ROMA!

Love, love. love!! What a place, we loved it, loved it!!

4 days in the most romantic city you can imagne, with my fantastic husband holding my hand - doesn't get any better.

We had the best time: lots of wine, pasta, coffee, gelato, very long walks and a lot of old, old buildings to look at.

In the end we missed the boys, but it was great. The boys were happy to see us for sure, but right away Daniel said. 'mom, dad to Rome again, me go to visit bedstefar and bedstemor again....' Lovely boys. This was what we wanted when we went back, and we got it. Thanks to Inge and Finn!!!

Daniel went to the cardiologists today. He is doing great. He only has to come back in a year!!!

Daniel turned 2!!!

Okay guys, this is really bad!!! We came back to Denmark just over a month ago and I have contacted hardly anybody. We loved seeing everybody and just hanging out like in the old days. Kids were so happy and we talk lots about everybody.
Danile turned 2 on Thursdag. He was so excited, he is now talking nonstop and had been saying nothin but, 'birthday', 'me cake', 'singing' etc the last few weeks before the big day. I had the day off and we went ti 'Tivoli' in Copenhagen for their Halloween theemed week. It was pretty crowded, but the kids loved it. There are lots of rides and Jonathan went on a few. Frederik, Inge and Finn meet us later on for hotdogs:)
On the weekend we had Daniels Christening. Like in Canada you are usually 3-4 month when you do this, but we had put it off a little. Now Daniel walked up the aile himself, very proudly holding his cousin Emil's hand. He was so great and Jonathan to, after we had a small party(17 people) here for lunch and birthday cake. Great to have everybody here.

In 4 days Frederik and I are going to Rome for 4 days. This is so extremely exciting, it's going to be great. No kids, good coffee, good wine, beautiful place - romantic hey??? We know we'll be gone for halloween - luckely it's not very big here.... Send us photoes from Halloween in Garrison woods - please!!!

Here are some photoes....

Andrew, Gillian and Craig were here

So I haven't written anything in over a month - just busy again.
Andrew, Gillian and Craig just left on Sunday after visiting for a week, it was so wonderful to meet little prince Andrew and hang out with his parents. We had lots of fun, discovered lots of great places in Copenhagen and played Settlers (I'm not saying who won, just that I hear a lot about it....:(
Kids are great. Jonathan had his adenoids removed, ate 12 popsicles and was great and best of all, he is hardly drooling anymore:) Daniel talk tons, and is lots of fun!
We had planned to spend the summer in Denmark, we looked forward to it, but then Frederik was asked to move his vacation time - this made us plan for a wonderful and a little more expensive vacation! We fly in to Calgary on Labourday weekend and we'll stay for 2 weeks. We are totally excited and can't wait:) We are guessing everybody will be home, since school starts - we think. We will make it to Frederik's friend and co-workers wedding and have lots of time to hang out with you guys.... We'll plan more as we get closer.....
I'll put photoes on here soon!!

Greatgrandma's birthday and Legoland

Frederiks grandma turned 85 a few weeks ago. She invited for lunch at this nice restaurant in Frederiksberg have (frederiksberg garden) Such a beautiful place. We all went on a little rowboat ride in the afternoon, such a great day. We had photoes taken of the whole family in the park. They turned out okay (not Janet standard I have to say...) but grandma will be happy.
This past weekend we went to Legoland and stayed at this place where you rent a condo, stay for the weekend and hang out at a waterpark and a great indoor playground there is. It all sound like it's a bit to much, but it's really nice with the kids. We went with my family and we all had a great time. Ofcourse the kids loved it. Legoland in Denmark is almost as great as the one on California:) In the evenings we had mojitoes and I thought of all of you guys.
The blog is weird and I can't write between the photoes. Anyway in the photoes we see Frederiks cousin Line and her daughter Mathilde, Jonathan and Finn. Later on its Grandma, Finn and his brother Lars.
The legoland once are my sister and the kids.



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They make me laugh so much

I wish you all understood Danish, but still if you don't I think you'll find this really funny. Jonathan is aking Daniel his age, saying 'are you 1 hundred, are you 2 hundred....., and the clever ones of you will understand Daniels NOOO, which he uses a lot these days....

So I didn't tell you about our first visit from Canada. It was so great though, we loved it. Jonathan hardly said a word in english(have I not written this before, I'm so stressed right now, my brain has stopped working again.... I need a beer at The Garrison, right now....)Wierd about Jonathans ebglish, but I think that is how it is, makes me want to visit Calgary as soon as possible.
Nynne, Erin and Oscar stayed with us for 6 days I think, we had lots of good times together in between all the visits they had to do (I remember thoose bysu-Denmark-visits...) Jonathan loved hanging out with his buddy and they just had a blast together. Nynne and Erin had Jonathan one day and they all went to the Copenhagen 'calaway park'. It's a very old park in the middle of Copenhagen, very pretty and fun ofcourse. We had lots of beers and the guys watched a lot of hockey during the week.
We said no Thank you to the daycare spot. I think the decission is right, eventhough it makes me exhausted thinking about all the time we spend on transportation. But the teachers where Jonathan was going to go, seemed no good and said he probably wouldn't fit in. It made me so mad that they would say that. If you want to work with kids, you have to teach them that everybody is welcome to join the group. I talked to the boss of the daycare to hear what their thoughts on integration of new kids are. We had a good talk and I feel somewhat better, but still I don't feel like moving J. And also after his vacation at the grandparents, he finds new kids that he wants to bring home for playdates, all the time - and they want to play with him too:)
Frederik is comming home from London late tonight. He is going to bring and pickup kids from daycare tomorrow. I feel totally stressed out about work and the bring-pick-up of kids that has been my job for the last 2 weeks. I'm so behind at work and I keep forgetting things. Today I almost started crying because I forgot to cancel a patients transportation (not a really good reason to cry I guess, thinking about it in the bigger perspective, but I am really exhausted and stressed out.....)
We have had the first cardiac checkup here in Denmark (ofcourse it came while F was in Calgary) Daniel is still fine and good, but I just don't like all the maybe's, I guess you get used to it over the years.
We went to the ENT-doctor here about Jonathans droowling(how do you you spell that), right away he decided to do surgery, because he finds it obviously that Jonathan's adenoids are enlarged (I still don't like that doctor at the childrens and now it seems that he was so wrong and Jonathan has struggled with something that can be helped with a tiny little surgery. Dr. D not a good doctor....)
Here are some photoes from a trip to our good friends place. Malene, Mads, Karl-Emil and William. Yes we did go the the sea, I love the sea and Daniel is sitting in the water (maybe that's way he has a cold now, but it was 25 C)My hair is really short these days.
The one with Daniel in the cardbord is for you Sheri. We love the 'guess who I am' game. Especially Daniel who I guess is always a gost:)

Home for the weekend

Frederik came back from Canada, all tired and not sure where he wants to live. What did you guys do to him.....:) He said he had a great time in the hood and loved seing everyone of you. We have to all try and come back as soon as we can.
Thanks for all the shopping you have done for us and all the hello's. Jonathan now loves Lego Starwars and he misses his friends a lot anfer all this talking about everybody. He also wants to eat maccaroni cheese all the time:)
It's a long weekend here and we are trying to relax lots before everything gets busy again. Frederik is off to London tomorrow morning and I'm alone with the kids - again. (one day I will find the great OT work where I can get an escape once in a while, or what about that trip all my Canada girlfriends and I are going to have, lets start plan soon, so I feel I get to go away:))
Ofcourse I have Inge and Finn to help out(and they really do) - but still. It seems to be never-ending-busy over here.
We now finally got offered a spot for Jonathan at Daniels daycare, which we had hoped for in the first place, but now we can't dicide if we should move him or not. He has really had a lot of moves over the last little while. He is settling in at his daycare, not fully and he still have days where he doesn't like it there. To have them in the same place would make life so much easier, we think they would enjoy being together during the day (no we don't think, we know) But we are not sure the place in itself is better and it wasn't easy starting in the first daycare. What would you guys do???

A nice long weekend

We are just finishing a great long weekend. The boys and I have been of since thursday. I took one of these day offs with the kids, that you get as public hired in Denmark (I have 2 days of per child per year, on top of my 6 weeks vacation - no wonder there is no money left en good old rich Denmark) Anyway we went to the doctor for some shots and a referel to the cardiologi clinic here in Copenhagen. Jonathan went to the toystore with his great grandma to get a late birthday present - very exciting! He ended up chosing moon sand, that he remembered Lucas and Ben had. And ofcourse he said, 'when are we going to visit Calgary'.... He knows that Frederik is going in two weekes, but is taking it quite well. I'm so jaloux though, I so much want to go. Anyway, I don't know who knows, but Frederik is comming for some work and will hang around the neighbourhood on the Saturday and Sunday the 15th and 16th. On the Thursday we also had a good playdate in the afternoon. (we have had a lot of really good playdates lately) Also Jonathan plays a lot a lot with Mark next door. On Friday we were all of for a Holiday (it's called big praying day - sounds pretty silly when you translate it, but hartly anybody prayes these days, and we judt had a great day of. The weekend has been pretty productive and great at the same time. We feel we are moving forward with the old house. NYnne, Erin and Oscar are comming next monday and staying for some days, so we want it to lokk somewhat nice here.
We hung out we the neighbours on both side of us and they all seem really nice (not the cul-de-sac, but still)
Getting the everyday life to go smooth is still a strugle. It takes us over an hour to get both kids to daycare and then to work and the same in the other end. Frederik and I feel everything we do, we do it running, but it will get better we are sure..... The kids like daycare much better now and that makes the drop off and the thought of leaving them there, much easier.
Anyway here is 2 videoes and some photoes. Jackie is asking for photoes from the house, I'll try to get more soon.
Here is Daniel enjoying some good danish desert (koldskål) it's a sweet buttermilch, and I think he likes it.....:)
By the way, he talks so much, so what he didn't have in his feet I think he has in his head.... We hope:)
Jonathan, Daniel and Frederik being creative in the livingroom (we hope to knock down the wall you see in the background, pretty soon, to get a canadien kitchen-living-everything-room.
Is't Jonathan great with his language school. His englkish is fadeing, while he is trying to learn the kids danish, it will be exciting to see what will happen when Oscar and co are here.