Freja: learning how to sing

She's been able to dance for a long time but now the Snoos has begun to sing along with her bedtime songs and Cd's. Her favourites include the Ladybird song and 'Tango Cat'. Its fun to see how she comes in a moment to soon on the chorus or the 'special bit' where you clap your hands. Her vocabulary is coming along strongly now, with new words almost every day and she has begun to talk in actual sentences, though these do not always make much sense and other times are composed as much of nonsense as with actual words.

She's so cute now. I've been told that human beings are never 'cuter' than in their third year. That we reach a 'pinnacle of cuteness' in the brief moment when we are still too young to speak properly, but old enough to try. I can readily believe this. Freja is so 'cute' that I just want to pick her up and hug her for hours. Alas, I am not allowed to do this because she is a restless soul, always looking to play about and fiddle with things, and very stubborn. Mette says this is because she is a leo (Mette also says she does not believe in astrology, but there most be 'something in it'). Whether or not its true, is any one's guess (I guess not) but Freja Olivia is certainly a very stubborn child and has no patience what so ever. The slightest hint of a denial these days results in a paroxysm of anger. She can throw herself at the floor and begin to hammer her ankles and fists into with such anger that she appears to be on the verge of exploding. Alas, we try not to laugh at her, but she can be so over the top that its hard not to grin. Thankfully, from what I've seen of other children, she is not abnormal in this respect at all.

The above image is the Snoos munching raspberries in her maternal grandmothers greenhouse I think. It was taken by 'Unca Krigga' (Mette's brother). The below images show all three moifs eating a late breakfast and three generations of 'Kjølby girls' walking through central Århus of a summers day.