Tag: children
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Baby Jake
After the shocking discovery of “Rastamouse,” I decided to investigate what was going on with children’s television at the BBC. It’s becoming clearer why the British empire no longer exerts […]
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Rastamouse
While trying to find the lowest rated shows on Netflix last night (still haven’t found one star yet), we came across a British cartoon called “Rastamouse.” We watched this for […]
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Problems with telekinetic children
There are so many things about raising children that people don’t tell you. This was the argument between my 6 and 9 year old this morning: 6: Stop reading my […]
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Sock trouble
I remember in high school, I had a writing class where we got the lesson – “describe how to make a peanut butter sandwich.” Most people probably got a form […]
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Language barriers
I had a woman over to my house the other day who neither spoke good English or Swedish. She got a small cut on her hand and indicated by pointing […]
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6 yr olds should not have alarm clocks
The 6 year old finally figured out his radio has an alarm. He set it for 6:25 a.m. to “Ambulance.” Why on earth would the makers of this radio program […]
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The first man on the moon
My son has been studying space at school. Son: Who was the first man to walk on the moon? Me: Neil Armstrong. Son: You mean the musician with the trumpet?!!
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And now… Advantages to having a 9 year old
1. Always up-to-date on the latest novelty songs. Mamma, what does the fox say? HAHAHAHA! 2. Learn lots of new medical facts. Did you know that you pee 5 deciliters […]
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St. George and the Dragon
I took the kids to a play on Monday. It was in a 13th century church that is famous for having a statue from the 1400s of St. George slaying […]
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They’ve done it again!
First Spotify, then Amazon…. now the kids have gotten into my Netflix account and changed all the settings! I worked for weeks cultivating the perfect system for recommendations. I rated […]
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Adult vs. 6 year old
Yesterday’s exchange with my 6 year old son explains why the kids are running late to school most days: Me: Max, put your dishes in the dishwasher. Max: I am […]
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What children say behind your back
My 6 year old told me a secret about his friend’s mother. He was hesitant to tell me at first and made me promise not to say anything. He looked […]
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I live in the Children’s Village
I had to send a letter today with someone that had the address of “Children’s Village.” That’s all. No number. Just their name, Children’s Village, Stockholm, zip code. How does […]
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A tip..
… Just a short entry for Friday. I had to put out coffee and sugar at work for for visiting guests today. Never put a sugar bowl in the reach […]
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Stereotypical kids
I just realized that this past weekend, my kids ate meatballs for lunch, danced to Abba and watched the Swedish chef on YouTube. I never noticed just how Swedish they […]
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No one here but us chickens
Leo has the chicken pox this week. At the moment it is my turn to be home with him a couple of days. Lucky for me, this is also the […]
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More lovely pictures
Speaking of pictures from books, this one is my husband’s favorite:
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Bad Monkey
I read a lot of children’s books to my kids and it’s always fun when you find interesting pictures in them. Sometimes the illustrator likes to hide funny things in […]
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Tornado School!
It’s time to look at schools for our oldest son. After careful searching through the neighborhood, I finally found the perfect school. TORNADO SCHOOL!!!!! I know nothing about it, it […]
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Worst dinosaur movie ever
I accidently started a horrible dinosaur movie for the kids. It’s poorness complete with a poorness soundtrack. Every dinosaur in the movie talks like a 5 year old girl. Why […]