Winter 2008

How they grow in a year

Don't

Walk on the table...

Troy

Ingrid

Pavlova Cake

I am on a diet (again), and I have completely cut sugars out of my diet. Lately however I've been craving this cake that my sister makes. It is the best cake I've ever tasted. It is called the Pavlova cake, and I want some NOW!! It is a meringue cake with a light, delicate, crisp crust and a soft sweet marshmallow center, topped with fresh fruits Read more: http://www.joyofbaking.com/Pavlova.html#ixzz0PDt6V9To
I really need to stay strong, but it is so hard.

Red hair

Tante lise gave troy a new hair color this summer. It was suposed to come out in the wash

Morfar's boat

Mormor, get it right will you

Mormor came by tonight and this was the conversation I overheard:
Mormor: How are you doing Troy? (koss e de me dae Troy)
Troy: I am doing just fine (de e baerre fint me mae)
Mormor: What's going on? (e det naa som skjer?)
Troy: Nothing (nehei)
Mormor: So nothing's cooking? (saa da e det ittj naa som staar paa)
Troy: Yes, the meatballs are cooking (jo, kjoettbollan staar paa jo)

Me

Logic

Last night Troy was sitting with Odin watching TV, they were watching sprinters run, and Troy looked at them and told his dad. They don't have a car! The logic of a two year old.

Where babies come from

This evening I had a bath with Troy, and he looks at me seriously and points to me belly button. If I pee in your belly button, then you will get a baby in your belly. I couldn't help but laugh, I guess someone must have have told him about the birds and the bees.

Message in a botle

This summer troy sent a message in a botle and today he got a reply. Lennart and philipp from germany sent him crayons and a coloring book. Talk about great surprise!

Troy

Troy's Photo Shoot

Karius and Baktus

I have to say as for childrens movies, this one is genious. It is about two little fellows living in a little boy’s teeth, and the boy keeps feeding them their favorite food (all sweet treats), untill one day he gets a really bad toothache. The little boy has to start brushing his teeth and has to go to the dentist to get the cavities (their houses) filled. The movie end by Karius and Baktus not getting anything good treats to eat, before the toothbrush comes and brushes them out to sea, where they are looking for another mouth to move into.
The movie worked wonders on Troy, he has never been as good as now at brushing his teeth. He does not want those little buggers building any houses in his teeth.
For a while now Troy has told me that he wants to be a dentist, just like his farfar. This movie made his farfar an even bigger hero in Troy’s eyes.

Taking Troy to see a play

This summer I took Troy to see a play about a man who was a thief and stole a package a woman was carrying. It was an interactive play where the children were supposed to help the police catch the thief. Troy being the cautious little boy that he is, was really scared of the thief, and the fact that we all got to catch the thief and put him in jail really made an impression on him. He has been talking about it non stop and the story keeps evolving. It is fun to listen to him retell the story to anyone willing to listen. He is making himself the hero, catching the thief putting him in jail and telling him that he should not steal!

Tv and a muffin

Enjoying a snack while watching jo jo's circus