whenever we visit the u.p. it’s mandatory to partake in a sauna ( which, of course, you know is properly pronounced sow-nah. ); it’s hard to believe it has already been a year since odin’s first sauna.

in the past, he has been curious and tolerant, if not overly excited about the practice. ooooh how that’s changed. now, before bed every night he says excitedly, "soowwwna! soowwwna! i want soowwwna!"

something tells me we’re probably going to have to bump our plans for building one of our own because an ordinary bath just isn’t the same.