More of the party

It turned out Ellen got a picture of the desert.

And then, it cannot remain a secret anylonger, the party turned out pretty wild somewhere between the main course and desert. It had something to do with the song, that we sang for Erik. It was fin and hilarious.

Birthday dinner

Erik and I had had fun planning the dinner for his birthday. We were 24 in total. It was just about what could sit in the living room.

The menu was as as follows:

Green asparagues wrapped in smoked ham accompanied by freshly baked cornbread.
Veal tenderloin with saltbaked potatoes and a green salad with rucula, cooked wheat and grilled pebers
Small chocolate tarts, lemon mousse and raspberry sauce.

I had intended getting pictures of each dish, but got so busy arranging the food I only made the first one.

Happy 18

It used to be much easier getting Erik up with a birthday song. Tillykke!

Sjællands mesterskab

Rita has switched from rollerskating to gymnastics. She is very serious about it. Last weekend we had the enjoyment of watching her very first performance at the local championship.

Splittet

From the filmfestival for 8 graders. Axel class had made a film about 2 boys friendship and how it may be perceived. The filmfestival is a project all over Denmark where selected 8 graders get the chance to make a short movie in collaboration with a professional filmmaker. The project entails making the script, casting, filming, catering and what not. Axel was a supporting actor together with his very good friend Mohammad. The class took the price for best manuscript.

The movie is now on you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC9dSbQSJO0

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We had a really fun birthday party. Rita said it's the best ever! We took all the girls from her class to a local public pool for 3 hours and had a lot of fun.

We had a cake woman. It was very tasty.

Fastelavn II

Rita was belly dancer. We got her out fit at the bazaar in Aarhus when it was a bit warmer. So it ended up being a belly dancer in long underwear. 

Fastelavn

This year we had both David and Felicia with us for the festivities in the neighborhood. Quite unusual both of them beat both the bottom of the barrel and the final plank thus becoming both queen and king. Rita was responsible for the action shots and got this one of Ellen. 

Green eggs and ham

It is not. But we went for a one day trip to Germany. Nothing was really planned and then we came upon this place in Harmsdorf: Braaschs schinkenräucherei. A small old cottage that has been changed into a ham smokery. It was original a home - the apartment is still in the house - but since it didn't have any chimney, Herr Braasch found it better suited for hams. When we were there 1000 hams were hanging from the ceiling. They make about 4000 a year. The production period is November to March. The rest of the year it is too warm.

Winter vacation in Sweden

Our winter vacation is almost at an end. 7 days in the house in Hørby. We enjoyed lots and perhaps too much good food. And we were so fortunate to have snow. Erik spent a long time trying to get the arm to stick on the snow men. Patience had its way and he succeded in the end.

Ready for superbowl

Thanks, Uncle Paul.

Wintery Paris

Ellen accompanied me on a business trip to Paris. It was blistery cold but we made it around in the streets and the metro. We had wonderful meals. Foie grass with blueberries may sound unusual but something of the most delicious I've ever tasted. I'm certain it won't be our last visit to this city.

Rita's cake

This just showed up in Picasa. It's the cake Rita made for her class' Halloween party. It was poisenous green and had red eyeballs all over. It was spooky!

Hippie dog

Rita and her new friend Elvira and a dog that doesn't quite know what face to put on.

Family shapshot

Christmas at my Mom's place. A fun evening with good food and fun games - and just a little Christmas weariness.

Christmas 5

Yes, I believe we have a picture of us dancing around the Christmas tree every year. But this picture is special. It's the first of all 5 of us on Kløvervej and it is way over due :-)

Christmas 4

Today we got the tree. And it was the right day. It snowed when we left home. Since our regular tree seller didn't have the most exciting trees last year we tried a new place. But it was wrong. No nice trees or as Axel said: What did I say, no need to change tradition! So we went to our regular and got the most beautiful tree.

Oh and the ground was wet and muddy not suitable for young men - or so they claimed :-)

Christmas 3

Rita was a beautiful Santa Lucia the other day.

Christmas 2

Homemade pate is gross in the making but delicious in the eating :-)

Getting ready for Christmas

A snow landscape with angels and pixies are on it's way.