2014 - Up To Now.

Here they are:-

a Half a year in Photos - part 2

Here is the second half of my post:



Now for Theodore's 2nd Birthday!! Hurray!





And Bringing us up to date - Easter Season (cold!)





Well, I hope you enjoyed seeing the children again. it has been a while!

A Half a Year in Photo's - post number 1.

Here are a number of different occasions in photo. A picture is worth more than words so I'll just let you have a look.
The children are getting so big! Time is racing past.
There are quite a lot of photo's so I will break this into a number 1 and number 2 post.


First Randi's Birthday:



Then Christmas Season:




The next batch of pictures are just mixed photos.

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.

Now with Photos ;-)

Hi to all our followers.

Due to a technical curiosity All the new post from our summer holidays were without photographs...!
The problem has now been found and fixed so you can now enjoy us in full colour!

Remeber, if you want to see larger photos just click on the photos to enter the album. (they can also be printed out.)

Sorry about any confussion.

Enjoy-

Calf Island Marine Day

We were lucky enough to be at the summer house at the same time as the Kalv Ø (Calf Island) had their annual celebrations.

These are mostly photos of other things than us, but I had a lot of fun and I think some of these photos are rather good (all rights reserved!). But seriously, they do give a good feeling of just how beautiful the place is.

After breakfast on the day (of course I had been up before dawn to get the good photos) we got ready and walked over to the island. The kids got boats made for them and sailed them to the tones of a men’s choir, we had a ride in a horse drawn buggy, we saw a man make a rope (and I just had to buy it!) and had a great time in the hot sun.

The rest of the family went back to the house and can be seen on one of the pictures in the distance watching me sail by on the good ship “Haabet” (Hope), one of the two ‘Tall Ships’ which sailed the bay that day.

Summer 2k11 - Summer House nr.2

So Here are a few more photos of our holidays at the summer house near KalvØ.
These photos are taken with our new camera as the old camera has started to give slightly out of focus photos (have you noticed?).

Summer 2k11 - Summer House

The second part of our summer holiday was spent at a summer house on the Danish side of the boarder. This type of house is simply furnished and usually near the sea or forest or something.

You can see on the photos that we are right in front of the sea which is actually a very secluded bay so the water was calm all the time and more like a lake than the ocean.

We did quite a lot of walking and the two big kids did very well walking all over the place and not complaining too much… We often took a walk over to the island which was the view from the house (about a 15 – 20 min. walk). We picked apples and berries from hedges on the way, looked at grazing cows, paddled in the cold water, spent lots of time outdoors and had lots of fun.

Summer 2k11 - Flensburg

So these are the best photos of our two weeks in Flensburg this summer.
Thanks very, very much to Claudia and Stephen for opening their home to us (again!) in such a hospitable way!!

This has been one of the wettest summers for a long time and we sure did get our fair share of rain and cool, over cast weather, but there were also sunny days and we took advantage of those.

We got to see a lot of Oma Flori. and the kids loved her to read stories and play with her. They even spent their FIRST NIGHT OUT with her one night. Oma said that everything went very well and that they were fine! Wow what big children.

The beach was not a great hit yet for Theodore, but Hamilton and Victoria are old enough to enjoy it more. We were also in the early days of potty training so it was a bit cumbersome all in all. Perhaps next summer will be better.

Some of the last photos are of a visit we made (in the pouring rain) to an indoor play park with the kids. They absolutely loved it! They ran around like crazy the whole morning, finding their way through the maze like complex and sliding etc. etc. Not to mention they were completely knocked out when we got home.

Theodore Nelson Probst Linde

”I now baptise you with the name Theodore Nelson Probst Linde.” were the words spoken by Pastor Viggo in Flensburg and with a few drops of water it was all over.
Theodore was very observant and partook actively in the ceremony, even answering for himself ones or twice. Not crying, but a quiet “Yes” every now and again.
The church (which is the Danish Church – just in Flensburg) was the original village/city church, so it is very old and pretty.

We had lunch afterwards in the same restaurant as with the twins. It is nestled in a local wood and thus in a beautiful setting.
We were extremely lucky with the weather as coffee and ice-cream cake was served outside (!) but the sun shined and it was lovely.

Thanks to all the guests for all the wonderful gifts and for coming from far and near to celebrate Theodore.
(Thanks to the two photographers for doing a great job! And to Maren S. for letting us use some of her photos too.)

3 Years Old!

Victoria and Hamilton were in the centre the whole day on their Birthday.
Mom had baked white bread with chocolate (!) on top in the morning, which we enjoyed very much.
Then Oma (Granny) babysat Theodore while the rest of us went to an indoor pool, then lunch and in the afternoon a whole lot of friends came over for pizza and ice-cream.

Happy 3rd Birthday Victoria and Hamilton!!

A Greeting to Grandpa in S.A.

I'm sorry for the late message!! (I thought I would get to the internet on our holiday but never did). It has been on You Tube since before your birthday Grandpa :-)

We Love You !

Theodore Photo Shoot - July 2011

So I have a couple of photos of Theodore for you.

He sure is a straping young lad. His physique reminds me of Hamilton at this age. His little legs are so strong and if he could he would be running around and wrestling with the "big kids"!

Here are just a few shots for now.

Silence Broken

After 100 years of silence, Hamilton and Victoria have decided to sing us a couple of songs. They sing wonderfully (also together)!

They sing - Twinkle Little Star, then Hamilton breaks into Com-ba-ja my Lord, then they change seating and start the second act with one of their own compositions.

Enjoy their talent.

Rocking Babies

This is just a bit of fun with some old footage of Hamilton and Victoria...

Theodore - In Conversation

To celebrate all you Mothers out there...

Here is a video of Theodore chatting with his Mommy.

We all love our Mothers, very much!

Happy Mothers Day.



Enjoy.