Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Seeing snow for the first time!

Poppa has never seen snow before so this climate is all very new to him and grandma. This morning they walked in to the city with Adam and even though the weather was great I think they didn't see much more than the ground in front of their feet.
Jakob was a dagis so the rest of us had lunch in the city and did some shopping. Adam finally bought a pair of jeans and some goggles that he needs for our ski trip next week.
Later in the afternoon Jane and John looked after the kids while Adam fixed some broken lights on the car and I went for a long walk by myself. It was great!! the weather was perfect and it was nice to be out walking without the pram.
Jakob loves having grandma and poppa here to play with him but tonight he was a bit tired and frustrated. I think it gets a bit much for him with all the excitment and also with the language. He understands English really well but can't speak more that a few words at this stage. He was a bit sad and told me: Mummy I can't speak English, I can only say One, two, three. It broke my heart and I really felt for him. I haven't thoguht about it so much but of course it must be extremly hard for him and especially since we try to encourage him to speak English. I think we have to take it a bit more slowly and help him a bit more when they don't understand what he is saying. I am sure he will become fluent in English in the next few years but we just have to give him some time and support and not try to push him.

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