Thrifty finds..

I went to the local charity shop today to buy some supplies for a secret new baby project!
Other purchases included a new belt for Alfie the Bear...

and Miss Molly got an apron : )

In other news it's still very snowy here. We're looking forward to a cosy weekend at home with a trip to the swimming baths on Sunday.

Hope you have a good weekend.

The swing

Alfred and Molly got this fantastic swing from Aunty Lotte and Johannes for christmas.
In danish its called a 'sanse gyng' not sure what you call it in English. There's room for 3..

Alfie likes to read and swing...

They both like to put off bedtime by swinging, it's so cosy. I'm very fond of the reading and swinging combo too after the kids have gone to bed! ; )

snowy activities

We were snowed in last week, there were blizzards and snow storms raging. We stayed inside and played with our christmas prezzies, Alfie got duplo which he loves. He spends ages playing with the animals and standing them all up!

There was also time for some drumming...

At the weekend we went to the summerhouse, it was a proper expedition where we had to walk the last bit to the house and pull bags on sledges. Alfie and Molly wouldn't stay on the sledge so ended up being carried, of course ; ) The snow was so deep in some areas it was up to my middle!

Back at home with all the snow!
It doesn't look like disappearing anytime soon.
: )

Christian and Caroline's surprise 30th party

The 2nd jan (day after Christian's birthday) his mum and dad came to pick us up to take us out for dinner. Supposedly a treat because his prezzie was delayed in the post. So off we went in their car and as we turned the corner from our street into the road the road was blocked with lots of people waving. I looked closely and recognised EVERYONE, they had arranged a surprise party and boy were we surprised : ) So off we all went into the village hall where everyone had brought a dish for a buffet and tables were set, it was fab! All my work collegues were there, friends and family from Denmark, such a lovely treat after a christmas with a poorly Alfie and Great granny. Great granny sadly passed away yesterday at the grand age of 96, we're sending lots of love to her and she'll be missed greatly.

It was lovely to see everyone.

Molly mingling!

christmas cont.

Molly showing us her new hat!

Out for a walk in the snow.

Daddy and Molly christmas morning...

Alfie and mummy were in Darlington hospital christmas morning, Alfie was admitted christmas eve with pneumonia. We were back for our dinner though on christmas day and is thankfully all better now, hurrah : )

christmas 2009

There is a very big elf that lives in our neighbour Søren's back garden!

Molly at Granny's house in England.

Alfie and Aunty Viki watching a christmas film.

Outside Granny's house in Middleton.

Snow!

Yeah, the snow has started,
view from the front door....

view from the back door.

Alfie in the snow

I thought it was toooo cold when we came home yesterday to try out the new sledge so we played with it inside instead!

A Christmassy weekend, Sunday

On Sunday, our village had their christmas party. Here's C lighting the real candles on the tree in the village hall, about 2 mins from our house.

There are lots of young families in the village so its nice to meet up..

We danced and sang around the tree. Father Christmas came too and gave out goody bags : )

Molly and me. I can't believe it was only a year ago I was holding a little 2 month old molly at the christmas party and there she is now a proper little girl clapping and dancing!
Hope you all had a lovely weekend x

A christmassy weekend, Saturday

Saturday we went into Århus centre to look at a christmas market and had a walk down the high street.

One of the big department stores has a very exciting window display with elves and a christmas whale!?!

Farfar and Farmor looked after Alfie and Molly on saturday afternoon and evening while c and I went to his work christmas party. They went to an animal park with deer and went to look at some christmas lights in a residential area, which is quite unusual here in dk, there's hardly any flashy colourful lights. I can't find our flashy lights anywhere so we've just got some tasteful white ones in a tree, nobody will guess i'm not a stylish dane!

A Christmassy weekend, Friday night

On Friday night we had a christmas dinner with C's family and some of their family friends, its a tradition we follow every year. This is how C's mum Ingelise decorates the house for xmas, red hearts hung from the ceiling, its so pretty. The christmas tree comes on christmas eve (the danish christmas day).

Molly and Lise

We exchange prezzies after dinner, just like the traditional Danish christmas. Alfie got a farm which he is very happy with, the following morning as soon as he woke he went to find the tractor!

Johannes also loved his farm set : )

Happy December!

We're all getting into the christmas spirit now, with lots of songs and cookies : )

This photo was taken last weekend when we celebrated the first advent sunday with Johannes, Lotte, Preben and Ingelise. We did a little bit of crafting - we decorated some baubles, made danish xmas sweeties - lots of marcipan, nougat and choc and shared advent prezzies. Prezzies included an advent candle, a cinema date, jigsaw, personalized baubles and scatch card calenders!

Johannes and Alfred hanging out by the christmas tree, which hangs in the lounge!!

This weekend we've been to Århus to help Preben chop firewood, I've been to mother group with the kids today (sunday) and done some secret christmas crafting this afternoon. A very nice weekend, all in all.

We've put a christmas tree up in the yard at the front, the boys went and chopped it down last weekend and it's now decorated with lanterns, oranges and decorative mini pumpkins ; )

Our favourite elves with homade hats, its all about the elves in Denmark around christmas time...
We have some cheeky elves at the kindergarten where I work who turned the milk pink last week! This week they have plans to give out cookies and hide coats!

Oh dear our little Molly had a nasty fall today at daycare! I got a call to say she had fallen from a bike onto a Lego, so Caroline drove from work to have a look and the to the doctor to get a stitch-up! She was a trooper and is now as good as new!