Valentine's day party

Silke's last day at school was also Valentine's day, so we got to celebrate with a Valentine's day party. Silke's teacher had decided (thank you!!) that it should be a heart-healthy party, so fruit, veggies, goldfish, cheese sticks and water it was (yes!! No abundance of cookies. Honestly we were so fed up with the insane idea that a cookie is a snack..)
With her box of Valentine treats!

 Inside the box

 Snack

 With her teacher and classmates

 Decorated classroom

Pictures from Denmark 8, late May

 In late May there is several holidays. I let the kids make fairy houses and gardens, an activity they learned in the US.

Eric made a fairy swing

 Feeding ducks at our local lake

 The swans arrive

 Baby Lucia´s naughty face

Back in Denmark short update

The first couple of weeks were hard. No hiding that - jetlagged kids, hardly any furniture (thanks to parents, friends and neighbours who lent us matressess, lamps, table, chairs), Silke hadn't started school yet and Eric had to start in his old pre-school. As our stuff hadn't arrived I had to drag the kids around in an old stroller, with Lucia strapped to me. March was cold (according to other Danes, March was mild, but when you're just in from SD...we were spoilt!)

The kids adjusted quickly. They love the nature and the greater freedom they have.

Silke: There is no fence around her school and her after-school program (kindergarden is from 8AM-1PM). She walks from the school to the after-school program (around 200 yards). Both school and after school program borders 'Vestskoven' (The westwood forest). The kids are allowed to play in designated areas around the school.

Eric: Loves his new pre-schoool. They´ve already been on 2 field trips to the nearby forest and park. Every friday they run. They have a big playground and they are outside a lot. Healthy, organic food is prepared in the institution.

Both kids are SO happy to be close to their grandparents again, and their cousins...

Pictures from Denmark, 7 (later in May)

 In our front yard

 Silke made a ´no guns allowed´sign for our front door. Water guns (she doesn´t know the other kind...)

 Oh yes..

 Biked all by herself to school

 At the after school program (it borders the school)

 Bikes at school

 Road to school, early summer

 Snail race

 ..in the front yard

 Silke and 2 friends are selling stuff at the row house complex where we live - veggies, fruit and popcorn..

 Eric´s treasure (yuck)

 Baby Lucia crawls now, fast..

 ..and she is everywhere. Hence the safety gate

Pictures from Denmark 6 (early May)

The row-house area where we live. 

 The ´jake and the Neverland Pirates´playground, 400 yards away

 Baby Lucia eating a pepper

 Below - from a nearby park - half a mile away

 Learning to sit

Pictures from Denmark 5 (late april photos)

 Above. Silke had painted herself yellow with Dandelions at school.

 At a birthday party

 Cherry blossoms

 The road to Silke´s school again

 At Silke´s after school program. Notice the absence of a fence. They have invisible lines for the children.