Happy birthday!

Ten years ago I gave birth to the most beautiful two little boys this world has ever seen!
So perfect with their little toes and fingers everything so wonderfully good.
Since then we have had ups and downs. We have had good days and not so good days. We have been crying and laughing. Raising kids is not an easy task.
But though it is not easy it still comes with so much joy! Seeing them grow stronger, older, brighter and more independent, is both good and frightening at the same time. In so many ways they are som mature. Still they are so immature in so many other ways.
Being a mother is like going for a ride on a roller coaster.

Today the Norwegian and the Malagasy flags are flapping from our balcony in honor to celebrate our boys.
I love to see them on the mornings of their birthdays. Their lying there on their beds, eyes ajar, waiting for us to come in and sing Happy birthday.
This morning Princess gave them the most wanted gift these days! They got their bows and arrows. Not real crossbows, but still pretty fancy bows. They also got a pair of skis each. So far they've had waxless skis. But it definitely was about time to get on non-waxless XC skis.

Now I'm just waiting for the rain to stop pouring down. We're celebrating with about twenty boys outdoors tonight. BBQ-ing, skiing, playing and having fun.