The weekend, quickly gone

Well, we've had a string of quiet(ish) days. We stayed home from barnehage on Friday and ventured out to get some fresh air in late morning. Our default outing is to put the kids in the Burley trailer, Bentley on the Springer, and one of us on our bike and go "the long way" to Rimi (our nearest grocery store). We can do a loop that goes about 15-20 minutes up and down a bit of a hill past a lake and through the forest, and then stop at Rimi and then go along the other side of the lake back home. Tryfan is always begging to go to Rimi - he loves it there because I often let him and Rhiannon choose a few 'sweets' from the pick-a-mix candy bins to eat on the way home. Here we are saddled up on Friday morning.
Friday night we had dinner with our neighbors Monica, Helge, Kristoffer, and baby Joakim. Monica taught me how to make a really easy and fast (and yummy) pizza dough, so we take turns having Friday night pizza at each other's houses. We don't do this every Friday, but more often than not we do and it is turning into such a nice tradition! Kristoffer goes to a different barnehage than Rhiannon and Tryfan, and so they are almost always happy to see each other and play. It started snowing just before dinner and carried on through the night.

On Saturday we woke to a generous covering of snow - our first this year! - SO exciting. We played outside building a snowman (which got abandoned about 1/3 of the way into the build) and then helped Daddy plow the driveway. By this time (~10:30am) it had already warmed up to about 40 F and was raining. Yuck! So the snow quickly left us. Here are the troops on the snow shovel.
In the afternoon our friends Henry, Elianne, Jack (10) and Felix (4) came over. We had a really relaxing afternoon with us adults enjoying cups of tea and biscuits in the kitchen while Tryfan slept and Jack tolerated Felix and Rhiannon's attempts to play with him. It's hard and boring being a big kid when everyone else is little - I felt bad for him, but he is a really good sport. Here are (l to r): Felix, Rhiannon and Jack building necklaces in the living room.
So now it is Sunday night and almost all the snow has melted, the rain has come and gone again, and we are ready for our last 2 days before we get on the airplane to fly to California!!! Woohoo!