Christmas-time already!

In two days, its Christmas eve. I cant believe it. Its 5 degrees outside and I'm not at all finding my Christmas-spirit. The girls do, though, they are very excited about all the things going on these days :-) So are the cats, especially Aslan, who can´t really understand why he cant climb in the tree, just because its in the living room - it even has toys on it! Well, only a few pieces broke..
All the gifts are ready, except for one or maybe two, I will take care of that today :-) The food we wil buy tomorrow.. all we need is snow. It snowed a little the other day, but its too warm for it to stay. This is really an "off-Christmas", being this warm outside.. its just not right.
Anyways, all is set for Christmas eve, Signe will come home and join in for the fun, I cant wait to have the day perfect for the girls!

Merry Christmas!

Sparrowhawk

This afternoon we came home to find a dead bird on the tiles in the garden. We were not sure which breed it was, and knowing that many foundations keep a keen eye on birds, I called up the local department of wildlife. They explained that it was most likely a female young Sparrowhawk, which had flown into the house, while hunting her prey.
The bird it really beautiful, its a shame it died. The cats have been watching the bird from inside with great interest.
After finding out what to do with it, they can sniff it a bit, before I dispose of it. I might get Odin to dig a small hole in the garden, who knows. It just seems so nasty to throw it in the garbage, when its such a big and lovely bird.
The bird is about 25 - 30 cm from beak to tail feather.

Happy Birthday, Lisa

We havent had a very nice summer in Denmark, and I think its safe to say that we already have the beginning of Fall here. Todays weather is calm though, and naturally that must because of Lisas birthday. She celebrated her birthday yesterday at the daycare, bringing cake and buns for all the kids. They sang songs and Lisa almost says "two", while showing two fingers. Bravo!
Today she will be surprized by Oma & Opa, who are visting from Holland to celebrate her birthday. Im sure she will love it :-)

Recently we had a surprize visit from Mormor & Morfar, which Lisa greatly enjoyed - especially when relaxing in the sun with her grandfather (picture).

Happy birthday, sweetheart!

Like father - like daughter

Odin looks especially proud in these pictures.... hmm....

Happy Girl

Rain, Rain, Rain...

We are all back in business! - well, almost all of us, Signe and I still have 4 days left of our vacation. Its been a summer filled with grey clouds and LOTS of rain. We only had a few good, sunny days, which we spend painting the house, and playing with the girls. In fact, they say in the news that all the museums and cinemas made 25% more money that usually, simply because of the bad weather during the summer... that's a lot!
Kids and Cats are fine; Aslan is now allowed outside, but on the first day in the garden he lost his collar, so I'm not too fond of leaving him outside, without someone to watch him. Lisa is very happy to be back in Daycare, I think she missed playing with her friends. Signe is looking forward to her first day of school on Monday. This Saturday she starts handball, which she is also looking forward to. Luna is busy teaching Aslan to leave her alone, when she naps...
Oh, and I'm trying to find a rhythm or gym class for toddlers, it would be good for Lisa.
Next sunny day will be spend painting the rest of the house. We did good so far, it looks very nice, all white wood on the house is painted black. I will take some before and after pictures :-)

Macarena

Lisa learning how to do the "Macarena" :-)