Leif-napping

December 13, 2019 By Jodi

Happiness Project: Learning with Skillshare

February 14, 2017 By Jodi Leave a Comment

This month's happiness project is focused on learning. For once, I can report that it's going well so far! I wanted to work on my Swedish this month, and I've been listening to more talk radio and reading more books with the intention of comprehension (normally I skim the local newspaper with the intention of getting half...

Adult Supervision (not) Required

March 8, 2019 By Sonia Ruyts Leave a Comment

Chances are you have a memory of something you did as a child that made you feel free, independent, brave, capable. Something that society has now decided is unsafe. Where once children were allowed to play outside unsupervised, such an action is now perceived as negligent and possibly criminal.

Some Categories of Anger (and Melancholy, of Course)

February 8, 2019 By Jodi Leave a Comment

What's your Achilles' heel? Mine is definitely anger. I get angry a lot. (I have a lot of other shortcomings, but that's the one that dominates.) I get angry irrationally and I get angry for totally appropriate reasons (though my husband and children might disagree). So I was immediately intrigued when I came across this...

How Do You Do Kids' Birthday Parties?

October 4, 2016 By Jodi 8 Comments

We celebrated Leif's second birthday last week with a lovely, intimate party. One set of friends and the neighbors came, as well as one of the kids' former caregivers from dagis. We ate dinner together, then Leif opened a couple presents and the kids played while the adults talked. We sang happy birthday in English and Swedish before eating Leif's tractor-shaped ice...

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