Nine days later...

OK, it's been nine days since my last blog entry and I have some 150 plus pics on my camera. How in the world do I manage to take that many pictures in that few days??? Never mind...don't answer that!

This entry is a collection of random pics over the last nine days. Here is our little climber on our adventure to Trollskogen (Troll forest) on Sunday afternoon.

Miss Lillian and I

Did I mention climber?
Lillian and her Pappa
Our picnic...the air was cooler down by the water (hence, the jackets). It was gloriously hot up in the sheltered picnic grounds.
Two princesses and their crowns (Lillian is such a good sport....)

Every Friday at barnehage is lekedag (basically Show and Tell - you get to bring a toy). Lexi chose to take her eyeglasses from her Doctor kit this last Friday. She has taken to wearing them around the house recently. She claims she wants (and needs) eyeglasses. I explained that it was actually a blessing that she has good eyesight (something that was proved at her recent eye exam at her 4 year check-up). She claims that she has bad sight and needs glasses. (One of her friends at barnehage wears glasses...)

Miss Smiles was ready to take Big Sister to barnehage last Friday morning. She turned 7 months old on Friday.
Lillian loves to touch our faces these days - exploring mouths and noses, etc. Lexi's glasses were too much to resist...

Here is our "big" 7 month old. I took her in to be weighed and measured on Thursday. She is 68cm (26.8") long and 7.920kg (17# 7oz). She is still a happy, smiley girl. She LOVES to stand, is happy to sit, but complains when she has to be on her tummy too long. She loves to hold your hands and walk. :) She still squeals in delight at bathtime and lights up whenever Lexi is in the room (or even if she hears her voice). She is showing tendancies to be a lefty as her left hand seems to be stronger and used more dominantly than her right. Her eyes are still blue...will probably stay that way (Lexi has now declared that she does not like her own brown eyes, she wants blue...). Lillian is exactly like Lexi in the food department. Must do it herself. She loves to sit and feed herself (soft fruit, bread bits, etc.). She will eat anytime we are eating - such a social little girl.

Self portrait....

No signs of any teeth yet...

Enjoying the sunshine

Fun on the trampoline WITHOUT sister

Here is big sister coming home from barnehage - the glasses are still in place.

This weekend was a long weekend as Sunday was the first day of Pentecost (Whit Sunday) and Monday was the holiday. We went to Feda. Here are Tim and Lexi bicycling.

Last year, Lexi showed ZERO interest in wanting to go out in the kayak. When asked, it was always NO. She didn't even really like the little fishing boat as it went to fast. The sailboat was her favorite. However, this year, she asked Tim when they were going to go out paddling. Tim couldn't get the kayak blown up fast enough. That was music to his ears :) Here they are on Lexi's inaguaral trip on Friday evening. (We need to find her a little paddle, the big ones were too heavy and cumbersome for her.)

Here they are Saturday morning (Lexi insisted on going paddling again). She certainly didn't have to twist Tim's arm :)

Lillian and I went up the the bridge to take a picture of them

Here is Lexi getting ready to go visit Lajla and Tom.

Here she is bicycling up Lajla's driveway - baby rode on her back the whole way :)