There have come new pictures of the children! And this time they move!
I am a terrible (or a very good…) ”trickle video’er” which just means that I take a short video every now and then; when the children are doing something fun or I have a few minutes to spare etc.
This means that I end up with a lot (not ”hundreds” but a lot) of disjointed film cuts which are very difficult to edit together in any sensible manner.
So this time I made the effort and filmed for a bit longer than two seconds.
There are two videos (”vidi” is the Latin verb ”to see”, as in "vini, vidi, vichi". Conjugate that into the ”I” form and you've got "video" - "I see". You see?) So there are two "I see's".
The first is of Hamilton, and after him, Victoria eating their brunch. Nothing more or less entertaining is promised.
The second video was taken at the children’s daycare Christmas party. There may be a bit more action in this one but, the element of chaos is there too (and noise!). Watch the kids in action on their ”home turf”.
With this we wish you all a wonderful Christmas season and a very Happy New Year!
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Sunday, 18 October 2009
Autumn Holidays
As the children promised below I have taken some photos during our Autumn break. There are perhaps not a lot of different “scenes” and that is because we spent the weeks break being sick…
The youngest members of the family got the worst of the ‘flu/cold but we’ve all had it in some way, so our activities were, unfortunately affected by this.
We did manage to get to the Copenhagen Zoo, which has a new elephant house and hippo house.
We had a lovely time celebrating a 1st Birthday over the weekend and getting out into our fantastic new back yard which has a number of different playing facilities. It is cold outside now and even when the sun is shinning you have to pack the children in. It is the first time they have been packed into these warm, one-piece “things” and they find it VERY difficult to get around with so much clothing on!! I suppose it must be a bit like if you dressed as the “Michelin Man” and tried to play soccer…
Dad’s back to work in the new week (19th) and Hamilton and Victoria back to day care and Randi’s back to the Yoga teacher thing…Back to normal just much colder.
The youngest members of the family got the worst of the ‘flu/cold but we’ve all had it in some way, so our activities were, unfortunately affected by this.
We did manage to get to the Copenhagen Zoo, which has a new elephant house and hippo house.
We had a lovely time celebrating a 1st Birthday over the weekend and getting out into our fantastic new back yard which has a number of different playing facilities. It is cold outside now and even when the sun is shinning you have to pack the children in. It is the first time they have been packed into these warm, one-piece “things” and they find it VERY difficult to get around with so much clothing on!! I suppose it must be a bit like if you dressed as the “Michelin Man” and tried to play soccer…
Dad’s back to work in the new week (19th) and Hamilton and Victoria back to day care and Randi’s back to the Yoga teacher thing…Back to normal just much colder.
Wednesday, 14 October 2009
From Victoria and Hamilton
Dad is on Autumn break this week and we are doing a lot of cool stuff, like yesterday we went to the zoo an’ saw all the real animals that we have toys of, like the Elephant, the Zebra and Giraffe and piggy and cow and….
Anyway, Mom said that we are going to go swimming (but the horrid lady said Dad couldn’t take photos there!!) and we are going to a birthday party on Saturday.
Dad takes a lot of photos to show Gran an’ Grandpa in South Africa and he said that he will put the photo’s on the blog after the whole week is finished and we have done all the cool stuff…So come and look here again after that….
O.K.
Bye!!!
Love Victoria and Hamilton
Anyway, Mom said that we are going to go swimming (but the horrid lady said Dad couldn’t take photos there!!) and we are going to a birthday party on Saturday.
Dad takes a lot of photos to show Gran an’ Grandpa in South Africa and he said that he will put the photo’s on the blog after the whole week is finished and we have done all the cool stuff…So come and look here again after that….
O.K.
Bye!!!
Love Victoria and Hamilton
Twin Get-Together 04.10.09
After a long break with summer holidays getting between us, our "Twin Friends" found time to meet up.
Now that we have moved and have more space to entertain, we felt more than happy to house this "get together".
A light European brunch was served but the main attraction was just to chat and let the gang of children play together.
You will notice two things in the photo's which follow (bellow. Click on photo to enlarge.) The first is the mobility of our children. Instead of the immobile group of wriggling babies, this was a scurrying group of individuals running in six different directions.
The second thing is that it was the first time when all the Moms had the chance to just chat, as adults. There was a short time when all the children were alone in the nursery (except for the odd photo guy). This is a first and bears witness to the increasing independence of our children.
We had a lovely day, as usual and look forward to the next time which may very well be with a touch of Christmas in the air…
Now that we have moved and have more space to entertain, we felt more than happy to house this "get together".
A light European brunch was served but the main attraction was just to chat and let the gang of children play together.
You will notice two things in the photo's which follow (bellow. Click on photo to enlarge.) The first is the mobility of our children. Instead of the immobile group of wriggling babies, this was a scurrying group of individuals running in six different directions.
The second thing is that it was the first time when all the Moms had the chance to just chat, as adults. There was a short time when all the children were alone in the nursery (except for the odd photo guy). This is a first and bears witness to the increasing independence of our children.
We had a lovely day, as usual and look forward to the next time which may very well be with a touch of Christmas in the air…
THE MOVE prt. 1
After a long wait and a large decrease in price, we have eventually sold Randi's lovely flat, which we have rather quickly out grown. It was also getting impossible to transport the children up and down to the 5th floor which is were the flat was!
So after all was planned; movers ordered; everything packed (see below) and a big group of good friends had committed themselves to help us, we were ready for the big day!
On the morning of Saturday the 12th of September we started the long trek from the top floor to the street level of Livjægergade. It is amazing how much STUFF we had stored up on the loft and in our flat!
But "many hands make light work" and a very very big T H A N K - Y O U must go out to all the wonderful people who gave of their time and energy (more energy than time, I think) to help us. We still owe you all a pizza ;-)
All our tuff friends were so effective that the movers couldn't keep up with us so they spent their time packing the truck. Well Done, folks!
The drive to our new and larger flat took all of 10 minutes...we moved just around the corner and down the next street, which is fantastic, as the children's day-care is very close to here and Warrens job is also close by.
Then the move INTO the new flat was a dream...it is on the FIRST floor!! YUUPPEEEE!!
After living in 1½ rooms before the 3 large rooms and large kitchen will give us a lot more freedom and space. The new flat has also got quite high ceilings which gives a feeling of more space, particularly in contrast to some of the low ceilings in the old flat.
Randi's flat was lovely and beautiful but after the birth of Victoria and Hamilton there was just not enough space. Now we move onto bigger better things with a bigger family.
Enjoy the photos which take you from a packed/moved chaos to the first glimpses of a functioning home.
There will be a couple more posts in the "THE MOVE" series, so you can follow in the developments.
So after all was planned; movers ordered; everything packed (see below) and a big group of good friends had committed themselves to help us, we were ready for the big day!
On the morning of Saturday the 12th of September we started the long trek from the top floor to the street level of Livjægergade. It is amazing how much STUFF we had stored up on the loft and in our flat!
But "many hands make light work" and a very very big T H A N K - Y O U must go out to all the wonderful people who gave of their time and energy (more energy than time, I think) to help us. We still owe you all a pizza ;-)
All our tuff friends were so effective that the movers couldn't keep up with us so they spent their time packing the truck. Well Done, folks!
The drive to our new and larger flat took all of 10 minutes...we moved just around the corner and down the next street, which is fantastic, as the children's day-care is very close to here and Warrens job is also close by.
Then the move INTO the new flat was a dream...it is on the FIRST floor!! YUUPPEEEE!!
After living in 1½ rooms before the 3 large rooms and large kitchen will give us a lot more freedom and space. The new flat has also got quite high ceilings which gives a feeling of more space, particularly in contrast to some of the low ceilings in the old flat.
Randi's flat was lovely and beautiful but after the birth of Victoria and Hamilton there was just not enough space. Now we move onto bigger better things with a bigger family.
Enjoy the photos which take you from a packed/moved chaos to the first glimpses of a functioning home.
There will be a couple more posts in the "THE MOVE" series, so you can follow in the developments.
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Bornholm '09
We had a great time on the Danish island of Bornholm this summer.
And because a picture is worth a thousand words I will spare you the words.
I will just say that the first half of the photos are from one summer house and the second half from another.
Thank you Steen for letting us use your lovely house for our first week in Bornholm.
Now we are introducing the children to daycare and we will be moving flat soon... So daily life will start to take form again after a lovely long summer holiday with our beautiful children in some beautiful places.
And because a picture is worth a thousand words I will spare you the words.
I will just say that the first half of the photos are from one summer house and the second half from another.
Thank you Steen for letting us use your lovely house for our first week in Bornholm.
Now we are introducing the children to daycare and we will be moving flat soon... So daily life will start to take form again after a lovely long summer holiday with our beautiful children in some beautiful places.
Monday, 10 August 2009
The BIG 1st Birthday Party
We had a wonderful day with some lovely friends in a beautiful park with great weather and celebrated our fantastic children...
It sounds perfect....because it was!
Thank you all for coming and joining us in celebrating the past year with Hamilton and Victoria.
Thank you for all the great presents and your company. And thank you ALL for being there in some way or another helping us out with the sometimes daunting task of having twin babies.
The babies have grown and become small children and demand less of us now. They will soon be going into daycare and a new era will begin...
Anyway, we all had a perfect 1st Birthday Party and here are some photos of our special day in the park.
(click on the photo to see a larger version)
It sounds perfect....because it was!
Thank you all for coming and joining us in celebrating the past year with Hamilton and Victoria.
Thank you for all the great presents and your company. And thank you ALL for being there in some way or another helping us out with the sometimes daunting task of having twin babies.
The babies have grown and become small children and demand less of us now. They will soon be going into daycare and a new era will begin...
Anyway, we all had a perfect 1st Birthday Party and here are some photos of our special day in the park.
(click on the photo to see a larger version)
Birthday Photos
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.
(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.
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!
Sunday, 15 February 2009
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
6 Months Old ! ! ! !
To celebrate and record our development we got Mom and Dad to take a whole bunch of photos of us to put here for the family and friends to see.
(Click on the photos to go to the album.)
We think we look really good!! ;-)
(Click on the photos to go to the album.)
We think we look really good!! ;-)
SICKO
The week after Cologne, the whole family was struck down with influenza, first Hamilton, then Victoria and then Mommy. Both the babies had high temperatures most of the week and then they battled with ‘snotty’ noses and coughs for weeks after that. (We are all much better now!)
The looks on the faces in the following photos describes very well the general mood in those trying days…
The looks on the faces in the following photos describes very well the general mood in those trying days…
Saturday, 31 January 2009
Cologne 4
Can you find the twins!?
We had a good visit to Cologne again. I feel that we have really got the transport to and from Germany so well planned and arranged that it is becoming routine. We were a bit worried that the ‘babies’ had got older and could be more difficult, but they were very good again.
We are in the middle of winter and so were prepared for long walks in freezing weather, forgetting that Cologne is a bit further south of Denmark and is surrounded by mountains making it a number of degrees warmer than in Copenhagen. The day time temperatures were a “balmy” 6° C and in the sun it was warmer. Even so the locals were complaining about the abnormally cold weather!! In comparison it was between 2 and - 2° C.
I accidently discovered the shortest route to the Cathedral this time. After looking at this Roman built tower – construction commencing in 50 A.D. !!! (see below – most of it is original structure) I turned the corner and there it was. The Cologne Cathedral. So we (Babies and me) rushed up and into the enormous church.
But first I wanted to show you a special way that Cologne commemorates the hundreds of individuals who died or disappeared in the days of the 2nd World War. The city council has made plaques for each person who died and cemented them into the sidewalk at the address where they used to live. (see below. Translated – Here lived Siegmund Nathan 1882. Deported 1941. Declared deceased. ) Every now and again you see a couple of these plaques on the sidewalk as you walk along.
The last photo is back home again in Copenhagen after a long trip the day before.
Monday, 12 January 2009
"Twin Friends"
We have met a couple of ”Twin Parents” along our way and try to meet with them when we can.
It is usually quite interesting and chaotic when we meet - 6 adults and 6 babies…wow what a lot of people!
We had a really good brunch in the beginning of January with our “Twin Friends”.
They are lovely people and we can exchange our “twin” experiences.
Here are a couple of photos…notice how often we are all seated around the table together…(a clue - not a lot ;)
We look forward to meeting up again.
It is usually quite interesting and chaotic when we meet - 6 adults and 6 babies…wow what a lot of people!
We had a really good brunch in the beginning of January with our “Twin Friends”.
They are lovely people and we can exchange our “twin” experiences.
Here are a couple of photos…notice how often we are all seated around the table together…(a clue - not a lot ;)
We look forward to meeting up again.
New Year 2009 (and some Christmas)
New Years was celebrated in our flat with our friends Naja and William and their new family member, Thomas. I think we spent a total of 20 minutes seated at the table together, and that was all right. In fact, that was the whole idea. We took it nice and easy, ate some good food, (thanks to Naja) and then our guests left at 11-in time to make it home before the big midnight fire-works show which is always extravagant in Copenhagen. (See photos from our 5th floor seats.)
The children missed welcoming in their first New Year – they were asleep – fire works and all!!
The children missed welcoming in their first New Year – they were asleep – fire works and all!!
December Holidays
We all enjoyed the December Hols. Dad enjoyed being home from work; Mom enjoyed that Dad was home from work and Victoria and Hamilton enjoyed that there was food and they were warm…I think.
Here are just some random photos which we took through the Holiday time.
We visited friends and were visited by friends; there are shots of the children with their big teddy bears; two shots for the record…with a pen; (if you look at our first photos I have one with my pen next to Victoria to show size and this is a follow up); we had our first snow and Randi is standing in it outside the post office and then there are a few shots of us feeding the babies their first semi-solid food!! Carrot pure mmmm.
Here are just some random photos which we took through the Holiday time.
We visited friends and were visited by friends; there are shots of the children with their big teddy bears; two shots for the record…with a pen; (if you look at our first photos I have one with my pen next to Victoria to show size and this is a follow up); we had our first snow and Randi is standing in it outside the post office and then there are a few shots of us feeding the babies their first semi-solid food!! Carrot pure mmmm.
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