Sending off Axel

We spent a good part of the morning in the airport sending off Axel. Check-in took 2 hours and then the plane was delayed for another 2 hours. Axel had been excited all morning and took it in good stride. But he did get a bit anxious when the steward/chaperone came to pick him up. However, he was not the only one travelling alone on the flight to Atlanta. He was part of a group of 4 12-14 year olds. And he gave us a big big smile when he was escorted through security - ready for adventure!

Summer vacation I

Seeing Alex and Erik off at the station. They will be gone for 5 days biking and camping. It was pure excitement. Besides their clothes they had stuffed those bags with dvds. I wonder if they'll be able to watch them at all. In just a few hours we will see Axel off at the airport and then we will be single child parents for a while.

Final exam

Ellen had her final exam today. Erik got so excited when he heard the result that he went straight out and bought some flowers for her. It was a bunch of red roses and then one blue! He had thought a lot about it.

SRK

Rita joined the rollerskaterclub a month ago. She's been at practice 3 times. Last night was the end of season contest. Rita gave all what she head - jumping, one leg etc. and she made 4th place. She was so delighted.

Rita the folk dancer

Yesterday, we went to a folk music festival with Rita's music class. It was a lot of fun. As part of the opening act Rita's group marched on to the stage and played with all the other musicians - there must have been about 60 all together. I didn't know they had practiced dancing as well. Here is an example with both music and dance.

Premature birthday

Today we celebrated Axel's birthday. I know it's a wee premature but this was the only date we could find which worked with Axel's friend Rasmus with whom we had the party. We had rented a shed in the forrest and two weeks ago we were certain to have fine og warm weather. Well, without exaggeration I can tell the promised showers were a bit heavy. But we had fun nonetheless.

We had planned an untraditional treasure hunt where we went geocaching. Axel enjoyed searching for treasures with the GPS.

I know, I should have posted a photo of Axel with his cake, but I really liked this picture of the kids on the treasure hunt in the rain.

Farmers market

Yesterday, we spent the whole day in Roskilde at the annual farmers market. We had a lot of fun seeing and touching all the animals. Rita naturally was most excited about the horses - she is crazy about those. The Hereford Bulls were amazing. Pure muscle. The largest weighed more than a ton. Well, we also got to visit a stand where we could shoot with bow and arrow. It was a lot of fun. Axel took the price for most hits ( 3 out of 6) and got a medal.