Monday, July 30, 2012

Copenhagen for a day

Family trip to Copenhagen for the day with Tivoli and visit friends on the agenda. 
Starting off with tivoli, which was a success :-)



"Flying home Singapore" according to Matilde :-)





After fun at tivoli, we were invited for a BBQ with Soren, Anna-Maria with kids (lived in Singapore last fall and the girls became good friends) and Martin, Maria and their kids (who we saw in Singapore a few months back) - GREAT to see everyone again!!

Sofia & Hannah reconnecting :-) The play house was definitely a hit, as the drill...!

Liva pushing the younger girls Hannah, Sofia and Matilde

Asger

Hehe, Martin and Morten.... :-) 



the Master Chef Soren


Hannah, Sofia & Eva the last minutes before a tropical rain hits
Copenhagen and the que to break up the party :-)

THANKS for a great evening!!

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Our little Matilde is not a baby any longer, she has now passed the big 2 and becoming a very independent little lady, blabbing about everything and anything (not at all like her mummy...hm...!) and starting to challenge her sister on all levels :-)

For her B-day, granddad Mans and Agneta were there, as well as Danish grandparents. And the rest of us of course!
Birthday gifts in the morning :)

Granddad and Agneta had a beautiful fairy outfit for Hannah, to her
great excitement. Not always easy being the sibling not having a B-day
when the other has with gifts, attention and all that comes with it....

Happy B-day sweet princess!!!

Getting ready for the cake

Matilde in new favorite balloon dress enjoying her very own MP3 player. Auntie Johanna had
already loaded it with children songs, but the ones running non-stop
is ABBA's 'Mamma Mia' and the rather annoying 'Gummie bears'...

Practising how many fingers 2 are - major issue getting only two fingers to show ;-)

Granddad Mans & stepmom Agneta visits :-)

My dad and Agneta came down for a long weekend, and managed to spend time with all the grandkids, play numerous of various games (we are not competitive at all in our family....!), which the Kalles did rather good at ;-)  We had two visitors (Sonia & Lars) who managed to come in and beat us all - so we bought all the games we played and are looking for revenge next summer - or in Shanghai/Singapore during the year, hehe ;-)

Anyhow, had a great weekend, lots of laughs, and ended the weekend celebrating Matilde's 2nd Birthday <3


The kids first circus!!
Granddad under the stage searching for Matilde's bottle - he found it :-) 
Hannah was very excited over the circus, and manage
to follow throughout the 2 hr performance. Matilde...well,
she just turned 2 so lots of other things that were
way more interesting :-) 
Sonia, Lars & Axel joining us for dinner - and most importantly, the game night :-) 


Matilde & Axel playing :-) 



Morten teaching his daughters catching butterflies :-)


Time for mini golf!!

Hole-in-one... or that depends how you count of course! :-) 

LOTS of time was spent by the 'rules board'....  :-)

Friday, July 27, 2012

Swedish cousins visiting DK

Time for the Swedish cousins to visit the DK summer house for a week. Energy level was on top and we were thrilled to have the new guest house in place.... quite helpful to get the little ones to sleep as long as possible in the morning, instead of waking each other up!

Johanna and I brought 1.5 kg Swedish bulk candy that we were partying on, and together with some Rose Wine, it didn't matter we were tired from dealing with 4 kids under 6 yrs old, the rather cold weather, and occasional rain showers.... :-)

It was freeeezzzziiiing but at least Johanna & I got as deep
 as to the waist, while the kids swam, crazy...

Matilde concluded it was WAY to cold for her
taste so stayed on the beach, smart girl ;-) 
The weather is changing by the minute so better
be prepared, was Hannah's motto.... don't know what to say lah... :-)

Johanna, the soccer mom ;-)

Hannah & Minja constructing bridges 

Oldest and youngest cousin exploring the woods by our house 


Minja, Anie, Matilde & Hannah having a picnic break



Passing by a horse camp of about 20 horses. The girls were quite excited about
all the horses, until one of the girls on the horses was thrown off... :S

Granddad & Agneta coming by the summer house - and hallelujah, the mums get a 'swinging' break :-)
Agneta reading 'Elsa Besow' to Anie

Malmo weekend with the cousins :-)

Morten had his guys come over for a weekend and me and the girls went to Malmo to see my sister and her daughters. Lots of girly time, hugs & kisses, and of course a few incidents where they were not best friends...oh well :-)

Matilde loving the slide!!

The Queen and the Princess/Pirate :-)

The neighbour hood kids hang out :-) 

Minja being creative :-)