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Rubik’s Shenanigans — Dec 21, 2009 - Jan 8, 2010 |
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Because merely solving a Rubik’s Cube is just too easy. The first one here was Anders’s idea: rotate a subcube (and rotate the subcube on the opposite side in the opposite direction, because it’s impossible to rotate only one corner cubie). Then I wanted to see if I could checker a 4x4x4 cube. (Checkering odd-numbered cubes is easy — C can checker the 7x7x7 in about a minute.) The standard checkering (opposite colors) is impossible, so I tried a different coloring. But, no, it’s just not possible… that last corner cubie will not be in the position (well, rotation, actually) you want it to be in. But if I only show you the front of it…
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Last Day of Ski School — Feb 12, 2010 at 8:31 am |
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C went to C school for five weeks after we quit at the school. It was nice to see his teachers again, but C said he didn’t miss any of the other children.
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Here and There — January-February, 2010 |
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Over the last couple of months I’ve been taking random iPhone pics here and there. And here they are. A little peek into our days.
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Theater Debut — March 4, 2010 |
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The spring Suttung performance came off without a hitch. They performed Fyrtøyet a fairy tale about a magic lamp. C (along with Alf-Eivind and Airi Luise) was a magic guard dog, and Ruby was the princess.
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Happy Birthday, Ruby — Jan 22, 2010 at 2:43 pm |
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It is traditional to put the flag out when at school when it is someone’s birthday. I think their flag holder broke, so they just stuck it in snowbank. Ruby had a fun birthday at school, she made cookies to bring to her class.
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Baby Trapeze — January 15, 2010 at 8 pm |
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Apl, like most babies, loves being tossed around. I, like most mamas, get heart palpitations from this. I guess that’s what papas are for.
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Apl’s Dolly — Dec 21, 2009 at 12:11 pm |
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Apl likes to play with Ruby’s dolls, hugging them and patting their backs. It’s unbelievably cute. C never did this. Mostly he would swing the doll around by its head or similar. So we never offered dolls to Ruby until she was older. Now I feel bad!
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Suttung — January-February, 2010 |
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Since we started homeschooling, we joined a Suttung group so that C could have continued exposure to Norwegian. I’m not very familiar with the movement, but so far they sing songs, practice a theater piece, and then listen to a story and make a drawing to illustrate the story afterwards.
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Winter Outing — March 6, 2010 |
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We went to the yearly meeting of the Norwegian homeschooling association, it was at the folk museum. It was a cold but lovely day. The kids had a lot of fun meeting all the other homeschoolers (about 10 kids were there). We learned that there are about 150 children are registered with the government as being homeschooled, and there are 27 families in the association over all of Norway. Coincidentally, one of those families lives across the street from us! And they’re awesome!
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Bottling Cider — January 31, 2010 |
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After an appropriate amount of time, we bottled the cider. I was alarmed to taste a rather sulphury, sour, not-very-appley product. We went ahead with the bottling, because really, what else were we supposed to do?! Since then, we’ve tasted the result and realized that the champagne yeast we used had a more profound effect than anticipated and it tastes rather a lot like champagne. It also reminds me of Spanish sidra, also a sourish fermented-apple-product. It’s not really cider like I expected, though.
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