It's been a LOOOONG time!

Well, here we are again with a looong gap in between posts. It seems that we have been very busy around here and I just haven't had the time to write it all up. To make matters worse, Ruby seems to go ballistic every time I sit down at the computer. She doesn't want Mommy "surfing" on her watch!

Since Jared last wrote, we have had several fun happenings. First, I was able to go out for a "Girls Night" with Claire several weeks ago. We went to a mexican restaurant in Kongens Nytorv (a ritzy part of Copenhagen) and talked for hours. So long, in fact, that our husbands started worrying and called to see if we were alright. I'm very thankful for the friendships that God has provided for us, especially the Danfords, as Claire and I are basically going through the same things, raising our babies in Denmark and the challenges of being a SAHM.

One of the really wonderful things that we've enjoyed this spring was the long Easter vacation. Denmark has a national Easter holiday Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. It wasn't a paid break (this year anyway), but it was great to have Jared home and we even got to get out and do some more sight-seeing. All of the pictures in this post are taken at the Nationalmuseet (National Museum). Denmark has recently changed the laws so that a lot of the museums are free. They say that attendance is way up--it certainly was busy the day we visited. Anyhow, they were having a special exhibit, called "Curfew", about the German occupation of Denmark from 1941-1945. There were a lot of older folks there who likely remember the time from their childhood. People were forced to be very inventive to survive and make a meager living. It was really a neat exhibit.

As you can see from the pictures, they also had a Children's Museum section with various scenes that you could investigate, complete with costumes. Ruby and Carter really enjoyed being freed from their constraints (the strollers) to crawl around and explore. Their personalities are really starting to come out more and more and it's fun to see them interact. For the most part they totally ignore each other, but they do seem to get excited when they first see each other.


My next post will have more pictures from our Easter weekend, but I thought I'd also give you an update on our day-to-day life... I'm sad to announce that our playgroup isn't exactly booming. So far, our largest showing was three moms'n'tots and the rest of the time it has just been Claire and I. I am thankful that I didn't try to get MOPS started because I think that I'd be incredibly sad and frustrated by now if that was the case. As it is, we still have hope that a few more moms will join us, but it is hard. So few moms stay at home, especially after their child is 1yr, that there aren't many "customers". Anyhow, keep praying that we'll find the moms that need Christian fellowship and support.

On the Ruby front... she's still not walking. We're not really sure what's holding her up as she cruises everywhere and is constantly "rearranging" the furniture to get to her destinations. I'm not going to complain though, since I will be pulling my hair out when she can run all over the house at top speed. We also will have to be careful of the doors (going outside) as she loves to play in the backyard and I'm afraid that she might topple into the pond if we don't keep a very tight rein on her.

Ruby is getting slightly better with her sign-language, but will only really do it when you ask her to, not on her own, which isn't terribly helpful on the communication front. Again, I won't complain since I can already tell that she's the type of girl that once she starts talking we won't be able to get her to clam up!

Well, that's enough for this one. I'll see if I can get one more batch of pictures in before dinner. If not... I'll try to do it soon!