Pumkins & candy

Just-in-time isn't just for streamlined manufacturers anymore. It also applies to domestic holiday decorations... With a few hours to spare before heading out for tricks-or-treats we carved our pumpkins (would have taken a third of the time without the helpers).

Then we roamed the neighborhood disguised as a fearsome monkey and a frightening giraffe. Mathias scored a fair amount of candy that he turned around and gave away to the kids that knocked on our door seeking bribes under idle threats of misdeeds.

Happy Halloween!

-Notice the very sharp trick-or-treat bags compliments of Aunt B!

H1N1

It has been a fairly quiet and uneventful weekend.

That's a welcome relief after Mathias spending the past week mostly sleeping. It started last weekend as what seemed to be a bad cold. That spiraled into a couple of 105-degree fever spikes prompting a clinic visit. He was diagnosed with pneumonia brought on by H1N1. He was ordered a round of Albuterol and a prescription of Tamiflu (just in case). Towards the end of the week he was starting to improve so he never took the Tamiflu.

Hopefully this week will be as normal as the week of Halloween can be.

Dining school

Johan is making great strides in learning to eat. Everyone has seen pictures of messy babies with food in their hair so we'll spare you! He is able to pick up food from the table (plates inevitably get tossed onto the floor) and put it in his mouth.

He is also showing the first signs of being a prankster... He will pick up food with his hand and hold it over the floor. Then he will look as his mother for her reaction. If she doesn't say anything he will drop it on the floor. If she tells him to put it in his mouth he will do so and applaud... All chewing is still done without the benefit of any teeth.

Denmark's contribution to childhood

It feels like a milestone. I have joined the legions of parents around the world who have walked through a dark room late at night and stepped on a piece of hard plastic with sharp corners.

We have entered the age of Lego! Mathias has gone from his day completely revolving around cars to splitting his time between cars and lego. Of course, he mostly builds cars out of lego. But at least he's branching out!

I'm sure over the next decade or so we'll do our best to add to the two billion dollar revenue stream heading to Billund. And Legoland in Carlsbad is only 2000 miles away!

Det er godt!