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Mom's Danish Adventure

  Mom came to Denmark!!    This Christmas, Mom came to visit for her first European adventure! 'twas quite a quick trip with her coming from December 15-19, but we squeezed in a lot in this time. And here's how it went! ... Day 1    At Mom's arrival early Saturday morning, Claus and I picked her up at the airport, stopping at the bakery to pick up the necessary Danish treats for her to try. These special breakfasts are always the best. Bread, honey, coffee... Yum. So we had a nice breakfast with the family before starting off on our site seeing.     First we went to see the Little Mermaid, got a little "lost" but that just allowed for more site seeing. Luckily, the snow at least stayed for the first day before melting away and being a bit gross for the rest of her trip. From the little mermaid, we walked to Nyhavn... A much longer walk than I remembered, and showed mom the infamous Copenhagen postcard scene. It was decorated really pretty for Christmas t

Something about December

            There really is   something  about December  that takes you back to so many memories that bring you joy and comfort.  During this time, I keep being reminded of so many that I wanted to write down for whoever wants to read, but mainly for me to have forever. (Just in case I have some terrible memory loss, memories just fade, etc.) So here   they are in superlative form!   Most Musical    Listening to the Amy Grant Christmas cd brought me back to so many great memories. I always loved decorating the tree with this cd playing, listening to dad play Christmas songs on the piano (especially while I was falling asleep in my bed), and playing songs together on the guitar.  Best Mother-Daughter Tradition    Another tradition I always looked forward to was Mom, Trudy, Amy and I going to the Nutcracker every year... Getting dressed up in our little Christmas dresses, watching this awesome ballet (I think it rivals the royal production), and going to see my friends backst

Dancing, Royal Ballets, Snow and Cookies

That beautiful time of the year, with lights, decorations, candles, presents and that awesome Christmas spirit is here! I'm experiencing it in a different way than ever before... It's a dream-like Christmas in Copenhagen with lights all around the city, store windows filled with beautifully decorated displays and of course the snow-covered land. It's beyond beautiful.     This snow has just been unreal to me. When it first fell, I kept being surprised when in the corner of my eye I'd catch white stuff covering the ground outside. Cycling around, I felt like I was riding through one of Dad's Christmas villages he always sets up so nicely. Then while cleaning the other day, I kept having to stop and just watch it fall. Listening to Christmas music with this incredible snow falling outside made cleaning so much better. I just love it. Except when the snowflakes attack my eyes while cycling. That can suck.              The first day it stayed on the ground, we all

An International Thanksgiving

This Thanksgiving was a first for many things: First away from family, first time hosting, and first spent with friends. It turned out to be a really great night sharing this tradition with this awesome group of people... The Guests (AKA UN Representatives) Maria (England) Thomas (Denmark) Jen (California) Ewelina (Poland) Anne Lise (France) Charlotte (Denmark) The Menu Turkey and dressing (Thanks to Claus) Sweet potato Casserole Green bean casserole Corn casserole Mashed Potatoes and gravy Vegetarian turkey (shown below) and homemade ranch dip Bread and wine (Of course) Cranberry walnut squares Strawberry cheese pie Pumpkin spice cookies Coconut cake After stuffing our faces in true Thanksgiving fashion, we did the traditional photo, chilled with some Christmas beer, then headed out to meet Bogdan, an Australian dude if I haven't mentioned him before, and friends for a really fun night.  Thankful for these amazing friends and a re

We Bought (tickets to) a Zoo

Copenhagen Zoo The old elephant house There were lots of elephants to admire.  And this one even did a little dance.  Sibling love at the zoo! These polar bears were HUUGE. Really cool to watch too. Always LOVE the chimps. They're so entertaining and human-like. There was a lively bunch too, with some pouncing on others, one kicked another, they kept throwing the lettuce from the top of the cage into the audience... Rowdy bunch.  I don't think one could be more relaxed... A knights anole. I want it!!

Home

  Home is where the heart is .  Home is wherever I'm with you .                       Home is where you are .   Home is where I wanna be.     Home is inside you .  Now for the good news I postponed from the previous post for a combination of organization, suspense, and getting the chance to use another cliche...     After my travels so far, my original thinking that I would be so likely to stay in Europe have changed a little. As I began to realize during my American road trip, and I think I mentioned in my posts about it, it's really important to me to stay close to my family, especially when I have one of my own. So I started thinking that maybe the best thing would be to go and live abroad and explore until wanting to settle down with a family and all. Now these thoughts have become even more clear.  Being so far from home has made me realize just how much I love and miss my family, and how I don't want to miss much more of their lives.      It's been interesting too

Tis the Season

... For cute clothes.  It's  fall y'all! And I'm in Denmark , so I get to wear exciting fall outfits with scarves and all!  If I can remember, I'll share some of the outfits I'm proud of on here. This could be a nice addition to the blog too for some variety, eh?  Here's the first I was excited about! Friday night giddup... Sunday afternoon attire  I like this one :) Terrible quality but you can get the gist... Goofing around with different options... The final choice

Min Fødselsdag

    It's been a while since I've written again but have had a pretty busy couple of weeks. Last week, Claus was out of town from Monday until Thursday so I had a lot more time with the kids which was really nice. That whole week I felt like I was much more of an au pair than I have been; a lot of times I feel my main job is cleaning and don't get as much time with the kids as I expected. But it was so much fun and more fulfilling as well getting to take Christopher to school one day, pick up the two little ones from school another and make breakfast for them with just me, pick up Eva Kirstine from a play date another night... A lot more time with the kids. It's always nice getting Eva Kirstine by myself too, because like I mentioned before, she's usually more standoffish than the others, so when we get to have fun with piggy back rides, playing as ghosts and animals on the way home, making attempts at English and Danish conversation, and just goofing around in gener