So Olof got a job. He signed a contract on Monday and starting May 2, he’ll be leaving us every morning to go consult his little heart out at an IT company in town. This is, of course, good news, but I confess I’m not feeling particularly cheerful about it. It’s just such a big… Read More Pity party

It’ll be some weeks yet before all the snow is gone and leaves start showing up on the trees, but all the same, Spring has arrived.

Took the kids to the indoor playground this morning for a birthday party, had a long nap with the baby, ate homemade pizza for dinner, got bread dough rising, and there’s a ballgame on in twenty minutes. Not such a bad Saturday.

Olof’s in the thick of the job hunt now, and I expect it won’t be too long before he comes up with something. The way things look now, it’s extremely unlikely–whatever he ends up doing–that he’ll be able to work from home full-time and that’s going to mean a lot of big changes for all… Read More Changes

She’s got a runny nose and a cough that tugs at her parents’ heartstrings, but there’s no quashing her indomitable spirit:

We decided a couple of months ago that if we didn’t end up being able to make our trip to the States we would go on some sort of consolation trip instead. I starting thinking early on about Legoland down in Denmark, mostly because Tage would L-O-V-E it, and he’s the kid who’s most disappointed… Read More Planning

Opening Day, finally!