It Can't Be Over Yet - Two Weeks Flew By

Wow 2 weeks flew by!  We have had so much fun with our Danish family during their visit.  We went to Sea World, La Jolla beach, Big Corona Beach, Balboa Peninsula Pier and Beach, Balboa Island, Dana Point, Laguna Beach, Fashion Island, South Coast Plaza and so much more.  We have so many great memories and are so grateful for our time together.

Unfortunately today was the last day of our wonderful visit.  We had another great day.  We shopped and went to Irvine Spectrum for lunch.

Erik went into the water fountain for the first time...

And good news as you might have noticed in the video, Erik got his cast off this AM!  Yippee!  We survived 3 weeks.  Post cast X-rays showed he was all healed.

This afternoon we played in the sandbox with Aunt Birgitte. She makes the best sandcastles!! Mommy could learn a few things from her.

Erik got a new bike!  His first two-wheeler with training wheels!  Daddy and he were so excited.

A push from daddy...

 A push from Aunt Birgitte...

And he was off to the races...
With Rasmus rooting him on...

A push from Maja...

After a long bike ride and some dinner it was time to kick back on the couch with Rasmus

and Maja.

A hug from Auntie.

Mojo will miss Maja too!

Thanks for staying with us.  Hopefully next time we will see you in Denmark, or as Erik says "Dendark!"

Balboa Peninsula and Pier

Today we all went to the Balboa Peninsula.  We started by walking across Balboa Island and took the ferry across to the peninsula.  We had lunch at the park by the pier.  Frank took this picture of our picnic.  Erik slept through lunch today.

The waves were really big today so we walked out on the pier to check them out.

We left the Danes to check out the waves at the wedge.  Frank, Erik and I decided to go back to Balboa Island and do one of Erik's favorite things, check for the crabs.  We found lots today.  The Danes had a great time trying out the waves, especially Rasmus.

Trip to Sea World

Today was Erik's first trip to Sea World in San Diego.  Maja joined us for the ride down.  She was great company for Erik.

I forgot to take any pictures while we were at the park.  Frank did take one of Birgitte, Rasmus and Maja on one of the roller coasters.

We had a good time.  Erik did not have a lot of patience for the shows so we only saw 1 1/2 shows all together and Frank and I each saw an additional one.  Erik did love looking at all the sea life and especially the killer whales.  We will definitely have to come back again.

The Danes Have Arrived

Yippee! The day finally came.  Frank's brother Jens and his wife Birgitte and kids Rasmus and Maja arrived yesterday for their 2 week visit with us.  Erik and I had been practicing their names for approximately a week.  Erik bonded with them right from the start.  Fortunately the are staying with us so we will have lots of time together.

Here is Erik and Rasmus bonding in the sandbox.

Erik still has his cast on and is due to get it off the day before they leave.  Oh well, we will have a great time in spite of the inconvenience.

First Official Haircut

Erik is nearly 2 1/2 and has never gone for an official hair cut.  I'm not saying he has never had his hair cut.  Daddy gave him his first few hair cuts during his first year of life.  Erik was never a fan and would not sit still and would scream as if we were torturing him.  Needless to say they were not the best cuts and I was often embarrassed to take him anywhere for a few days or weeks.  Then, approximately a year ago, my friend Laurie a hair dresser, started coming to the house to give hair cuts.  Erik was not a fan of those hair cuts either and screamed and cried through most of the session.

So I finally decided to try out First Cut a children's salon down the street.  The stylist Lulu was very good with Erik who slowly warmed up to her.  She played with him for nearly a half an hour before she even attempted a snip. Much to my surprise there were very few tears.  He even sat in the airplane chair and wore a cape.  It took almost an hour but we accomplished our first hair cut with only a few tears.

July 4, 2013

We are still on Balboa Island for a few more days so we decided not to go off the island today.  Erik practiced riding his bike one handed in the morning.

In the afternoon the Halton's, Kristin, Jim, McKenna and baby Aspen came over.  Unfortunately we did not get any pictures.  We did have a great time.  We wrapped a plastic bag over Erik's cast so he could play in the sand and splash a little around the water.  In spite of the cast it was a great July 4th!

Erik's First Cast

Erik broke 2 fingers yesterday on his left hand.  I know this sounds bad, but I'm not exactly sure how it happened.  I turned my back for a moment and the next thing I knew he was on the ground and a small wicker side table was on top of him.  My suspicion was that he was trying to climb on the table and it tipped over and pinched his fingers underneath.  He was crying like it hurt but at the age of 2 1/2 one is not sure whether the cry is real, cause it hurts, or manufactured for attention.  I brushed it aside initially cause it looked like such a minor event and hurried him off to his summer preschool.  By the time we got to school and I showed it to the teacher, two of his fingers were blown up and black and blue.  No mother of the year award for me.

We decided to go to the doctor who also thought it was probably just a minor sprain but ordered X-rays out of an abundance of caution.  Erik was not a big fan of the X-ray experience and screamed and carried on so much that the tech could only get one picture.  From that one picture she could tell there was a break.

So today went went to the sports medicine orthopedic doctor who ordered more X-rays and sure enough Erik had broken not one but two fingers!  Erik is not a big fan of the doctor, nor
X-rays.  He is even less of a fan of getting a cast on.  The doctor said with little kids a splint is not effective so they recommend a cast.  Needless to say, Erik did slip out of the first 2 casts that they put up just part way up his arm.  So the third time, with the help of myself and 4 technicians we were able to put a cast on him that went down past his fingers and up past his elbow.  We were exhausted after the experience.

He has to wear the cast for 3 weeks!  The doctor said he would adjust quickly and to not worry about anything but getting it wet.  He is his fathers' son.  This afternoon he figured out how to ride his bike with one hand!