Start of the season

This week Rhiannon and Tryfan had their fancy dress Christmas Dinner (called "Julebord") at barnehage. Celebrating Christmas starts early and finishes late here in Norway, but we don't mind.
The teachers had prepared a long banquet-style seating arrangement in the main room and the kids had a grand feast in their nice clothes before changing into normal play clothes for the rest of the afternoon. I don't have a picture of Tryfan because he fell asleep in the car during the 5 minute drive from home! He had woken up at 4:45am this morning for some reason and hadn't gone back to sleep until now.

Today Rhiannon got to go into the forest with all the other 3-year-olds in her school (2 classes) to play in the snow, cook sausages over a fire, and hang out in a lavvo (northern Norway traditional tent, similar to a tipi). Great way to spend a Friday!