'Cwtshing' on the couch

Its been a long few days. Rhiannon has been a little bit under the weather, and the weather has been pretty yucky lately (lots of rain, no snow, windy, and generally unpleasant). Times like these mean that we do a lot of 'cwtshing' (pronounced 'koo-ching', and is the Welsh word for cuddling) on the couch, in bed, in the favorite chair. Rhiannon stayed home from barnehage both Monday and Tuesday, so she has done a lot of cwtshing especially with her favorite little brother. We also have had a visitor for the past few days. My thesis adviser Steve was in town on business but we got to spend plenty of social time with him over the weekend and during the evenings. On Saturday we went into Oslo and toured Vigeland park while Rhodri was watching Wales beat Ireland in the Six Nations Rugby Tournament. Unfortunately, Rhodri forgot to put shoes on Rhiannon that day and it was raining (of course). Steve was a very good sport and we managed to walk around Oslo until we found a place to buy Rhiannon some new shoes. Too bad we were in the most expensive part of the city! I can't even say how much her shoes cost, but she did need some new ones anyway. Lets hope they last awhile...