Happy Easter everybody!

Want to wish you all a happy easter! The weather is supposed to be great and Adrian is spending his easter holiday practising his skiing skills, after finally have gotten his first pair of cross-country skies.

Stormy skiing

Adrian and Daddy was out for some skiing with Adrian in his "pulk". We were surprised by some bad weather, but Adrian was well clothed and the pulk stood up to the conditions so Adrian just slept through most of the action.

Snowy and windy, but Adrian is fine!


Sleeping tight.

Reaching the car, quite a bit of snow had assembled in the pulk, but Adrian is warm and cozy inside. A told we were out in the weather for an hour or so, and chocolate and raisins in the car was perfect!

Gingerbread boy

Adrian's kindergarden had carnival with a "fairy tale" theme this year, and Adrian dressed up as the gingerbread boy. It makes a lot more sense in English than Norwegian, but noone seemed too bothered by that. Sadly we only have a rather poor mobile phone picture of him in the costume.

Egypt

A dark and rainy winter's day in Tromsø we left for week in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, where we enjoyed the sun, warm and beach in manners reminding us all of Australia. We brought along the full set of grandparents, so Adrian was well looked after through the week, and well fed on whatever he desired. He also took inspiration from the old folks and enjoyed the sun on the sun bed.



And swimming in the pool.


We attended a dolphin show, which was extremely exciting.


Obviously we saw a camel. Adrian found them a bit too large for comfort.

However, asking him in what he remembers from Egypt, the answer is always "they have chocolate milk!" Some memories stick.

Happy new year!

Happy new year to everybody.
This year we spent the christmas holidays at Veronika's parents in Vesterålen. As expected there was a lot of Christmas presents for Adrian, and the day was perfect for him when santa stopped by with a gift for him in his sack.





Also, we had a few trips on the ice, spinning around and sliding away was great fun!

Big brother

A quick announcement from Adrian that he's due to be a big brother in early May!

Planes and cars are still much more facinating, but he's gotten accustomed to there being a baby in mummys tummy, rather than a spider which was what he hoped for a while...

The first snow

A few weeks ago we had the first taste of winter. The snow only lasted for about a week but we had some fun while it lasted.


Here's a pic from Fløya, which you can reach by cable car from Tromsø (convenient). Adrian is very fond of the snow and are waiting for it to come back. He doesn't seem to mind all the clothes as much as he did last winther.


Tromsø city, where we live, seen from Fløya. Unfortunately the view of the mountains are blocked by some clouds.



Adrian got wooden rails for his birthday this summer and it is by far his favourite toy these days. He still needs some help putting them together but he is getting better every day. Every day after childcare we put them together, and every day before he goes to sleep we put it back in the box. It is a new design every day, so mummy and daddy are quite skilled at this by now.


Another thing he finds hilarious is clinging to our feet as we walk. Good excercise for us!

In just a couple of weeks we will be entering the dark season, and we won't see the sun for another two months. It might sound horrible to someone who is not used to it, but to us it is just the normal way to spend the christmas holiday. We hope we can post some nice pics of the northern light this winther.