Pachamama peace festvial in Oslo

Today was Melissa's last day at school as a first grader... Now summer vacation is next - and we started by saying hello to Zulema and Ståle's new family member; Pelussa. From there we went to Oslo and the pachamama ( mother earth) peace festival. We got to see Outlandish and Chico Trujillo live, but unfortunately we missed Calle13.. They came on to late and Melissa had to return for some beauty sleep.

Summer party at school

Today Melissa's school had their summer party. Melissa and her class performed a song for us and afterwards coffee and kakes were sold. We also got to see some of the work the children have done this first year of school. Next wednesday the summer vacation starts and Melissa is looking forward to spending time having fun! ;o) The photos also show Melissa and Margis enjoying an ice-cream before visiting Zulema & Ståle, and when Ståle had to try out the Ben10 suit.

First day at the beach this summer

- and even though the water was cold ( from my point of view.. ) the girls spent of the time IN the water.. hehe Let's hope 2011 will bring us many warm and sunny days to spend at the beach!

Bowling and pizza

Still raining a lot and our hope of a day at the beach was postponed another day.... So instead Melissa got to choose what she wanted to do - and the answer; bowling! ;o) The arcades was also put to good use.. Melissa loves to drive cars in the arcade! hehe

Rainy days in Norway

This past week has been rather rainy here in Norway... There have been flooding in large parts of the country the last couple of days causing big trouble for a great many people. Let's hope the sun will come out - real soon ;o) Have a nice Pentecost weekend - with or whitout rain

A beautiful sunday in Oslo

Today we went to Oslo and Vigelandsparken to visit Hafslund's environmental festival. It's a festival inteded to teach the children about the environment and how to take care of it. Zulema and Ståle had made empanadas for our lunch and they tasted great! ;o) Melissa's cousins Therese and Tuva also came which Melissa ( and we ) appreciated. Afterwards Melissa wanted to swim a little so we spent a short moment at a nearby beach - Bogstad. All in all a wonderful day in the sun - and when we drove home my mother had made us a norwegian speciality; rhubarb soup. mmmm ;o)

A taste of summer

Today summer came to visit us here in Norway. I hope we'll see a lot more of it.. but here we have to enjoy the few days of warm, sunny days when they appear ;o) . Melissa is spending the weekend with Zulema and Ståle , but Margaret and i went to see my dad's new boat - and even got to try sitting in a Corvette Stingray! I want one of those ;o) hehehe ( although my secret dream is Jaguar E-type, the corvette looked good with me i think.... ).
Before Melissa went to stay with Zulema, she and i visited "Morran" - Melissas great grand mother ( 92 years old!! )