Visitors from another country

We had an exciting stretch of days when our former neighbors from Norway came to visit! Monica, Helge, Kristoffer and Joakim made a special trip all the way to Chelwood Gate just to see us. Rhiannon and Tryfan were very excited about their arrival and camped out in the driveway for over an hour until they arrived. I took this photo from the kitchen window and I could tell that they were waving at Grandpa up in heaven again :-) ...so sweet when they do that..
We actually had our friends Sophie and Oscar over for a sleepover as well this night, so with the multiple languages and the high energy, everyone was ready for bed by the time dinner was finishing.
Actually that is putting quite a positive spin on the evening (now that I am writing it a couple of weeks after the fact...) because Sophie was really not feeling well and eventually puked just before bedtime, then periodically through the night as did Oscar. Poor kids! It really wasn't a problem at all because we've had a lot of practice dealing with puke in the middle of the night and these kids were so brave! But we did feel sad for them because nobody can really replace one's Mommy or Daddy in these times.
On top of the puking, there was some awkwardness amongst all the kids because of the language and the shyness of not all knowing each other. But its good for them, I reckon, to experience situations out of their comfort zones.
The next day we went for Sunday Dinner at The Cat Inn in West Hoathley. We had a really great table that was in a little room sort of by itself. By this time, Kristoffer and Rhiannon had bypassed the language barrier (she doesn't remember too much Norsk!) and were laughing their heads off at their own jokes.
All kids into the bath! Bentley wanted in too but there simply wasn't room
Storytime with glazed eyes --- much better sleeping tonight compared with Saturday night!
Our lovely former neighbors stayed until Tuesday and that was just not long enough! But we will take what we can get and it was wonderful of them to come. Thanks you guys xxxx