Janteloven... I need a "atta-girl" every once in a while!
After living here for a little over 4 years I F I N A L L Y had an A HA moment... DIFFERENCES between living in Norway & in the U.S. You remember all of the crap going on at school with Dane? (which, by the way, is much better now..) So last night we were talking about a book report he is writing for his English class.... In the past week & 1/2 he has read 4 books from the U.S. I am pretty proud of Dane...proud of the fact that he LIKES to read... proud of the fact that he is doing all of the extra work we have set up for him... We tell him OFTEN how proud we are of him... "Good JOB" is something you hear OFTEN around our house for both children...always have...made a big deal out of stuff that isn't really so big " Yahooooo you went pee pee on the potty! GOOOOD GIRL" (lets have a party!) - thats just us... & I think that it is a VERY AMERICAN thing to do... We like to boost people's egos don't we? for the most part it isn't like that...