Time for tea

Johannes and Farmor came for tea last week, the weather has been gorgeous of late so we ate outside.

Johannes and Faster Lotte have also been for tea today, we ate a big stack of pancakes,

mmmmmm.

Time for a nice cup of tea, cheers!

Still at the lakes..

In Middleton with Grandad throwing stones : )

Aunty Viki came to meet us at the airport before we went home,

good to see most of the family in just one weekend.

In Granny's back garden having tea x

Surprise trip to uk

Alfie and I surpised my parents with a visit recently!

It was fun to just pop over to see them, even though it entalied car journeys, flights and rental cars....

We had a lovely weekend, and it was nice just alfie and I travelling together : )

Granny took us to a great place in the Lakes, on Lake Windermere.

There was an exciting play area,

and the lovely views!

Salad

We plucked the first of our salad crop yesterday.

It's in the cold frame Grandad made for us last year. We've also planted basil which is coming up too.

We had a nice quiet Sunday and did some jobs around the house.

Saturday was spent doing some shopping, visiting the library, looking at model trains and unexpected guests for afternoon coffee, all very nice.

Hope you had a good weekend.

Baby birds

More eggs were laid in the nest and now there's 6 babies!

We've also 4 broody hens but no chicks yet.....

Camping at the weekend

On Friday we set off with Farfar and Farmors caravan. We found a lovely campsite about 1 hour away.

We had planned to go further a field but nobody wanted to sit in the car any longer!!!!! So luckily we ended up at a lovely place with a little harbour just next to the campsite.

There was even a swimming pool!

Even though the weather was lovely it was still a bit chilly so Alfie just had a quick dip in the baby pool.

We got a spot next to the play area which was just aswell, as alfie and molly coudn't be pulled away from there!

Fast asleep after a busy day x

Spring watch

We've got a little blackbird nesting in one of the out buildings.

Just one egg here, but I think there are more now, I'll keep you posted!

New clothes

Well, I've had the sewing machine out and made molly some new summer clothes.

I made these trousers out of a scarf I bought on sale!

They were supposed to be shorts but I think they'll be shorts for next year!

They were really simple, no side seams, and the lace trim was on the scarf no hemming or anything, made in one night!

I also made an all in one jump suit which is really cute, its in a jersey fabric with little mushrooms on.

I used the pattern from the trouser pattern and added a bit bit on the top. The smocking is done by just putting elastic on the under thread and normal thread on top, also very easy : )

Weekend campfire

At the weekend, our friends Nikolai, Nadia, Aisha and Selma came to stay.

The weather was really hot so we had a lovely time in the garden.

We had veggie kebabs and flat breads cooked on the fire with a green salad and a rice salad, mmm.

We ate under the pear tree.

We found 2 swings, the previous owners of the farm left behind, which have just been set up.

There are lots of spots to hide in the garden!

Molly is modelling her new trousers I'll post about soon!

Rainy Friday

We've been having some gorgeous hot weather the last few days accompanied with a thunder storm last Friday.

Christian and Alfie had to go and resucue something left out in the rain...

Of course, Alfie fell in the mud which was very funny!

Molly got to try out her new rain coat from Granny, thanks!

We've had lovely weekend last week with Granny in the summer house but we forgot the camera!

The rain is good for the ferns coming up in the garden.

Morning bike ride

Molly and I are back on the bike!

Christian and Alfie get the car as Christian is back for a course at technical school in Randers.

He's training to be a carpenter, this time they are making a staircase.

Alfie's new kindergarten is too far to bike so he goes with Daddy and Molly and I are back on the bike.

Here are some pictures from our morning trip.....

Its about 3 km to my work and Molly's childminder.

We pass an old windmill, a lake and a farm with cows and sheep : )

It's a lovely trip and the roads are quiet so its no problem!

Mothers Day

It was mothers day on sunday, this is me taking the two little rascals to bed.

We had a good day with a trip to the park. Later Aunty Lotte and johannes came for tea, very nice!

crafty tasks

I'm making molly a smocked jumpsuit, and alfie summer trousers with patches...

Back to the sewing machine!