Argh....I KNEW it! - my options...
Shit.... I knew the answer before I asked y'all...
just like I KNEW my husband was a dork when he showed up on our first "BEACH" date wearing a Banana Hammock... (speedo)
I told myself he wasn't a dork... he was just very, VERY European.... Nope he's a dork all right... (that is also how I knew I really loved this one... I loved him despite all of his dorkiness...)
As the voting continues, I think the general con-census is the LAVVO/Ti Pi is in fact NOT the coolest when you are not camping in Norway.... (please feel free to tell me what you think...)
CRAP... because now that the kids know we have a Tee Pee... I will be outvoted 3-1 (of course the 4 & 9 year old think the Tee Pee is cool)
So now I am left weighing my options..... I can..
A.) Convince the husband & kids that camping across Europe wouldn't really be as much fun as I had promised & suggest we stay in Norway where Lavvo's are acceptable...
B.)Pretend to not know any of them while at the campsite & sleep in the car... (problem with that is the kids look just like me & like to scream "but YOU ARE my mommy..." Yes, I have tried it before )
C.)Screw it... just embrace the dorkiness... Make feather headbands for all of us & take our Thanksgiving pictures early....
** A lavvo is a saami / samisk tent used by the Saami people (old native people in Norway). It is not very different from the Native American (Indian) tent tipi.
The Lavvo is a tent that have been used with some local variations all over the Saami area.
just like I KNEW my husband was a dork when he showed up on our first "BEACH" date wearing a Banana Hammock... (speedo)
I told myself he wasn't a dork... he was just very, VERY European.... Nope he's a dork all right... (that is also how I knew I really loved this one... I loved him despite all of his dorkiness...)
As the voting continues, I think the general con-census is the LAVVO/Ti Pi is in fact NOT the coolest when you are not camping in Norway.... (please feel free to tell me what you think...)
CRAP... because now that the kids know we have a Tee Pee... I will be outvoted 3-1 (of course the 4 & 9 year old think the Tee Pee is cool)
So now I am left weighing my options..... I can..
A.) Convince the husband & kids that camping across Europe wouldn't really be as much fun as I had promised & suggest we stay in Norway where Lavvo's are acceptable...
B.)Pretend to not know any of them while at the campsite & sleep in the car... (problem with that is the kids look just like me & like to scream "but YOU ARE my mommy..." Yes, I have tried it before )
C.)Screw it... just embrace the dorkiness... Make feather headbands for all of us & take our Thanksgiving pictures early....
** A lavvo is a saami / samisk tent used by the Saami people (old native people in Norway). It is not very different from the Native American (Indian) tent tipi.
The Lavvo is a tent that have been used with some local variations all over the Saami area.
Comments
Embrace it. Work it! Be the family that I always envied and wondered, how come they get to have so much fun?
It gives you fodder to use to make fun of Bjorn in the future!!!!
Sure, people may laugh and point, but there are benefits to looking weird.
1) If you have to tinkle in the middle of the night, you don't have to worry about wondering into a strangers tent
2) If you hear people make comments, you can run up to them and say my favorite line, "don't stare, it may be contigious"
3) Your kids will need something to tell their therapist when they grow up!
4) You can tell people, "please don't laugh at where I am from, I am a native of America."
5) Think of the cool opening line and Dane's "what I did this summer" essay. "This summer, while camping in a teepee, I learned that my mom is a dork, but I love her anyways!"
6) You could decorate it with a bumper sticker that say, "my teepee is bigger then your fishing pole"
7) You will have an awesome answer to the survey, "weirdest place I have had sex"
8) You will always have something to hang over Bjorn's head..."remember when I slept in a teepee for you?" Think of all the flowers and jewelry you could get!
9) Think of all the people taking pictures of your teepee and posting them online on their blogs. You will be like famous and stuff. And who knows, you may start the world wide trend! "Kid, what do you want for Christmas this year?" (said in Chinese accent) "A Teepee...just like that lady online has!"
10) Think of all of your bloggers who will be anxiously waiting for your return to see pictures.
I'M LOVIN' IT!!!
BlogBaby
P.S. If you really want some of my BUBBALou Bands I will figure out the cost of shipping to Norway and let you know a cost. I'd be happy to custom make you a piece too, at no additional cost, of course. Got an e-mail addy??
I would go for it. Tell everyone you are Sami.