Oooops! Once again it's been a while.

There we all are. Ready to go to a wedding. 

Only 3 weeks after we came home from our Summer holiday in England, Holland and Germany we flew back to England for a wedding. We were only there 3 days because schools were about to start up again in Denmark. The wedding was amazing. It was lovely to see the family again especially our little new niece/cousin.

The princess and the little man thought their little cousin had grown already.

I thought so too and it was hard leaving again after only 3 days. But now there's only a week until we see her again. This time she will have grown a lot. From mid August to the end of October will be how long we haven't seen her. Well, we've seen her on Skype but that's not quite the same. We are very excited.

At the moment it's half term here in Denmark and we're relaxing. Today these 2 had a haircut and that's about all we did today!

Pre-haircut photo! They were not up for an after-haircut photo. A lot came off both though and they both look really nice.

The Wedding!

Our dear friends got married on Saturday and we were there. We flew in from Denmark early in the morning, got our hire car and drove to the hotel. It took a while as my dear husband was so scared of harming the hire car....
We had plenty of time to kill though so a bit of shopping was done. Got myself a pair of shoes and some sunglasses. Oh, we of course got lots of little things for the little man and the princess who we had left in Denmark with mormor (my mum) too. After a big plate of English breakfast and the shopping, we found the village and the hotel. Such a lovely place, our room was behind the green door.

The ceremony was lovely and after we sat in the garden having drinks and nibbles. Dinner was ready - an amazing bbq and dessert was an icecream van (yes I of course did not get a picture of it) and cupcakes. Absolutely amazing.

We were back in Denmark again Sunday night after 36 hours in England and a wonderful time at a fantastisc Wedding.

What a great day...

So my oldest friend got married yesterday..... There was fantastic food, lots of chatting, 4 childhood friends catching up, singing Proud Mary by Tina Turner with dancing and there's a video which will never be seen.... In the heat of dancing and singing there was talk about how fantastic it must look... Why not put it on youtube!!! Well, that'll never happen and you guys will thank me for that I promise you!
There were pictures though of the 4 childhood friends (yes I'm one of them) - some better than others... This one is my favourite as it just sums us up as friends.

More Weddings.

Today my oldest friend (as in the friend I've known the longest) is getting married. Here in Denmark today's date is special: 7th of september 2013. Therefore lots of people are getting hitched. 7-9-13 is like how you say 'touch wood'. We just say 7-9-13 and knock on the nearest wood we can find.
Enough about superstitions... We're going to a Wedding and I can't wait. My mum is looking after the diglots, I have my speech ready and it's a good one. I have to say a few words (people will shed a tear) because she is my childhood friend and we've had so many good times together.

I'm not entirely sure what I'm wearing yet so no pictures - maybe tomorrow!

Have a lovely Saturday.

 

A calm weekend it has been.

Last Sunday, 11 little girls and boys were running around the house. It was the last of the birthday shenanigans and this weekend it has just been us. We have had a very needed we-have-nothing-planned-weekend. Since school started again 3 weeks ago, we have been busy every weekend. So we decided that it's having-a-big-ice-cream-day today. Yes, it's the first day of Autumn today but that won't stop us because we need a big ice cream today. One for all of us up at the ice cream parlour in the forest.
They tasted sooo good.... 

Now it's homework time, the princess and daddy are doing maths. I'm getting school bags ready for tomorrow and getting gymnastics clothes packed, one for the little man for school and one not for school but for the princess' gymnastics class. It is starting up again tomorrow at 6pm so we have a busy Monday ahead but I'm sure we'll soon be used to the routine again.

Next weekend is a little bit busy, but only Saturday. My oldest friend (as in the friend I've known for the longest) is getting married so we have a wedding to attend, yippeee! My mum is looking after the little man and princess so it will be a relaxing wedding just about me, I mean my friend of course but also me a bit as there's no children for daddy to tend to, just me!

What is it? What is it???

I have no idea but they three of them look very interested in what ever is on the ground, don't they??

The Wedding!

We just got back to Denmark this afternoon after 6 days in England and the most amazing wedding where there was a magician, so now the little man constantly does his magic tricks! They're good as long as you remember to close your eyes when told to.... I'm too tired to write anything more so will just show a few photos instead! Enjoy....

Amazing day.....

A night away....

Saturday to Sunday the daddy and I were in a very nice hotel in Copenhagen which is a couple of hours from where we live. It was a wedding present from our lovely friends. We very much enjoyed our adult time, ate lovely dinner and a fantastic brunch the next morning. The daddy has not often been to our capital Copenhagen so a bit of sightseeing was to be done. The little Mermaid seemed a good choice. We made it just before dark after we've been enjoying coffee and hot chocolate.

The hotel we stayed in was very nice and we slept more than 8 hours without being woken. no children calling for mummy or daddy. I even had a shower in peace, no child chatting away whilst on the toilet. The princess or little man always seem to need the toilet when I have a shower.... I guess that's the beauty of motherhood!! Anyway, we relaxed and enjoyed our 1½ days away.
The little man and the princess had had a great time at home with mormor (grandma) so much they thought it was appropriate to wake at 5am!! Poor mormor... She was tired when we got back!

This is the hotel we stayed in, in the heart of Copenhagen!

Postcards from Europe.

Cool uncle D has always been brilliant at sending postcards from wherever he travels to! We love it (and feel very bad that we never send any postcards) and at the moment all the cards from his and his fiance's summer holiday are on display on our fridge.

They went inter-railing around Europe and we were sent a card from every country they visited. That's so good and we love it. It was also on their travels this summer he popped the big question and she said YES...... We're so excited that another wedding is coming up and the princess is already looking at dresses and shoes on the computer (with a bit of help) so she can look her very best at the wedding.

Do you recieve postcards from family and friends when they go on holiday?? Do you send any yourself??

Have a lovely Sunday.

More wedding photos.

Cool uncle is here this weekend. He brought over the wedding photos he took. They are amazing. Just look at the 3 cousins having a little dance and a jump (of joy I guess...) at the Hall after the 'I do's....'

Leaving the hall they dutifully stood nicely for one picture but seriously that had to be enough, right......

We can't get enough of looking at all the photos taken at our wedding. We didn't hire anyone to take pictures so all we have are the amazing ones friends and family have taken. That's a lot though and all of them are brilliant.

It feels like such a long time ago but it's only 3 months and 1 week since the 'I do's' and the nervous fumbling moment when the rings went on. They fitted perfectly and looks nice don't you think....?

We have watched the video quite a bit too. I don't particually enjoy seeing myself speak but my speech was just so brilliant! (Sorry if I sound big headed but it was really good, funny and touching) Obviously my husband thinks the same about his speech, which also was very good but sorry honey, mine rocked!!

Right this must be enough wedding flashbacks for now. I'm sure there'll be more to come....

 Have a great sunday!

The tantrum of ALL tantrums!

This is a guest post by the daddy. After a lot of pressure I caved... I guess you all needed to know!
 
So there we all were - the 4 of us - excited at the prospect of going to England for Christmas, and Oddparent was at the fulcrum of this delight as she had just booked the tickets.... or had she?!

Well there are 2 answers to this question:

1) Yes she had booked them
2) She had completely messed it up

Instead of us travelling from Calais to Dover, she decided we would be much better off travelling from Dover to Calais!  So she either thought that my (currently a work-in-progress) transporter machine would be ready to just magic us to Dover and then sail to Calais, before eventually sailing back to Dover, or.........  she got the booking wrong.

Upon the realisation SHE had got it wrong with nobody else to blame, she proceeded in having the Mother of all tantrums!  Bashing things about, swearing under her breath, teary-eyed, the lot!  I then realised where my children get it from, although I presume they will grow out of it in time... but not Oddparent!  She gave it with both barrels!

And to finish off the tantrum, she actually broke our washing basket!  Unbelievable!

I obviously stepped in like a true hero, rang the travel company, sorted it all out, no problem.  And I didn't even break anything in the process!

When Oddparent had calmed down (4 days later), I ventured into bringing the whole "incident" (as it's now known in our household) up.  She told me she's always been like that.... erm what?!!!  In 10 years, I've NEVER witnessed this behaviour, so life must've been pretty perfect for the last decade or.... there is a dark side to Oddparent that I'm learning about a mere 3 months after our wedding!

3 MONTHS... coincidence?  I'm so disturbed now that I hope she's not looking over my shoulder as i write this.... BANG!

                              3 months ago!

And we're back....

Wow wow wow... It was 3 absolutely AMAZING days!!!!! We had the best time ever... Disneyland is FANTASTIC!!!! We tried all the amazing rides! We met Belle and the last day - Rapunzel. We saw a car stunt show! We had breakfast with Mickey Mouse and his friends. We had lovely dinners and just an amazing time.... It was like a Fairytale!

DAY 1.
Tea cups spinning around, family photo, a princess and lots of fun. The little man and the princess needed a little break every now and then so mummy's wheelchair came in handy in more than one way! By the way, Disneyland is fantastic for us disabled, we get fantastic treatment so we can go on the rides together as a family. We were all amazed and overwhelmed and after a busy first day we rested in the lovely hotel. The princess and little man got to play with their new toys they bought with their holiday money.

DAY 2.
We spent the whole 2nd day in the Disney Studios. It was as amazing and exciting! We made our own cartoon, saw a stunt show and had a very exciting dinner with an entertaining chef...

DAY 3 and our last day....
We drove cars, met Rapunzel and the last thing that we did before our 3 days in Disneyland Paris were over, was watching the parade! AMAZING.....

The rest of our mini Europe trip and honeymoon you'll hear more about later.

Oddparent..... Oddbride!

This cute couple were one of our wedding presents. There're so sweet, a tiny bit odd (like I am) and make me smile!

They have been placed on the window sill which is their new home! Next to them are the flowers we had on the tables at the wedding. They're still standing strong a week on...

It's a bit weird that it's all over. We have been planing it for so long and now it's done.... We did have an amazing day and I'm smiling everytime I think about it. Then there's all the fantastic pictures and videos we can enjoy again and again! Ah, we musn't forget the honeymoon in 3 weeks time. Disneyland here we come.... We're all very excited, the princess and little man counting the days till we leave.

Been there, done that, got the picture....

About a hundred metres away from me she was, the Queen of Denmark, right here in our little town! The sun deciding to look out from behind the clouds as she is here. I was impressed, so was the daddy, the princess and little man not so much.... Here she is next to the Mayor who married us less than a week ago!

 Can't really blame them being a bit bored with all the waiting around...

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