It's been a hot minute since I've updated y'all! Sorry! I promise a pregnancy update very soon. In the meantime...
One of the mom's in Xander's class just happens to be the Children's Minister at the church connected to his barnehage. While chatting at drop-off she mentioned that they were going to be making Christmas cookies at church one Saturday morning. We're constantly looking for activities to get our wild child (who has recently discovered a love of climbing) our of the house...so we agreed to join in!
This is the third time Xander has joined in the much loved Norwegian tradition of making cookies. He's now a total pro at rolling out the dough, pushing in the cookie cutter, and then..........eating the extra dough!!!
After making our tray of cookies, and way more than his fare share of tasting the dough, we headed to the church basement to play in the ball pit. Talk about the ideal place for a bunch of sugar-loaded kids to work off some energy!
The little kids played with the balls while the bigger kids went after them with hockey sticks! I tried not to be that over-protective momma but it could had been a disastrous combo. Luckily, only one kid ended up sustaining minor injuries.
How perfect is this! A climbing wall! And Xander was eager to make good use of it. We're need one of these at home!
After all that climbing and ball-chasing Arthur and Xander enjoyed a couple of big, warm bowls of risgrøt. It's a traditional Norwegian meal made from rice and milk and topped with butter, sugar, and cinnamon...basically a rice pudding eaten for lunch. Not really my thing but Xander scarfed it up!
Just a little music making with a friend from his class before heading home.
Since we are not able to go back to Texas for Christmas it's been nice to get involved in Christmas traditions here. Everyone at the church was very warm and welcoming and most already knew Xander since he went to school there. It ended up being really nice morning for us all! And after all that fun it was time to head home and take a nap...oh and Xander was tired too :)
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