell Daddy owie?” “Tell Daddy fall down?” “Tell Daddy music?” (if she enjoyed listening to music that day.) Now she is speaking very full sentences and paragraphs, and has a large vocabulary. “Tell Daddy I made Ainsley cry?” “Tell Daddy I made a big mess?” “Tell Daddy I saw Elmo?”