Dylan turns 4

It's hard to believe that my sweet little boy was born 4 short years ago. Time has really flown. We've had so many changes in the last four years. When Dylan was born we were living in our condo in South Boston. When he was 8 months old we sold the condo and made the big move out to the burbs. We were/are so proud to own that house. We were lucky enough to land a nice house on a quiet street in a great neighborhood. We thought that we'd spend at least 20 years in that house. Then, just over a year later, we moved to Amsterdam and now we're in Copenhagen. Thinking about this amount of transition makes my head spin. I'm sure it does a number on the kids as well.

Of course I'm probably being a bit overly dramatic since the kids are doing great and we had a wonderful time celebrating Dylan's birthday the other day. We started out by celebrating at school first. I made some cookies and we brought them into school so that Dylan could share a birthday treat with his classmates.

It was very sweet. They all sang happy birthday to him. Then everyone drew a picture and the teacher posted them all into Dylan's birthday book.

Later that day, we shared a special birthday dinner of fish sticks, roasted potatoes and salad (all requested by Dylan). Afterwards we enjoyed some delicious birthday cake.

Of course, Dylan was very excited to receive presents. The girls got him a new football. Eric and I bought him a remote control car, a new transformer and some clothes for school. He was very excited about the car. Although it is already broken. It lasted 24 hours. I guess we should have headed the warning on the box and waited until he turned 5 to give it to him. Lesson learned!!

I'm so excited to watch my little guy grow up. He is a bright, energetic, caring little boy who loves to catch frogs and play with Legos. He is maturing in ways that amaze me each day. I'm proud to have him as my son!

Silly Elizabeth

Elizabeth loves to walk around with a bucket on her head. The other day I came into the kitchen to find her rummaging through the refrigerator with a bucket on her head and wearing sun glasses. She cracks me up.

Jolly jumper

Here's some pics of my little Patricia enjoying some jumping time in her jolly jumper.

Look at those fat roles!! Love those legs. She's such a happy, sweet, good baby. We're so lucky!

First day of school

Yesterday was Dylan's first day of preschool at the international school. He did really well. He just walked into class and started playing. He was nervous about going so I was really happy that he liked it so much. His teacher's name is Mrs. Anderson. She's very friendly and sweet. She told me that Dylan even comforted some of the kids who were upset to be left by their moms. My brave little guy...

Here's a picture of us parking the car and walking to the school

He went right to the sand box, and so did Elizabeth.

The kids are all required to take their shoes off before they come into the classroom. The teachers want to give the class a homey feel. Today, as I was getting Dylan settled, I noticed that Elizabeth also took off her shoes and left them in Dylan's locker. When I looked in the classroom she was there playing along with the other kids. So funny. Seems like she's anxious to start preschool herself.

Bathrobe

I was heading out for an early morning run the other day when I saw a woman walking down my street in just a bathrobe. Odd, I thought. As I got closer to the beach I saw quite a few other people walking around in their bathrobe, on the street in broad daylight. Then it hit me, they were all going for an early morning dip in the ocean. I'm also told that they like to take their dip in the most natural state, hence the bathrobes. Some do wear swim suites. In fact, Eric and I have seen quite a few people disrobing and changing into their suites right on the beach. You'd never see that in America. Funny how these Europeans don't mind being naked in public.