The weather did change but that didn't ruin it for the princess!

The picture is from her rehearsal weekend last week. They were getting ready for their last show of the season. Nana was here from England and got to see their perfomance. The princess loves her dance and drama. Luckily the musical school has a summercamp in August. A whole week of drama, dance and fun. The princess can't wait to go.

The weather did change by the way so the day after Nana arived from England last week it rained. Not all the time but a lot. We hadn't planed any outdoor activities so it was okay.

This weekend we're relaxing. The little man had a football tournament this morning - they lost all but one game - and this afternoon we're going down the road to my sisters. It's her birthday. Well not today but on Monday but we get to celebrate her today.

What are you up to this weekend?

I thought it was Spring.....

Well, apparently not today! We woke up to snow..... Snow in april?? That's not on! friday was a Bank Holiday in Denmark and it was certainly spring there. We sat outside having lunch (the left picture above) it was sunny all day and really warm.
Not so much today. Weird but lucky we didn't need to get out or go anywhere. We just snuggled up inside with tea, coffee and hot bread where the butter melts when you spread it. So nice and cosy!

Friday we went to see Junglebook. Oooh, it's good. We really enjoyed it and can highly recommend it if you haven't seen it yet.

What have you been doing today?

Gymnastic Show, Easter Holiday and way to long since last.....

The 3 first pictures are the princess doing the second of her 2 gymnastic shows. The 3 bottom pictures are the little man doing his 2nd of his 2 shows. One was before Easter the other just after. I have just been so rubbish at writting on the blog. That will hopefully change.
Between the two shows it was Danish Easter holiday and we drove to England to see the family. We had 6 great days there packed with lots of things. Football game for the boys - Shopping day for the girls. Cinema  trip and lots of family time. Here's a few pictures.

Games in the car driving to the ferry.

Watching a film on the way.

The ferry from Calais to Dover.

Model for a day!

My very good friend works for a company who makes clothes for children. Queenz it's called. She asked a while back if maybe the princess would like to be a model next time we came to theirs. Well, obviously the princess was delighted and this weekend we stayed with them. Yesterday she got to be a model for the day and loved every minute. The pictures above are the ones I took as a kind of 'behind the scenes'.
Below are some of the model photos.

We had a lovely weekend with our friends and the princess had the best day ever she said. She loved being a model. Most be her creative side.

Creative Mondays!

Not long now.....

We have now entered the 3rd week of the school holiday and we are still enjoying just being at home and relaxing. The children have had a few playdates and spent a lot of time making these. They look on the internet for ideas.

Tomorrow the little man is off to Legoland with a friend and his family. The princess is off to her friends summerhouse to play for the day.
We are then celebrating the princess' birthday (a bit early as she wont be 10 until Monday) with the Danish side of the family tomorrow night.
Because Friday we're off to England on holiday YEAH!! My mum are staying in our house to look after Muffin the cat and to watch all the tv channels we have and she doesn't. Don't tell her I said that.....
We can't wait to go on holiday and this year we're visiting Nottingham and Newcastle both places we have never been before. First though we're spending 1½ week at Nana and Papa's.

He won a Trophy!

And so proud he is, the daddy. He went go karting with his work on Saturday and came home with this ugly thing. He straight away put it next to the TV thinking that's where it's gonna live..... Well, he's wrong. It's not even a 1st place trophy but a 2nd place one so no no. Won't stay in the living room for good. Not to make him too upset I will wait a couple of weeks before I move it. I'm thinking on his desk behind-ish the printer will be a good place, don't you think??

Just look at it - It's not really 'next-to-the-TV-materiale' right?!

Skating today and the sun was out.

It was still cold though but we had a great time and for 2 solid hours the little man was skating non stop. It meant he had no problem staying warm neither did the princess but the daddy and I were pretty cold. Still it was fun but we just wish the skate park was closer to us so we didn't have to drive so far.

Visit from England - Cool uncle D and pretty aunty E came to stay!

It was fun and lovely as always when uncle and aunty came to stay a few days last weekend. No visit without a good and a silly picture which you'll see below.

We had such a great time and played a lot of UNO which nearly ended with a tantrum. Somebody just couldn't seem to win and it could have been dramatic.
No it wasn't any of the children but that's all I'm saying....

Party in the park.

The princess had her 9th Birthday Party for her friends in a nearby park. It's big and there's lots to do and they all had lots of fun.
There's a dummy tree where lots of children all hang their dummies when it's time to give them up. The princess hung hers up (and I threw the rest in the bin) over 6 years ago but look what she spotted on the tree yesteday.....

The little man had a friend with him and they loved playing with the cute little goats....

(sorry about the poor quality of this last picture)

Disney The Little Mermaid.

We saw the musical last Saturday in the Opera House in Copenhagen. It was AMAZING. When it finished we all stood clapping and cheering for several minutes. The kids loved it and so did we.

Here's the daddy and the diglots waiting outside the Opera House. Not sure if they thought Ariel would come out of the water.....

Actually they were probably looking at Amalienborg (where the Danish Queen lives) as it was just across from the Opera House.

Finally in our seats and waiting for it all to start.....

If you visit Copenhagen in the next month or so you should go see it. It's amazing!

Half term fun!

Sunday we went out for dinner at a very nice (very child-friendly) place and had lovely dinner. They did have a proper dinner first before their ice cream despite what the pictures might look like.....

Monday we went to Dinoland which is not a land of dinosaurs even though it might sound like it. No, it's a softplay and there is however real look-a-like dinosaurs. They just expanded so there were lots of new things to explore.

Today we went to our new Frozen Yogurt place in town and joined in their balloon party. The children had to count the balloons or at least guess how many balloons. That done, the diglots had a lovely Frozen Yogurt.

What we are up to tomorrow?? Well, the princess has a playdate and the little man and I will find something fun to do, I'm sure. We can always tidy and clean.
Not fun for a child, would you say??

Another sleepover....

This time at school! Friday afternoon, 12 very excited 7-8 year olds showed up with their sleeping bag in tow. I had promised the princess that I would stay over this year too. I didn't last year !
We were 3 mums staying overnight, a couple of dads helping during the evening until the children fell asleep.

They had had a great evening with hotdogs outside for dinner, playing until the sun went down behind the trees, then they went inside and kept playing until they were presented with a bag of sweets each and Madadgacar 3 was put on the big screen! Suddenly all were quiet and only the rustling of sweet paper was to be heard.
The film finished and they all jumped into their pjs and brushed their teeth. They were tired and happily snuggled up in their sleeping bags, 11.10pm they all were asleep. I managed to get a bit of sleep before 5.30am when the first ones woke.

We had arranged for the parents to pick up their little ones at 8am which was a good call..... We had had a great time but were all very tired and ready to go home. It's so lovely to see the class together and see how well they play and get along. I'm glad that us parents agree this is an event that should happen every year and the school happily lets us have the school all to ourselves for the night.

Do your children's classes do such events too??

JUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And so they did......

Next stop the slides....

As promised the daddy baked. American pancakes was the choice and they went down a treat - so quick I didn't get to take a picture! You just have take my word for it.....

Jamming before bedtime....

We were given this lovely piano a couple of weeks ago. It was an old school friend of mine that needed a new home for their piano. I have always wanted one so I was more than happy to take it off their hands. The daddy is an amazing drummer but also plays the piano (and guitar I was asked not to forget to mention) so he was very pleased and so were the princess and the little man!

Tonight the three of them had a little jam before bedtime. The daddy directing the show....

Staticland, have you heard of it??

I will remember this when they bicker again.... Saturday morning the princess and little man also known as the diglots played so well together making a poster about space. The little man is especially interested in Staticland.... Don't tell me you didn't know about Staticland either!! Actually I'm a bit relieved you hadn't heard of it... then it's not just me!
Well, this is the poster.... Don't worry if you can't read the little story they wrote. It's in Danish!!

Half term nearly is over but boy it has been a good one.....

We have really enjoyed half term! There's been sleepovers, lots of relaxing, bowling, cooking, baking and lots more. We started all the fun last Friday dropping the children off to mormor (grandma) where the little man was staying over night being spoilt rotten. Then the princess went to moster (aunty) to stay over night and also was spoilt rotten. Both of them happy to see the back of their mummy and daddy...

Back home it was seriously quiet and calm! What do we do for dinner?? Hmmmm.... Think McDonalds would be in it's place (don't judge us) as long as we throw the wrapping in the big outdoor bin. Why...?? Well, just so the children don't know we had McDonalds of course!!
After a long lovely sleep and a sleep-in til 8 o'clock, we went to pick the little man and the princess up. And boy had they been spoilt, and not at all missed their mummy and daddy!

Saturday and Sunday we relaxed and relaxed some more! Played games, watched films, ate cookies and relaxed even more....

Monday playdates, Tuesday Nana arrived, Wednesday a trip to the Library and I had an interview over the phone with a newspaper about MS, later they sent a photographer to make a little film and take photos, Thursday Papa arrived and the daddy had the day off, Friday we all went bowling and again the daddy had the day off, Saturday (as in today) the princess and little man had playdates and tomorrow it's Sunday - last day of half term, Nana and Papa go back to England and we go back to reality.

What have you been up to at half term??

And here she is....

My little red indian girl ready for her fastelavns party at school. She was so so excited this morning and she looked so sweet and cool, don't you think??

Today is also the start of half term here. The little man and the princess have the whole of next week off. Nana and Papa are coming to stay for most of the week, yeah!!! We can't wait. Nana has promised to bring rubarb/custard hard-boiled sweets for me, chocolate stars and magazines for the others... She always spoils us!

And I sure need spoiling because I'm struggling here.... I have a stomach ache, easily tear up and not sure how I'll cope! Me, dramatic?? No, no this is tough guys!! The little man starts school the 1st March. Argh my little boy starts school, he's all grown up, not needing his mummy very much and no way does he let me kiss him in public. What do I do....!?!

Mario....

That's what the little man choose to dress up as! Monday the nursery celebrated fastelavn and the little man was very excited. He arrived at nursery to meet all his friends also all dressed up. There were a lot of princesses, superheroes, a dragon, Tigger and drumroll please.....  Mario!

Cute isn't he....??

It's party time.....

Friday night from 5pm to 9pm it was party time! The princess' school was having a schoolparty. There was popcorn, slush ice, cake, pizza and a disco. The princess had been looking forward to this for weeks, gone through various dresses she wanted to wear but ended up playing it safe with a classic black dress.... She did indeed look very cute.

 

She danced the night away and had a great time....

They hadn't thought it through....

That's the little man and a few other boys at nursery I'm talking about. It's still quite cold here so the children are all wrapped up in skiing clothes and big gloves when they're outside playing. The little man and his little friends thought they found the solution to their hands being cold even with gloves on!!

They went in to the bathroom and filled their gloves with warm water which I'm pretty sure they thought was a very good idea.... 10 minutes later they weren't so sure!! The teacher couldn't help laughing when she told me, and the daddy and I thought it was hilarious... They weren't told off as they probably learnt their lesson without adult help!

Another one of his good ideas.... Here is the little man, helping me baking with his tiger ears, tail and nose on, the nose not quite in the right place but who cares.