children's museum

lussi and i went to the children's museum to see the curious george exhibit. we were so excited that it was hard to get us to sit still and pose for a picture with george! we had sooo much fun. (ps. look at the big mosquito bites on my forehead. i don't react well to them.)

sentences

i also know my colors and am starting to count, but my mommy just hasn't been able to catch me on video (i'm sneeky that way)... (then again, so is she to be taking this video while driving!!)

minnesota state fair

we had so much fun at the fair... we took the free shuttle which meant we got to ride a BUS! we saw lot of animals and even got to feed the cows (ok, well lussi fed the cow and i was really proud of her for being so brave) and we went on the big slide (and ran into martha, ken, liam & oskar!) lussi went down with her dada and i went with my mama (shaking my head and saying 'no' once we started sliding) and brit went all by herself (how does she do that?) lussi went on a bunch of other rides in the kiddy 'midway' - she loves to spin and move fast! lussi and i both fell asleep for a nice snoozer in the strollers by the end of the day.

good night everyone

my mama started singing a good night song when we were in finland and it is now my favorite thing before bed. we sing goodnight to everyone i can think of (and say)... this is part of our practice round during my bedtime snack.

kiddy-party

we had a picnic-birthday-party with my cousins and some friends (and their parents, of course) at a theodore wirth park, near our house. it was a perfect day! my mama made me a rice crispy cake which (despite being kinda hard to cut) was SUPER tasty! when everyone sang to me, i got really shy and just stood with my head down until the singing was done. then i tried to blow-out the candles on my cake, but the wind did it for me. my cousins lussi & alison helped me open all of my COOL presents and then all of us, kids, ran around chasing bubbles from my new bubble-machine! i didn't even take a nap because i had so much fun!!

birthday boy

we had a small dinner on my birthday with phon & shawn, meg & jeremy (ryan&nicole stopped by too). we had pippa (pizza) and c'eam (ice cream). and i got some cool gifts. my mama thought it was funny that after i opened a gift, it was like pulling teeth to get me to open the next one because i didn't want to stop playing with whatever i had just received. i stayed-up late playing with my new toys {a remote-control dump truck, a wooden train set, maharam-memory, some finnish-cars, and some cool matching books)-- i LOVE them!

stella is 2

i went to stella's 2nd birthday party. her mom is so cool because she made a dr. seuss party for stella -- and even had the cake from the Cat in The Hat (you know, the one with the 'boat sunk deep in the cake' ??) it was pink. i ate it with a fork, all by myself and it tasted REALLY good!! i was very tired after the birthday party, because i had so much fun.

green dog at framma's house

playing cars

as they say on MADD tv: i have brought the activity of playing cars to 'a hoow nuva lewel' {a whole 'nother level} -- in one turn around the coffee table, i created crazy car-stacks, gave one a hat and started two towing companies. i like to play with many cars at a time, because the relationships between them are (almost) more interesting than the individual cars themselves!

our trip

momma has finally posted pictures from our trip to finland here.

jet-lag

this one is dark, but you get the idea...i've fallen asleep at the dining room table after drinking my bedtime-milk the day we arrived home - after traveling 11 hours (sitting on my mom's lap in a plane for over 8 hours!):


jet-lag from keo boun pheng and Vimeo.