When I woke up this morning, Amalie was up, fully dressed and haven eaten (knekkebrød with Nugatti crisp, a chocolate/hazelnut sandwich spread), was ready to head out to visit a little girl in the neighborhood. Whoa. They were outdoors most all day (it was sunny but not THAT warm.. there's still snow on the ground at any rate) collecting insects from under the rocks around the flower bed and giggling inside a couple of tents that they set up on the front porch under the kitchen window. She was incredibly sleepy while we watched a movie and ate "lørdags godt" (Saturday candy) this evening before bedtime.

Theresa spent most of the day designing websites and taking pictures with the digital camera.

Sigurd worked all day.... he's still at it now (stakkers han).

I finally managed to paint the kitchen window frame, finished Teddy and made pasta, did some laundry, changed the sheets and helped make Easter cards. And talked to my dear friend Carolyn for a good long time on the telephone this afternoon. She's been looking for a job as an au pair and found one in Naples from April to November, with an all expenses paid vacation in Greece. I'm sincerely thrilled for her. (I am, Carolyn!) Oh, and frogged* an entire pair of socks made of Brown Sheep Co's Nature Spun sport. They've been sitting in my knitting basket for over a year now and a) I've forgotten the changes I made to the pattern (Welsch country stockings from Folk Socks) and 2) they were way too big through the ankle. It was a painful process, but I would never have worn them and don't know anyone with a huge ankle and a teeny tiny foot. I have another sock pattern in mind for them. The yarn is hanging in the bathroom drying as we speak.

*to frog :: (v.) (knitting terminology) to rip it