10 course dinner

Last night we went to a get together for all the parents in Rita's class. It was a dinner with out kids. At the party we were divided into 10 different groups which were supplied with a recipe and the responsibility to cook the meal. It was a very international menu so we had wantons, Moroccan lamb stew, marinated cod etc etc. It was very good.

Nicole's confirmation

We just got back from Nicole's confirmation. It was a very nice party. We were very happy to be invited. Karen's sister Eva had invited us to stay the night at their place for which we are very a grateful . To day we had brunch with everybody. The children really hit it off together. Rita almost wanted to adopt Nicole as he older sister. The weather was excellent. It really just made it a perfect visit.

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I forgot to add. It was an excellent menu. We had smoked salmon wrapped in tortillas with spinach and cream cheese, rumb steak with small roasted potatoes as well as a mixed green salad and an ice cream cake. It was delicious.

I've made a movie with some of the pictures from our visit. You can find it here.

Roethlisberger burger

Last week Erik celebrated his birthday with a couple of friends. Erik had been very adamant that he wanted a big burger with 300 g (2/3 a pound) of beef for his birthday meal. We ended up making Roethlisberger burgers named after Pittsburgh Steelers QB. Of course the burger was so big Erik couldn't finish it all off. But he was happy. Afterwards the boys went to the movies and saw Superhero movie. They really enjoyed themselves!

Work out

Last year we got a fitness studio at my work. I have been visiting the place a couple of times a week since November. The boys have been very curious to see it, so Saturday the Qvistgaard boys went to Copenhagen to build some muscle!

I'm a robot

Saturday we once again paid a visit to the Children's museum. This time to visit the robot festival. Among other things the boys and I had a chance to program a Lego robot. It was fun - and a bit difficult, but very educational. It didn't take Axel very long to decide to add Lego mindstorms to his permanent wish list.

Erik's birthday

It's amazing. In a year Erik has grown 13 cm or 5,1 inches. That's as much as he's grown in the 3 previous years altogether. On his 14th birthday Erik is, a you can see, certifiably 167,5 cm or 5 foot 6 inches. He has become quite a young man.

Erik also made sure that we this year once again were the first in the neighborhood to fire up the old Weber grill as his request for birthday dinner was hot dogs with bratwurst and baked beans and brownies and ice cream for dessert.

Spring koncert

Last night it was Axel's turn to perform at the school's annual spring concert. Axel had been very secretive about which instrument he was to play. So we were very curious when we showed up at the school. The kids did really great I think in my completely unbiased view.

Dance

In the last couple of weeks a couple of the oldergirls have been practicing a dance with some of the girls at Rita's after school club. Today we saw the results. Rita really enjoyed herself although she was a bit apprehensive before the show since she hadn't been in school the past week due to her chicken pox. But she did well and enjoyed herself as well.