Murray had a yellow lamp

Name that famous nursery rhyme. Or rather, that famous nursery rhyme as sung by a 2 year-old with a very strong Norwegian accent.

sour cream

I find that over here, there are endless ways to work sour cream into a meal. Sour cream on your potatoes and fish, sour cream on your pancakes, sour cream as a dressing on top of pizza, sour cream in pasta sauce, sour cream porridge for a late afternoon meal (with butter, cinnamon, and sugar).

why it is dark

It was dark when we were eating dinner last night. Nils asked Charlotte why. She said, "because no one turned the lights on." Silly pappa... don't you know these things?

Where's the party?

If you were to take a stroll in our neighborhood and surrounding streets on a weekday evening, you would think nobody lived there. There is virtually no activity after 7 PM. Where is everybody? Just because it is so dark, surely all have not hunkered down and resigned to another night inside away from the rest of the world. No, they have not. There is a party going on somewhere, where everyone is welcome, where light or dark there is just as much action. And where is this party? The cross country trail! Hop in your car, pack in your skis, and drive 20 minutes toward the hills, and there you find a flurry of activity. Kids ski teams, grown-up ski teams, friends, families, couples prepping their skis, donning their head lamps, tightening their boots and their gloves, taking a deep breath of crisp winter air and darting off on a silky white cross-country trail for a round of skiing before bed.

Ice cream cones

True or False: Ice cream cones are a summer food.

Superbowl and groundhogs

Big days in America... Superbowl is soon underway and all eyes will be set on the groundhog tomorrow. We miss the good ole days in the US of A.