Technical problems

Hi All

I have spent the last two days trying to upload and blog some photos here fr your enjoyment, but "Blogger" and "Picasa" - where I keep my photos for this blog seem to be having some communication problems or something...
I will keep trying, but it may take some time for me to figure it all out. Pls. be cool.

4 Years Old!!

Victoria and Hamiltons Birthday.

 I just realised that this post was missing!!!

We had two birthday parties for Victoria and Hamilton this year.
 One on the 5th of August with some of our friends, here in our flat and at a park, and another, a few days later for their Nursery School friends.
We set up a birthday party at a nearby camping area with balloons and treasure hunt and everything. Luckily the rain stayed away as long as the kids were there and everyone had lots of fun.

 Enjoy the photos next.

Summer Beach Holiday - 2012

Warm Greetings to Family and Friends We have just returned from our ”Summer Beach Holiday – 2012”. Randi had arranged the hire of a summer cottage on the North East coast of Denmark, at East Hurup. The cottage was inspired by the African round house or “Rondavel” with straw roof and all. There was a toilet/shower built on as an extra though. The cottage was only a few meters away from the beach and by the end of our 10 day stay, all the children (incl. Theodore!!) were happy to walk back from the beach alone. We did have to follow Theodore when he shot off by himself. We had a lot of rain in the first few days and the small house got a bit cramped, but then the sun would come out and we could play outside for a bit. You will see in the photos below (remember to click on them to make them larger) that we often had fleece jackets and Theodore has a knitted cap most of the time and that is because it only got really HOT (like summer) on our last day there… We enjoyed the beach when we could and enjoyed exploring the sand when the tide was out and because of the flat nature of the coast, at low tide the sea would recede about 150 – 200 meters leaving the little fishing boats high and dry. We managed to build a very big and quite pretty sand castle with draw-bridge, balcony, shell art and all! The coast was an excellent place to catch some pretty stones and the fishing nets were put to good use for that. We got home browner and saltier than we had left and everyone was so tired of have fun that a good nap was in order. Happy Holidays

Time Flies...

Wow, I am amazed to see that the last post here was Christmas 2011!!
(Embarrassed smile)

It is now Easter and I find that I may just have 5 minutes to put up some photos here.
In our defense you must remember that we just landed in Tønder, on the other side of the country - with the whole family and all, and things are going well :-)

I will not split the posts up but I will post the photos seperate in each of their own windows (if I can).
The first is just some photos of us just after the move.
The second is of Theodores 1st Birthday Party (a dress-up afternoon) and
The third is a spring/Easter set of photos.

Enjoy.

After The Move




Theodore's 1st Birthday




Spring/Easter 2012

Christmas 2011

'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, nothing was stiring. Not even a mouse...

We had a lovely afternoon and evening with Randi's Mom and brother. The children really love it when they visit because they get extra story time!!! Hurray!

Our dinner was roast Duck with all that comes with it. And then the Traditional Danish Rice Pudding/dessert with hot Cherry Sauce.

During dinner Santa rang the door bell to let us know that the neighbours had dropped off a bag of presents. Nice of him.

After dinner we lit the candles which are on the christmas tree and the children were allowed to come in! Wow!
Then we opened our gifts. Each person got a gift and the others watched them open it. It is a much more controlled way of doing it and we feel it gives a better sense of 'worth'.

The grown-ups got what they wanted and the children were happy about what they got so that was good. They each got a chalk-board from 'Oma' which they enjoy a lot. Some lovely cloths; a silver spoon each(!), some new Dvd's, and many other great things. Thanks to all!

We wish all of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.