Me: "Old MacDonald had a farm, hia hia ho, and on that farm he had a"...
Max: "Zebra!"
Me: "Uhhh oke, hia hia, hoo, and a (insert zebra sound) here and a (more zebra sound) there, hia hia hoo"...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, September 9, 2013
Good niiiiiiiiiiight
Max made his own song! It goes like this:
Good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight Ernie,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiht Bert,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiight Cooky,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight Dr. Phil,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight Nicole,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight Jenny!
Good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight Ernie,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiht Bert,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiight Cooky,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight Dr. Phil,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight Nicole,
good niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight Jenny!
Monday, June 24, 2013
Funny talks
This morning Max said or did something that made me laugh. Max responded to my laughing by giving me the loudest fake laugh ever accompanied by the words 'FUNNY,' 'FUNNY,' 'FUNNY.' Ehm yes funny....
When we got to school, a lady walked by and Max said 'Bye bye OMA.' Probably a good thing she does not know what oma means since she did not look that old. Or it's a compliment to his real oma's :-).
Then when he walked into the class room, I heard him say 'I want pizza' right before I walked out, huh?
He says that at home when he's hungry, he'll point at the oven and say: 'I want pizza.' As if that's the only thing we feed him!
When we got to school, a lady walked by and Max said 'Bye bye OMA.' Probably a good thing she does not know what oma means since she did not look that old. Or it's a compliment to his real oma's :-).
Then when he walked into the class room, I heard him say 'I want pizza' right before I walked out, huh?
He says that at home when he's hungry, he'll point at the oven and say: 'I want pizza.' As if that's the only thing we feed him!
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Louisiana love
I have been meaning to post something about our new home state, but in between adjusting, visitors and new explorations it's been hard to find the time. So many new experiences! Moving to Louisiana has been great for Michael, Max and myself. Life for us is just so much better and easier down here, I don't even know where to begin: the weather, the city, the restaurants, the art, the people, the culture, the music, the food, the nature. This place is bursting with it all. And I may have found my new favorite city: New Orleans, wow! That place deserves a posting in itself. For now, here are a few pictures, because Max is tired of looking at the old ones. I stole them from my parents and sister's camera since I have barely taken any pictures myself, Nicole is not in there since she did not have any pictures to steal, but she was here visiting as well. I will post updates soon!
His favorite pictures: Oma in bathing suit.
The funniest word ever: COOKIE!
We are so happy with our new house! It's beautiful!
Hot weather, so lots of ice cream.
Dada and Ack.
Tried to climb out during the ride yelling 'all done,' 'all done,' 'all done.'
Lunch at Guiseppe's, they have Carpaccio!
One of our favorite new pass times: looking at the old airplanes.
Throwing coins in the 'wahee' at Starbucks on Line, making wishes for everyone.
Visiting little book stores in cute little old streets. Aaah, the history down here!
And then there's the food..
And the beautiful porches!
And Bourbon Street, what can I say. It makes you see and do the craziest things.
Like ending up with a microphone in your hand on stage singing Nelly "Ride with me" in front of a full bar. There is something in the air in New Orleans, I tell you!
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Neighbors
Lots to post about our new home and city and I will do so soon, but I wanted to share something else first.
Meeting our new neighbors and an email from the realtor made me think of our former neighbors back in Minot. A friendly elderly couple who kept mostly to themselves. Every winter when the snow would hit and cover the city, our sidewalk would magically clear itself (all 5 winters we were there). One day we caught the secret snow shoveler (or in our case blower) and it turned out to be that neighbor. While cleaning his own sidewalk he did ours as well, never said a word about it, just did it. I have always appreciated his secret help. Not only did he save us the work, but also there were times when it was just me or just me and Max and it was comforting to know he was there.
We have moved in the meantime and Minot has been hit by some harsh winter weather; extreme cold and lots of snow. Our realtor e-mailed us that 'somebody' has been taking care of our sidewalk since we left. I know who that somebody is, it is my sweet neighbor once again, still secretly helping us.
Meeting our new neighbors and an email from the realtor made me think of our former neighbors back in Minot. A friendly elderly couple who kept mostly to themselves. Every winter when the snow would hit and cover the city, our sidewalk would magically clear itself (all 5 winters we were there). One day we caught the secret snow shoveler (or in our case blower) and it turned out to be that neighbor. While cleaning his own sidewalk he did ours as well, never said a word about it, just did it. I have always appreciated his secret help. Not only did he save us the work, but also there were times when it was just me or just me and Max and it was comforting to know he was there.
We have moved in the meantime and Minot has been hit by some harsh winter weather; extreme cold and lots of snow. Our realtor e-mailed us that 'somebody' has been taking care of our sidewalk since we left. I know who that somebody is, it is my sweet neighbor once again, still secretly helping us.
Friday, December 28, 2012
An ode to my house
I fell in love with this house the first time I saw it, but man has this house given us a lot of work!!!! We were always fixing, cleaning or worrying about something. It was love at first sight, but unfortunately not a long term match. We are not home improvers, handy or suited to have a big yard because honestly, we don't know what we're doing. And we'd rather be lazy :-). So no more old charming houses for us, only new or rent. Lesson learned.
Despite all that the thought of leaving it forever makes me a little sad :-(. So many memories; parties in the basement, Gizmo sliding on the wooden floors, dinners, rocking Max to sleep, hearing 'momma momma!' coming from his room, seeing him take his first steps from the chair to the couch, yard full of weeds, leaves and snow, ice picks the size of my leg, all of us on a couch that is now way to small, friends, auwies, red wall, pink wall, white walls, visitors, talks, singing 'twinkle twinkle little star' for the millionth time. lying on a rug in the yard watching Max giggle as the wind makes the leaves move, and welcoming Michael home from deployments are just some of them.
Despite all that the thought of leaving it forever makes me a little sad :-(. So many memories; parties in the basement, Gizmo sliding on the wooden floors, dinners, rocking Max to sleep, hearing 'momma momma!' coming from his room, seeing him take his first steps from the chair to the couch, yard full of weeds, leaves and snow, ice picks the size of my leg, all of us on a couch that is now way to small, friends, auwies, red wall, pink wall, white walls, visitors, talks, singing 'twinkle twinkle little star' for the millionth time. lying on a rug in the yard watching Max giggle as the wind makes the leaves move, and welcoming Michael home from deployments are just some of them.
Will never forget those either.
Here's a picture of our NEW house.
Here's a picture of our NEW house.
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