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Fun At The Airport — January 3, 2010 at 1 pm |
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We had some time to spend waiting at the San Francisco airport, and Apl spent some of it rifling around in the suitcase. She’s so cute!
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Ice Sculptures — January 12-19, 2010 |
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The art teacher at Treklang is a very talented creative woman. She makes these ice castles with the children, using various vessels and techniques to make shapes with cavities for holding candles. This year she also made colored ice to hang in the tree.
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Ruby at School — Jan 28, 2010 at 9:35 am |
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I went to observe at Ruby’s classroom before our parent conference, and I saw her doing this interesting work. What a great small-motor exercise! The board has different cards that lay over top of it with different patterns of colors.
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Apl on the Airplane — December 28, 2009 |
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We were on our way to Sacramento and I took these on the plane. We got one of the wall basinettes which was extremely practical. Nice to have her off my lap when she was asleep, so I could doze or do something else. She also just sat in it when she was awake to play.
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C’s Bed Head — Dec 25, 2009 at 6:47 am |
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I was in the kitchen with Apl early in the morning (as is her usual routine) and C came stumbling through on his way to the potty. I caught him with his crazy hair on his way back.
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C Goes To A Birthday Party — December 13, 2009 at 5 pm |
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C went to a birthday party at this cool place called “Hopp I Havet” (“jump in the ocean”) it’s like an indoor playground. C had a ton of fun climbing the ropes and nets and jumping on the trampolines and going down the slides and stuff. Most of the other parents dropped their kids off and picked them up later, but C really wanted me to stay, so I entertained myself by taking pictures.
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Ethan’s Hat — Dec 12, 2009 at 1:08 pm |
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Ethan made this hat. Ruby likes it because it is such pretty colors!
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Chris’s Special Mittens — Dec 2009 - Feb 2010 |
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Chris had a good idea for a mitten design, and proceeded to turn the whole notion of “mitten” on its head (literally!). We discussed the design at length and Chris decided on these important points: it is to be knit from the fingers down (so that the knit “arrows” point out to the fingertips), it should have a more subtle pattern than traditional Norwegian knits while still being two colors, the right hand has a separate index finger, and the index and thumb on the right hand are tipless. These last features makes this the perfect mittens for operating a camera in cold weather.
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Santa Lucia Day — Dec 14, 2009 at 7:30 am |
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During our first Santa Lucia day in Norway, we didn’t know that much about it, but gladly celebrated with baked goods. Later, when C was at the kindergarten, we got some more information about it. Now it’s Ruby’s turn to be in the Santa Lucia pageant and she loved it!
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Test Run — Jan 26, 2010 at 3:07 pm |
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This was the trial run with the new face painting set that Ruby wanted to have at her party. She chose this design from the package.
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