Bundle of love

Tryfan has been taking his kitty, blanket, and "Fireman Sam" book everywhere he goes. For some reason the llama has falled out of favor and replaced by this book that, after a week of ownership, is about to fall apart from chew marks and slobber stains. Tryfan loves to bury his head into the bundle of blanket+kitty+book and giggle to himself. But he is willing to leave his bundle of love in a designated place so that they don't get wet, dirty, or covered in paint. But the kitty has to be standing up and facing him.
Yesterday afternoon our friends Henry, Elianne and their son Felix (4) came over to play, see the house, and have dinner. Rhiannon and Felix chased each other around the yard, up the tree, down the slide, into and out of the house, all the time laughing and chattering to each other. First they talked to each other in English, but then about half-way through the visit they switched over to Norwegian. Here they are coloring the rocks outside the kitchen.
Rhiannon and Felix also did some painting inside the kitchen at the little art corner we set up. They shared watercolors really well and nobody argued! Magic. So then this morning Rhiannon wanted to do some more of that and of course Tryfan wanted to as well.
We had pancakes this morning with ground pumpkin seeds and smashed-up ripe nectarine - superb! We ate them while watching a Fireman Sam video (in Norwegian), which is usually totally against the rules, but on a rainy Sunday morning we made an exception. At one point Rhiannon was laughing at something that one of the characters said in Norwegian, and when I asked her what it meant in English she said she didn't know. I asked again a few seconds later what it meant and she sighed a big exasperated sigh and said, "Mama, if I don't know, then that means I am going to not tell you." I laughed.
Otherwise, we've just had a quiet weekend. A bit of sun, bit of rain, some shopping and cleaning, playing hide and seek, friends and music. Even Tryfan sings along to "Mamma Mia" now! It's a good life ... as long as Rhodri is the one doing the cleaning part :-)