The Cheezier Side of Life

I was cutting the cheese the other day, literally, with our trusty cheese slicer that we use here. Every apartment we have frequented since moving here has one. It seems a kitchen staple. Well, I began to think about how it is so normal that we use ONLY the cheese slicer to cut cheese here and at home (in the U.S.) we really always use a knife. I think it is funny how this cheese cutting process (and other ways of life) are assimilated into certain cultures, but not others. It is like orange cheddar at home. I pretty sure that there is no orange chedder anywhere in Sweden, perhaps all of Europe. There is chedder, but it is not orange. When did we decide to add food coloring and think, "ahh, the chedder will be better orange"?

Sidebar over. It is still snowy here and we are still thrilled with it. Saniya went sledding a few times last week and is really into it. We are looking into buying ice skates for all of us, but our trusty store that had them before Christmas is out. So, we are still on the hunt. There are community outdoor skating rinks around the city also when the lakes freeze I think everyone is out skating on there as well.

Saniya's birthday is tomorrow. Yeah! She will be four. She is so excited. We are going to have a family party with just us on the actual day and then a week or so later have a kids party with other kids here in the building. She is really into the kids party, getting presents and cake and ice cream, most of all.

Rob is going to France for work for the later part of this week. He seems into it. I think he has good crystals to take and is hoping for a good outcome. Although, I am clueless about what he really does, so he should tell you for it to make any sense.

Ok, have a great week. We will talk soon!

Also, we just nixed Saniya's nap, finally, and Rowan went from two to one nap a day. That was our big transition for this weekend. I think it is time for both of them. We'll see how it goes.

Yasmiene