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Thursday, June 5, 2014

big move, little kids

Is it already June? We are leaving in 24 days, and although we have started selling and giving away things, and packed the first (small!) moving box, it still feels like life continues as normal. Jonas has his 15-month check-up on Wednesday, Silja is going to a Frozen-themed birthday party on Sunday, Bjarni is busy working, and we go about our every day routines like we always have. It's SO weird to think that in 24 days, everything we own, will either be packed up in a container heading to Denmark or sold. The whole thing feels like throwing life up in the air, without knowing how the pieces will look and feel, when they settle in new surroundings. And if that is stressful for grownups, then what about kids? 
In order to deal with all the transitions, I made a book to Silja about what will happen. I talked with the developmental specialist in her preschool, and she suggested it might be a good tool to help grasp the many different parts that will be her life until fall: first Boston, then Iceland, then Denmark and settling into a new house, and finally starting a new preschool. I got it laminated so it's more durable and we can bring it along, and look in it when needed. 
I also made a book to both of them with pictures and stories about life here. I hope it can be a way - for Jonas, who is too young to remember anything and for Silja, who is attached to people and places  - to see what life here was like. There's pictures and stories of the playgrounds, our house, Silja's friends, her preschool, how her English developed and so on (and now I really regret I didn't make one to Silja about Austria.)
Of all the practical things that have been on the to-do list so far, these two projects have definitely been the most fun.   

Oversæt til dansk

3 comments:

  1. Wish you a safe trip and great life in Denmark. Hope to see you and Bjarni in the future when I get time to visit Europe again.

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  2. Det er bare så fin en idé med de bøger, Dorte! Dem kommer de uden tvivl til at sætte meget stor pris på både nu og når de bliver ældre. Alt det bedste til jer. Kommer bloggen til at fortsætte? Det kunne være spændende at læse om jeres oplevelser med at vende tilbage til DK. Kh Katrine.

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  3. Tak Katrine. Jeg håber også de bliver spændende at se tilbage i. Og rart endelig at bruge nogle af alle de mange billeder vi har til noget. Det er jeg desværre ellers ikke så god til -- andet end at bruge dem her.
    Jeg ved ikke helt om bloggen fortsætter. På den ene side, er jeg blevet så vant til at skrive en form for dagbog eller logbog via blog, at det vil være helt mærkelig at skulle stoppe. På den anden side er vi også hjemme ved den ene halvdel af familien, som er nogen er dem, jeg ved følger troligt med her. Har det ærlig talt lidt blandet med en blog. Det er underligt at skrive noget personligt, og vide nogle man ikke kender følger med, og det er et udsnit af en virkelighed, hvor meget aldrig bliver skrevet, fordi man ikke vil træde nogen over tæerne (venner, kollegaer, chefer, fremtidige arbejdsgivere mv). Men med det sagt synes jeg også selv det kunne være sjovt at prøve at skrive vores møde med Danmark ned, fordi jeg ved det er sjovt at have for os selv senere hen. Sikke en lang smøre... At du synes det kunne være spændende at læse, giver mig da ihvertfald stof til eftertanke. Tak for det :)

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