we have wheels!

We have bought a car! Rightly enough, it is not that new car that Håkon was dreaming about, but it is perfect for now. It's a 2000 Nissan Altima with lots of kms on it, but a good, safe and cheap car (Håkon was very good using his bargaining skills!) that we can use for a while. The strangest thing about the purchase is that as soon as we paid for the car, the shop called the car insurance people up and they arrived at the shop a few minutes later to sort the insurance out! So the car was insured, licsenced and ready to drive off the parking lot. Talk about the land of convenience! The hope is that it will become the commuter car and that we will get that newer car a bit later on! It's great to be able to get around on our own now. This last week has flown by. I'm not too sure why it goes by so quickly when we do seemingly nothing :-) Håkon has been helping my parents make a bedroom and bathroom in the basement so that has kept him busy in between taking Elias out to the park in the pouring rain (no other children were out, just the dog walkers!). Elias is starting to adjust to a life without daycare and is becoming more content being at home. It has of course, been a huge adjustment for him and I think he's finally starting to settle. Aksel is growing quickly - now he's starting to play with some toys. Fun to watch his development! Håkon and I are looking forward to start looking for a church to go to. It will be nice to hopefully make some friends and to establish a network outside of family. Next purchase - mobile phones! Hard to live without them once your used to them! By the way, our norwegian phone number still works (fast tlf), so if you want to give us a call, just use that. It costs the same as it would if you called us in norway. The joys of technology! Just remember the time difference!

The Car!!!

Elias getting in some reading before falling asleep!

Play time and helping pappa build a play fort.

Entertainment!