Jan 27 ~ 2011

Amazing how the a human can go from the roughest day & irrational thoughts to barely any sleep to a great day... Great great day... Espen & I went to Gymboree, the mall for lunch & then he INSISTED we play outside by walking to the park & trudging through the snow bank to slide. He did it himself & up & down he went. The baby slide is not good enough so he trudged through the deep snow to the big kid slide & did it too! He kept saying "deep snow mamma"... and I totally agreed! Even Gymboree was great! He zips around doing all the activies & participating in the songs & activities. He even tried to convince the leader that he could "do it" with the bubbles & the tamborine (she didn't let him). He hugged some kids & hit one boy who was bugging him & taking all of Espen's balls away. It was a great day....

And before bed he laid on me and read some books & I knew... he is my son. And that is all that mattered.

And because I am sure the suspense kills you... my boarder has been here with a broken arm all week. He hasn't been able to drive (the pain pills). Since last weekend when he saw how kind someone can be to such a small boy and how people behave in a family with consideration & compassion he has been sort of pleasant. He has, to my utter surprise, played with, shared fruit, held & entertained Espen on occassion. Shocked me. He is still very self centered & eats everything in site but he has made some effort to be part of this family. And I have let him and encouraged him to help. He has waited & sat down with us for dinner every night. It is a different young man than a week ago. He goes to the doctor tomorrow & we shall see what the prognosis is. We go from extreme to extreme.

And tomorrow Anders comes home & his family arrives Saturday... We are all excited about it!!!

And this is what our family is like....