David's adventures in English

Ever since being paid top dollar (well, one dollar to be exact) by Chris in San Diego for playing violin, David has been very interested in English as obviously there are great business prospects if one knows this language well.

Yesterday David and Zhenya got into a mild argument and as he was quickly running out of arguments, he decided to express himself in English for the first time. We will of course always remember this, just like one remembers the first steps, and we will ensure to remind him of it when he gets older. The memorable words were: "SHUT UP!"

David now knows that these words were not the best he could have chosen... No math for a week! (Yes, he thinks this is a severe punishment.)

misleading with the homework

Everyday David gets his homework.
One of the episodes of our daily life:
I see:
8 - 3 - 0 - 10
4 - 7 - 6 - 1
Straigh away I demande from him to solve the problems!
So, he begins to solve them step by step (without my help! but with the help of fingures):
8 - 3 = 5
5 - 0 = 5
5 - 10 = -5
Writes: 8 - 3 - 0 - 10 = -5
4 - 7 = -3
-3 - 6 = -9
-9 - 1 = -10
Whites: 4 - 7 - 6 - 1 = -10
I am very pleased with him.
About 2 hours later, I am beginnig to think that it was wierd to give such a homework in CP1. So I have decided to look again and to read the assignment (for the first time).
And the assignment sounds like:
Range les nombres du plus petit au plus grand: 8 - 3 - 0 - 10
Range les nombres du plus grand au plus petit: 4 - 7 - 6 - 1
Do you have any idea how bad I felt, when I realized that I have not even bothered to read the assigment but mislead the poor kid.
Well, he did it correctly anyway, but right now he is in the stage where he thinks that he is 100% right (which he is, in this case), but the other students in his class think that there is nothing above or below 0 to 10.

Frederiksberg hospital

Today I was suppose to be at Frederiksberg hospital for the regular check up of my belly.
Well, we took the car, as I had to drive Morten to DTU afterwards. We got there but then it took us about 10 minutes to find a parking spot. We have tried everywhere, even next to emergency room. And no luck. (Don't give birth or get injuries at around 10 a.m. or at least don't come to the hospital with our own transportation). We couldn't even find a spot on a grass or just somewhere in order to park.
So the result was... we came 10! minutes late. We thought that it is not such a big deal, as for the past times we were waiting for about 45 minutes for the appointment.
But... Of course... not today. Our midwife was on time. And she had happened to have only 10 minutes for us today, due to the birth preparation class straigh efter. So the appointment was cancelled.
And it is when I have entered week 38 and so bloody tired that it is almost impossible to care myself around.

A sea lion in the family

Judging from the noise coming out of David the last couple of days, you'd think he was trying to imitate a sea lion. Unfortunately, he is not. The poor kid suffers from pseudocroup so last night he came to us and we had to ensure he was not lying on his back because when he were, he just stopped breathing until his nervous system kicked in and made him cough.

What to do about it? Go outside in the cold! Doctor's orders!

one day I will be Daddy, too...

David is paying a great attention on the way I do things right now. Today I have decided to take a nap. My boy, who haven't been taking naps since age 3, joined me and we slept together for an hour or so.
It gets hard for me to go up the stairs and so does for David.
Yesteday we were at the Childrens store, where we were looking for things to Abby. On the way back David took the catalogue and began to circle all the necessary stuff for her (like baby bed, bottles, etc.). He agreed with me that potty is too early at the present moment.
So on the way back I've asked him about his interest in babys stuff. The answer followed: "one day I will be Daddy, too. So I need to know stuff"

David is 6 years old!

Davids life from 2001 to 2007!
2001
Less then a month old, Denmark

2002
I am so happy, Bulgaria

2003
Basgetti, that is the food, Spain

2004
My first violin concert, Denmark

2005
Airplanes on the way to Chicago, USA

2006
Interesting..., Turkey

2007
Pussy cat? Thailand

2007
My birthday boy!!!

Davids Birthday

 

 

 

 

Yep, we made it. The Birthday Party was a success and we are still alive.
There were 5 boys (Ukranian, Latvian/Danish, Swedish/Danish, Danish/Dutch, Danish/Cameroon), 3 girls (American/Indian, French/Danish, French/German) and of course (Russian/Danish) David. Common language happened to be Danish, as all the children were either born here or have been living here for quite some time.
We managed to get everyone to the airport, where we saw some planes (a huge experience for 5-6 year old ones), and then it was McDonalds time.
Morten was great! So great with children, that I had to asked him that maybe he should change his occupation and work with children on daily basis. Don't worry, he is not going to but our children are going to be blessed to have Morten as Daddy.
I can say as well that Niels, Davids dad was present and both Niels and Morten managed to play cool during the party, which I believe was not easy what so ever.
Anyway, it seems like all the kids enjoyed the party, food (some ate 2 Happy Meals!!!) and excursion into McDonalds' freezer(!).