I have a huge backup of pictures that I haven’t posted in awhile, so it must be time for “Pretty, Happy, Funny, Real.” Beware, that a lot of it is Solveig. She’s lovin’ the camera lately.
It’s a fun blog party, hosted by a fun mother/daughter blog:
{Pretty}
Do you have any idea what it’s like to wake up to this face? The smiles and giggles that she gives out freely mostly all day, and certainly every day are so, so pretty. She has every member of this family in a spell when she flashes a smile. If anyone wonders who runs the show, it would be her. She runs it so sweetly, though.
{Happy}
Daddy catching some quick swinging time during a lunch break.
{Funny}
The fact we have a slide, but it is rarely use the proper way. Our kids think it’s merely a challenging way up to the fort. I actually heard Silje say, “I got hurt. I was going down the slide safely on my back, head first with my feet in the air, and David pushed me so I went too fast.” We had to go back over what the word “safely” meant.
David has recovered from the death of “Gimpy” and has found a new favorite chicken to carry around the yard. The funny thing about this picture is it’s only about 60 degrees outside. David has now decided that anything over 50 warrants taking off his shirt to play because it’s so hot. Since I’m from Phoenix, I find this hilarious.
{Real}
Silje is joyfully getting a dose of reality since I’ve offered to her the job of making the family lunch once a week. It’s a job she squealed with joy in getting. Wednesday is her day. By Monday morning, she had to give me her meal plan, and grocery list for things needed that we didn’t already have in the house. It required going through cook books, going through the cupboards, etc. Tuesday night she made dessert, and Wednesday morning she worked on the meal. She picked scalloped potatoes and ham, with a fresh fruit salad on the side, and black-bottom cupcakes for dessert.
I kept my mouth shut when everything she picked besides the fruit salad was more complicated than she had made before. Black-bottom cupcakes are a 2 part cupcake (one part chocolate cake and one part chocolate chip cheesecake) and she’s never peeled a potato before, let alone cut several up. It was her first time working with a sharp knife, first time peeling a pile of potatoes, etc. She even set the table and had everything set up by 12 sharp. She did amazing, but I know none of you are surprised by that either.
She did mention that scalloped potatoes and ham, one of her favorites, was way more work than she had anticipated. I don’t think she regretted it, though. We sure didn’t. It was delicious.
The Tungseth Family Blog says
May 3, 2012 at 2:51 pmOkay, Solveig’s hair in a pony is SO, SO cute! That picture of David is classic farm kid also!
Mom says
May 3, 2012 at 3:44 pmLOVE the pictures! Thanks so much!
Sheila says
May 3, 2012 at 5:04 pmHang on tight Solveig!!!! 🙂
OK…..awesome Silje….making a whole meal! I am not sure if she knows the shortcut to really amazing scalloped potates, but it is just plain old whipping cream poured over them and baked in a covered pan….no messing with cooking up a white sauce. 🙂
Keep up the good work!
Lisa says
May 5, 2012 at 1:26 amGod bless her little heart wanting to make dinner! She’s off to a great start, if the first time didn’t put her off.
Woman of the House says
May 6, 2012 at 9:23 pmBeautiful family! It sounds like your little cook did a great job!
Heidi says
May 8, 2012 at 4:03 pmPretty happy funny real are my favorite kinds of posts. I don’t know why, but it’s a window into whats new with you. I actually wiped a real tear away when I read about Silje. You rock as a mom.
Heidi says
May 8, 2012 at 4:06 pmBy the way, Solveig is just a little sunshine. I’m so happy just looking at her smile. Your other kiddos are awesome too.