Freja and Kristoffer

Todays post was written by Mette. Allison is a friend of ours from the USA.

I dag kom Allison og Kristoffer forbi, da vi havde aftalt at vi skulle på børnenes jord. De fleste daginstituationer er lukkede pga. af strejker, så Allison er ved at gå ud af sit gode skin, efter 3 uger alene med Kristoffer og hans utolmodighed, samtidig med at hun er ved få bækken løsning hver gang hun skal ud og gå. Så for at motivere de små rollinger tog vi på lege plads, og de to løb rundt som små hunde valpe og sagde sjove lyde. Nogen gange lyder det som de har deres helt eget sprog, de frembringer nogle sjovt lydende ord, samtidig med at de kigger på en meget bestemt. De ved jo godt selv hvad de siger, mens vi voksne har ikke nogen ide. Legepladser kan godt være lidt skræmmende nogle gange for så små børn, men det tog kun et par minutter for Freja til at samle sig mod til at kravle gennem tunnellen som I kan se på billederne, og så ned af rutsjebanen bagefter. Hun er totalt frygtløs sammenlignet med de fleste børn, hvor får hun det dog fra?

Today, Allison and Kristoffer came by and we all four went to the børnenes jord which is a local area set aside for children (and now threatened with closure due to the council budget). Most of the local kindergartens are now on strike and after three months of looking after Kristoffer, Allison is going out of her mind whilst she is eight months pregnant and in some discomfort (I don't know how to translate bækken løsning, but its something uncomfortable that happens to pregnent women as they get bigger). We went to the play-ground and ran around like puppies make funny noises. Sometimes it sounds like they have their own language. They make strange noises and look at each other and it appears as though they're talking to each other. They know what they are saying even if the grown ups don't. The play-ground can be a bit scary sometimes, but it only took Freja a few minutes to work up the courage to crawl through the tunnel as you can see on the pictures. She is totally fearless compared to most children. I wonder where she gets it from...?