We are all set....

....all set for Christmas to come!!

Leah and I went Christmas shopping on Saturday and had a great time! We told Kristian we would only be gone, at the most, 2 hours but came home 5 hours later!! Anyway we had fun and we did manage to buy a few presents in that time.

In fact this year I am rather organised. I have most of the presents in....only a few odds and ends to get....and I know what they are, just have to go and get them. So I am feeling good, no panicing this year!


After our afternoon of shopping we were soooo in a Christmas mood, so after dinner out came the Christmas boxes and it was time to decorate.

Before long all the stuff you see above in the photo, was on different shelves and tables around the house. The windows were decorated with snowflakes and Christmas lights, and even the balcony got lights put up all around it. The Christmas music was blasting and we had a cosy time getting everything organised.

Now we only need to get the Christmas tree but we always get that a week before Christmas. Hope all of you out there in cyber space are enjoying the season as much as I am!

It´s starting to feel a lot like Christmas....

Today at school the kids were busy making Christmas decorations for their class rooms and off course we also had to get in on the fun.

My colleague Dorthe and I made a Christmas decoration for our table at work. We thought we did a great job - since we didnt really know what we were doing!! But we had fun doing it!



The kids were having a great time making decorations. There was a hive of activity in the halls as kids were measuring their garlands to see who had made the longest. Then lots of time was spent on ladders sticking the metres and metres of garland to the ceiling - but everyone seemed to be having a great time.

While the kids were busy making decorations the 9th graders (these are the oldest kids in the school) came around serving aebleskiver and chocolate milk to everyone - us workers included!

After work it was home to get ready for a big date with my hubby!! We were going to a Christmas concert! Kristian had planned to take me out for dinner before the concert.

So we headed off to a restaurant not to far from where we live and we had a delicious meal. It was a buffet and as usual I ate far too much!

Then off to the concert! It was a really great concert. There was a singer - Marie, pianist and sax player - all 3 were excellent musicians. They also had a lot of fun with each other on stage.

On the way up to the concert Kristian said that he hoped Maries brother was there playing his sax. (Now I didnt even know she had a brother, never mind a brother who could play the sax!)

Kristian raved about how great he was on the sax and how this would be the icing on the cake for him. Well, when we got there the first thing Kristian noticed was the two saxophones on stage. Yes - her brother was there!!!- Kristian was a happy man!!

Below is a wee clip from the concert....

So after a day like today, I can honestly say that it is starting to feel a lot like Christmas!!

An 9 hour trip home from the airport.....

Can it really take that long to get back home from Copenhagen airport??? Well it usually doesnt, but yesterday Kristian and I were feeling young and spontanous!!

We left home around 9.20am. We were taking Alessio into the airport to catch his flight. Sara, off course was with us. After throwing the two love birds off at the airport Kristian and I decided we would make a date out of our day. After all Leah was away at the weekend with our church, and the two big ones had their own plans. Now we had the opportunity to be spontanous!

So we headed into one of the big shopping centres near the airport. After wandering around for an hour we decided we would head into Copenhagen and have a walk around there. It was such a beautiful day so we enjoyed the sun and fresh air. We then headed into one of the shopping centres called Fisketorvet. It is built right by the water. We enjoyed lunch in a lovely Italian restaurant over looking the water. It was really beautiful.

Another hour or so wandering around the shops and we had a few more ideas for Christmas presents!! Kristian then came up with the idea that we should check out the cinema and see if there was something good on - and thats what we did.

We ended up going in to see 2012 which we both really enjoyed. The effects were brilliant and I got to shed a few tears, so I was happy!

It was nearly 6.30pm when we came out from the cinema - it was time to head home!! We finally arrived home, happy and content at 7pm!! But we had had a fantastic day just the two of us together:-)

(A view over the water area in Copenhagen where the shopping centre is built!)

25 kids and a Christmas musical....

....thats how I spent my Friday evening - together with 25 kids practising for a Christmas musical.

It was all go this evening down at our church! The evening started at 5pm. Kids, duvets and mattresses all arrived around that time and before long kids were unpacked and in their different make shift bedrooms. Leah had been looking forward to this all week. She was sharing a room with 3 other girls her age.

Before long kids were hanging out together, playing table tennis, football or just sitting around chatting. Dinner was served and then the practise started. Leah got the part of Mary, so she had a few solos to learn. The music was great, really catchy and easy to learn.

After a few hours of practising songs it was time for some fun of a different kind. One of the other leaders had arranged a competition and what a brilliant job he did!!!

It was after midnight when I arrived home. Leah is staying there with the other kids until Sunday. Although I wasnt directly involved in the musical I wanted to go along. I recently started teaching in Sunday School and since this was a weekend for the age group I teach, I wanted to go along and get to know them all a bit better. I am really glad I did - it was a great evening!

Now I am soooo looking forward to the middle of December when the Christmas musical will be preformed in the church for family and friends.

(I forgot my camera this evening - hence no photos!)

Want to learn some French??

Well if you do just click the video below and come with me on a journey to the wonderful world of language - the French language!!!

This evening Alessio was trying to teach me some French. We had such a laugh. I really dont have the gift for languages...but it doesnt stop me trying!!

Now with Kristian its different. He seems to pick it up quickly. (How annoying is that!!! It must be his musical ear!) Anyway, Alessio would say a word or a sentence, Kristian would repeat and Alessio would say, " Yes thats right!" (He would get it right on his first attempt!! How does he do it??!!) However when I said the word Alessio just laughed and said "No!!" and then repeated the same word over and over again. I would copy what he said but I still got it wrong - appartently! I sure couldnt hear that it was wrong - I think he was pulling my leg.....

Well if you want to see what we were up to take a look a the video below. You might learn something new or you might remember something from those by gone years in your French class.

The first taste of Christmas....

Tonight we had our first taste of Christmas - aebleskiver - a very Danish thing to eat from now until Christmas. They really are delicious, they taste a little like dougnuts, but yet they have their own special taste. They have a little of the same consistency as doughnuts, but are round in shape. You eat them with sugar, icing sugar or jam - you just dip the aebleskiver into whatever one you desire. I love them, but by the time Christmas comes, I must admit, I am tired of them - I over do it a bit with them:-)

Tonight the weather is wild - its blowing a gale and its raining. (What I call perfect weather!) I was just loving it, so that got me in the mood for the aebleskiver and hot chocolate.

Alessio also just had to try the Danish speciality - the rest of the family was very happy to help him out!! He really liked them.

Its been a really cosy evening!