The following are some photo's of Victoria and Hamilton on their birhtday (05-08-09).
(You can click on the photos to see larger versions.)
The whole family was very involved in a yoga workshop and we had the "Big 1st Birthday Party" on the following Saturday (see next post).
Enjoy.
Monday, 10 August 2009
Friday, 7 August 2009
05-08-08
This is just a quick note to remember the Twins 1st Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday Victoria and Happy Birthday Hamilton!!
We love you both very much and look forward to celebrating you on Saturday with some friends.
This past year has been so eventful. It is amazing to think back and know that we've survived the first hard part...and can look forward to "surviving" the rest ;-)
Congratulations to our little, new, family.
(Photo's to come)
Happy Birthday Victoria and Happy Birthday Hamilton!!
We love you both very much and look forward to celebrating you on Saturday with some friends.
This past year has been so eventful. It is amazing to think back and know that we've survived the first hard part...and can look forward to "surviving" the rest ;-)
Congratulations to our little, new, family.
(Photo's to come)
Monday, 27 July 2009
Flensburg - Summer '09
We have just returned from a lovely three weeks in Flensburg, Germany.
Randi’s mother lives in this far northern fjord city which borders Denmark, as do a number of her friends.
We were very lucky to have the use of the ground floor of Claudia and Steffens (Two friends) house with garden and all!
This was also the first time we had put the new station car to real use. It did very well! Completing the 3 – 4 hour trip on less than half a tank of Diesel and the return trip with the car loaded (incl. roof carrier!) on half a tank. A good, economical car.
On the trip down to Flensburg and the following week, we experienced heat-wave temperatures. The sun baked down on our umbrella which shaded the “splash pool” and naked baby bodies in the back garden. The kids LOVED it! (See photos.)
On the first weekend we took a trip (1-2 hours drive) down to just south of Hamburg (over the Elba river) to visit Randi’s aunt Jutta and her family.
The sun was still welcoming us to Germany in a big way and the babies took the opportunity to take a quick dip there too.
This area is “Cherry country” and it was cherry season so we picked; bought and ate huge amounts of the best cherries ever.
On the way bake to Flensburg we had a little traffic jam on the “Autobahn” and came to an absolute stop and stayed there for at least 45 min. Victoria got her first driving lessons. (See photo.)
For the rest of our stay in Flensburg we had a mix of very good warm weather with a number of heavy rainy days which came with refreshing cooler air. We were at the beach twice and the children bathed on both occasions. They are real water babies and loved the not too warm water. We couldn’t spend much time on the beach though, as we are careful of their baby skins and the suns harsh rays. But the back garden with umbrella was perfect.
A very big thanks must go to Claidia and Steffen for letting us stay in their very “baby/toddler friendly” apartment and to Flori for baby sitting for us a couple of times letting the parents enjoy their first nights having dinner out!
Enjoy the photos which follow.
(click on the photo for larger version)
SUMMER HOLIDAYS in FLENSBURG
Randi’s mother lives in this far northern fjord city which borders Denmark, as do a number of her friends.
We were very lucky to have the use of the ground floor of Claudia and Steffens (Two friends) house with garden and all!
This was also the first time we had put the new station car to real use. It did very well! Completing the 3 – 4 hour trip on less than half a tank of Diesel and the return trip with the car loaded (incl. roof carrier!) on half a tank. A good, economical car.
On the trip down to Flensburg and the following week, we experienced heat-wave temperatures. The sun baked down on our umbrella which shaded the “splash pool” and naked baby bodies in the back garden. The kids LOVED it! (See photos.)
On the first weekend we took a trip (1-2 hours drive) down to just south of Hamburg (over the Elba river) to visit Randi’s aunt Jutta and her family.
The sun was still welcoming us to Germany in a big way and the babies took the opportunity to take a quick dip there too.
This area is “Cherry country” and it was cherry season so we picked; bought and ate huge amounts of the best cherries ever.
On the way bake to Flensburg we had a little traffic jam on the “Autobahn” and came to an absolute stop and stayed there for at least 45 min. Victoria got her first driving lessons. (See photo.)
For the rest of our stay in Flensburg we had a mix of very good warm weather with a number of heavy rainy days which came with refreshing cooler air. We were at the beach twice and the children bathed on both occasions. They are real water babies and loved the not too warm water. We couldn’t spend much time on the beach though, as we are careful of their baby skins and the suns harsh rays. But the back garden with umbrella was perfect.
A very big thanks must go to Claidia and Steffen for letting us stay in their very “baby/toddler friendly” apartment and to Flori for baby sitting for us a couple of times letting the parents enjoy their first nights having dinner out!
Enjoy the photos which follow.
(click on the photo for larger version)
SUMMER HOLIDAYS in FLENSBURG
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Spring in Copenhagen
Spring has sprung and the trees are all green and lovely.
Time for us to get out and about with the Twins. So we went out and bought a bicycle trailer (thanks to Flori and Torsten) which is quite common here but may seem a little strange in other parts of the world.
They are getting used to it and it gives us much more freedom to get around.
Then there are just a few random photies which have been taken recently.
Hamilton shoots around the place quite happily (crawling) while Victoria still does not crawl.
She finds this very annoying! Still two teeth each. We’re looking forward to my Summer holidays which start in only 6 weeks.
Time for us to get out and about with the Twins. So we went out and bought a bicycle trailer (thanks to Flori and Torsten) which is quite common here but may seem a little strange in other parts of the world.
They are getting used to it and it gives us much more freedom to get around.
Then there are just a few random photies which have been taken recently.
Hamilton shoots around the place quite happily (crawling) while Victoria still does not crawl.
She finds this very annoying! Still two teeth each. We’re looking forward to my Summer holidays which start in only 6 weeks.
Saturday, 18 April 2009
Easter in South Africa
Well, as you can tell by the lack of posts, we have been rather busy lately.
Hopefully this post can make up for that.
We decided to spend our Easter Holidays with the Linde Grandparents and family in South Africa this year. With some cheap plain tickets in hand, we travelled the 21 hours from Copenhagen, via Amsterdam, to Johannesburg. The trips there and back went o.k. The Twins were very well behaved (even though they didn't sleep very much on the way to S.A.).
We arrived late on Sunday evening and spent the Monday morning getting settled in with Grandma and Grandpa and Aunty Cathy and Amy and Sir Jonathan. Then we just had holidays; relaxing; recieving visitors over the weekend; and enjoying the bonding between everybody.
We would like to say a very BIG thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Linde and Aunt Amy and Cathy and Sir Jonathan for accomadating us and thanks for the visits from Granny Dot, Av, Cindy, Mike, Trevor + Co., Gavin, Cheryl, Andrew, Basil + Co., Ingrid, Mike, Biff, Brian, Keya, Heather, Grant, Jean and G.G. Pat. and those who I haven't mentioned here.
We Had a wonderful week!
Hopefully this post can make up for that.
We decided to spend our Easter Holidays with the Linde Grandparents and family in South Africa this year. With some cheap plain tickets in hand, we travelled the 21 hours from Copenhagen, via Amsterdam, to Johannesburg. The trips there and back went o.k. The Twins were very well behaved (even though they didn't sleep very much on the way to S.A.).
We arrived late on Sunday evening and spent the Monday morning getting settled in with Grandma and Grandpa and Aunty Cathy and Amy and Sir Jonathan. Then we just had holidays; relaxing; recieving visitors over the weekend; and enjoying the bonding between everybody.
We would like to say a very BIG thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Linde and Aunt Amy and Cathy and Sir Jonathan for accomadating us and thanks for the visits from Granny Dot, Av, Cindy, Mike, Trevor + Co., Gavin, Cheryl, Andrew, Basil + Co., Ingrid, Mike, Biff, Brian, Keya, Heather, Grant, Jean and G.G. Pat. and those who I haven't mentioned here.
We Had a wonderful week!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
