I have made this video to show how the flat is now that we've been here for a while.
The video is on You Tube and thus available for the WHOLE world to see and this worries some of us...
So I have decided to remove the video from You Tube again after a while.
So check it out now while it's still available.
Welcome to our flat and I hope this little tour will give you a feeling of how we live. Enjoy.
Tuesday, 12 January 2010
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
December Holidays 2009
”I’m dreaming of a white Christmas....”
The photos below are a compilation of the whole of our December holidays which where basically divided in this order:- pre-Christmas; Christmas eve and Day and then Randi’s Birthday and birthday dinner.
Pre-Christmas – This is an abnormally snowy winter in Europe and days before Christmas it had already snowed a lot. (a white Christmas in Copenhagen happens about once every 14 years!) The 1st photo is the view out from our back windows. It is so beautiful! This was taken at about 18:00.
Christmas Eve – was spent together with Randi’s brother and us. We had a lovely dinner and then spent the evening opening some presents (which the children loved doing!) and then we put the small people to bed and the big people had desert and looked at their presents. It was a lovely evening. This years Christmas tree should be noted. The ceiling in our new flat is very high up (about 3 meters) which gave us the possibility to get the biggest Christmas tree any of us have ever had. Measuring in at around 2.8 meters, it was a beauty! It is tradition to decorate the tree including real candles which gives a lovely warm light (and NO it is not dangerous – there are special holders and candles for the job.)
Randi’s Birthday – falls on the 26th December and this year (last year) she turned 40… (doesn’t look a day over 22) . With the increased space we now have, she had decided to invite some close friends. So we were a little group of good people who got together to celebrate Randi with champagne, sushi and good cheer! Congratulations Randi! (a note here – we are thinking about holding a larger gathering in the summer…will be in touch.)
Then there were a couple of days of peace and then on New Years Eve we were to be alone, just our little family at home, which proved to be a good thing, as Warren didn’t feel very well at all and ended up going to bed together with the children at about 19:00. He did get up to see the fireworks at midnight together with Randi and Hamilton(!) and wish Randi a Happy 6th (!) anniversary. But then he had to quickly retreat to bed again.
Finally I must explain the last 2 photos - the children are posed in front of a lovely "cross stitch" which Gran (from S.A.) made for them when they were born. It has finally been framed and now hangs proudly in the nursery for all to see. THANKS Gran!!!
Now it’s back to work and day-care and the normal routine.
The photos below are a compilation of the whole of our December holidays which where basically divided in this order:- pre-Christmas; Christmas eve and Day and then Randi’s Birthday and birthday dinner.
Pre-Christmas – This is an abnormally snowy winter in Europe and days before Christmas it had already snowed a lot. (a white Christmas in Copenhagen happens about once every 14 years!) The 1st photo is the view out from our back windows. It is so beautiful! This was taken at about 18:00.
Christmas Eve – was spent together with Randi’s brother and us. We had a lovely dinner and then spent the evening opening some presents (which the children loved doing!) and then we put the small people to bed and the big people had desert and looked at their presents. It was a lovely evening. This years Christmas tree should be noted. The ceiling in our new flat is very high up (about 3 meters) which gave us the possibility to get the biggest Christmas tree any of us have ever had. Measuring in at around 2.8 meters, it was a beauty! It is tradition to decorate the tree including real candles which gives a lovely warm light (and NO it is not dangerous – there are special holders and candles for the job.)
Randi’s Birthday – falls on the 26th December and this year (last year) she turned 40… (doesn’t look a day over 22) . With the increased space we now have, she had decided to invite some close friends. So we were a little group of good people who got together to celebrate Randi with champagne, sushi and good cheer! Congratulations Randi! (a note here – we are thinking about holding a larger gathering in the summer…will be in touch.)
Then there were a couple of days of peace and then on New Years Eve we were to be alone, just our little family at home, which proved to be a good thing, as Warren didn’t feel very well at all and ended up going to bed together with the children at about 19:00. He did get up to see the fireworks at midnight together with Randi and Hamilton(!) and wish Randi a Happy 6th (!) anniversary. But then he had to quickly retreat to bed again.
Finally I must explain the last 2 photos - the children are posed in front of a lovely "cross stitch" which Gran (from S.A.) made for them when they were born. It has finally been framed and now hangs proudly in the nursery for all to see. THANKS Gran!!!
Now it’s back to work and day-care and the normal routine.
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
V I D E O
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!
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!
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
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