Eating Out

Henny joined us at the table for the first time when eating out and thoroughly enjoyed herself.
More interested in her crinkly ball than anything else but she behaved.

Minnie and her mind

Can't make your mind up - stop and have a think

Well...

Ummmm...

Errrr...

Hmmmm, think i might actually need the toilet

Wheels

I finally succumbed to the inevitable and bought a car made this century. I have never previously owned a car newer than something built in 1985 so this is a big bound into the motoring 'future' for me.
Not new obviously, i'm pretty sure barring a lottery win that will never happen.

So what did i get....a Passat estate (stasjonsvogn or even station wagon sounds much better)
2001 vintage so i expect it to last me many many years or until i get bored with driving modern.

and how much does a used 1.6 litre 2001 passat estate with 154000 km on the clock cost?
Well let me tell you ...it's a mind boggling 95000 Norwegian Kroner (50 quid short of 10000 quid..... yes ten thousand !) plus 6500 kroner to get my name in the log book, plus 2740 kroner road tax and 7000 kroner insurance.

Welcome to Norway.

Not actually signed the contract yet but after a bit of ummming and aaaaaing and a couple of test drives i said i'd take it.

Not decided the fate of TFW yet - but i'm hoping a sympathetic buyer can be found. I'm going to miss it.


So here it is... got to come up with a non rude name for it now all i can think of so far is 'pissrat'

Wembeerleee

Managed to squeeze in a cheeky little trip over to the UK for a weekend. It's been 10 years since my last wembley visit and in that time it has gone from being one of the crappiest football venues in the country to without doubt one of the best. Gone are the obstructed views, benches bolted to what was standing terrace, no toilets, even the food was cheaper than 10 years ago and they had cleaners making sure everything was a spotless as possible inside the stadium. A national stadium fit for it purpose....finally.
The game itself wasn't all what it could have been, but finals rarely are. We won, that's the main thing, could have done without it going to extra time and penalties though as that made the trip from Wembley to Heathrow for my 20:15 flight a race against time, worked out almost perfectly in the end though - arriving at the airport with 30 mins to spare, although i did have to forgo seeing them handed the cup in order to achieve this. Bah.

Friday night and saturday were spent in Southampton with Tim, my little bro really knows how to look after his guests, tour of the city followed by pub lunch of fish and chips. Sunday morning he served up a cooked breakfast which i regrettably didn't get to capture with my camera before it disappeared down my gullet.

All in all a marvellous weekend.

Greens

Henny gets her first taste of greens, can't say she seemed all that impressed.

Do i have to eat this stuff for the rest of my life..?

Maybe this orange stuff will be better...

Porridge is always a winner.

and after the porridge...it's bathtime.

Sitting duck

Sitting duck from matt on Vimeo.

The Big 3 oh

Maud turned 3 and so began a few days of cake eating.
Birthday morning ready for a another day of nursery.

Back home again to open pressies.

Tradition dictates that the birthday celebratee takes a cake to share with everyone else at nursery, so Silje cooked up this little number, impressive eh. Kept them bouncing off the walls at nursery for a few hours.

The birthday girl also gets to wear the regulation nursery issue birthday crown all day too. Mightily impressive.