Into the Fog ---- Anette

Anette has been growing really a lot since she became a primary student, either physically or mentally. She is taller than Anja was at 6 years of age. And she behaves totally different from she was one year before. She really likes to draw and make small paper craft  things with tapes and etc. And she even asked to start to learn piano. I have to say it has advantage to have a big sister to look upon with and gets all the inspirations. She is also becoming better at being a happy girl for most of the time(I said before that she was a 气包子 kid with her own kind of strong opinion and attitude).

Of course, She disagrees with Anja sometimes. They argue and also make each other irritated and upset. She has to be always reminded to put on enough clothing (I don't understand why she doesn't like to put on a sweater under her dress. Doesn't she know it is not so funny to feel so cold?). And she messes up with her things everyday:(  Well,  otherwise,  things go well with her. I have to say  raising these two girls is a journey far more than one can see from the pictures I post here at this blog. It is a journey filled with smile, joy and pleasure, but also with tears, confusion, frustration, disappointment  and so forth. I am trying to be honest here. Not very good at expressing myself,  However, I think mothers can understand what I mean.

Last Sunday, before I took a couple of pictures including the last picture in this post with my EOS, than the battery was used up. What a "tragedy"!!!:) So, I had to use my small Canon IXUS to shoot the rest pictures. You can easily see the difference.

Two more pictures of Anette----in the wood.

Into the Wood ---- Anette

Isn't she cool? Norwegian wood....

Into the Fog ---- Anja

It is a cold, foggy and wet Sunday. I took a walk with the girls to the woods. The girls are happy no matter what the weather is . However, they spoke and laughed loudly as usual  so I had to separate them a bit to keep the noise down.  They had a good time in the woods anyway. The light was not so good in the woods so almost all the pictures take are blurred. I will post pictures of Anette in the next post.  

Next Thursday evening, I will take Anja to the Oslo Opera House to a concert together with some children and teachers from her Music School. It will be the first time that Anja will visit the Oslo Opera House. It will be dark anyway outside. Let me see if I can take some pictures of her inside. It is winter now and day time is really short in North Europe. Anyway, I will pick up my mood to take picture of the girls,  my ordinary days and life here in Norway. It should be the things which I enjoy most to do, so I will do it more....For the enjoyment and happiness of myself.