Even though it is not Rhiannon's 3rd birthday until Wednesday, we decided to celebrate it today with 2 of our closest friends and their families. We went to a nearby farm and got to go for a horse-and-sleigh ride through the snow, cook polser (hot dogs) over a fire in the forest, choose a Christmas tree to take home, go inside and warm up with gingerbread and warm drinks, then finish off the afternoon with a roll in the hay (not the grown-up sort!). What a day! Here is the location of the farm (though not visible), just at the edge of a wide open area at the base of Vardasen mountain (actually this is the back side of the mountain we see from our house).
We were 5 adults and 6 children, so we split into 2 sleighs: all the boys in one and all the girls in the other one. As we approached the end of the ride, 'our' sleigh caught up with 'their' sleigh and Tryfan was so happy to see us!
The back row of the girl sleigh:Elianne, Sofie, Elin and Johanne.
After the sleigh ride was finished, we had to hike for ~200 m to get to the campfire sight..not too far, but far enough when you are carrying a toddler.
We brought along flasks of tea and cocoa, as well as pølser (hot dogs) to cook on the fire. Here are Henry and Rhodri doing their manly duties while the rest of us tried not to let the wee ones too close to the fire but close enough to keep a little bit warm. The temperature was -8 C/ ~16 F!
The view from our campfire up to the 3pm sunset colors on Vardasen.
Rhiannon LOVES pølser and she was so stoked to get one of the first ones. Simple pleasures, eh?
Once the kids started crying/ whining we went inside to warm up and eat birthday cake and gingerbread. Yum. And then when everyone had their energy back up, we went outside to the hay room and everyone jumped in. None of my photos turned out from this because there were so many particles in the air! Anyway, Tryfan was happy to just lay in the hay and put it in his mouth. Johanne was happy to just sit and watch Tryfan eat hay. The rest of the kids had a great time jumping off the bales and laughing. Such a simple recipe for fun. Unfortunately Rhodri's phone fell out during one of the jumps and we had to call it in order to find it buried deep in the pile!
We were 5 adults and 6 children, so we split into 2 sleighs: all the boys in one and all the girls in the other one. As we approached the end of the ride, 'our' sleigh caught up with 'their' sleigh and Tryfan was so happy to see us!
The back row of the girl sleigh:Elianne, Sofie, Elin and Johanne.
After the sleigh ride was finished, we had to hike for ~200 m to get to the campfire sight..not too far, but far enough when you are carrying a toddler.
We brought along flasks of tea and cocoa, as well as pølser (hot dogs) to cook on the fire. Here are Henry and Rhodri doing their manly duties while the rest of us tried not to let the wee ones too close to the fire but close enough to keep a little bit warm. The temperature was -8 C/ ~16 F!
The view from our campfire up to the 3pm sunset colors on Vardasen.
Rhiannon LOVES pølser and she was so stoked to get one of the first ones. Simple pleasures, eh?
Once the kids started crying/ whining we went inside to warm up and eat birthday cake and gingerbread. Yum. And then when everyone had their energy back up, we went outside to the hay room and everyone jumped in. None of my photos turned out from this because there were so many particles in the air! Anyway, Tryfan was happy to just lay in the hay and put it in his mouth. Johanne was happy to just sit and watch Tryfan eat hay. The rest of the kids had a great time jumping off the bales and laughing. Such a simple recipe for fun. Unfortunately Rhodri's phone fell out during one of the jumps and we had to call it in order to find it buried deep in the pile!
2 comments:
That sounds like a perfect day for Rhiannon! Snow makes everything magical :)
Happy 3rd Birthday Rhiannon!! We miss you and send you all our love!! We always think so much about you around this time!
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