Blue party

WARNING: This post is purely motherly bragging and show-off... ;-)

While we were in Cevennes, Andreas had a big incident - Blue party.

I have never heard about it before Andreas started in the Queens Guard - we don't have a tradition of Guards in my family, but I guess it is the big occation. It is a party for those active in the Queens Guard - Galla dresses for the ladies and the blue parade uniform for the gents.

Of course Kristina and Andreas attended. I have been hearing about blue party all spring - and Kristina had a big project going with a dress in several layers, one of them being the modern version of a fish bone skirt.

In the afternoon the Guards paraded through Kolding city, stopping at Koldinghus, an old fort, where a member of the royal family, Count Ingolf, said a few words.

Andreas had been busy shining buttons and ironing folds in his pants (WITHOUT his mother around) - and the result was really good:



They got new white gloves for the parade - the ones, they have been practicing with, are quite worn out and covered in blood and dirt (sounds like hard work!):



Come evening, the party was on. First in formal galla and blue uniform, later they slipped into more casual, normal party clothes.

Here is Kristina and Andreas dressed to the nines:



Andreas' best buddy on his team is a guy from northern Jutland - here they are, hanging out at the bar and looking quite comfy:



I talked to Andreas sunday after the party via texting, and even through there he sounded really pleased with the party. I was glad to hear all went well - after all, there was a lot of anticipation built up over the spring.

Climbing mountains

Now I am back from my vacation, but I am still climbing mountains ... of laundry, that is!

But shortly I will upload pictures from our lovely vacation - and share!

I LOVE COFFEE....

So I couldn't resist taking the coffee test...

You Are a Plain Ole Cup of Joe

But don't think plain - instead think, uncomplicated You're a low maintenance kind of girl... who can hang with the guys Down to earth, easy going, and fun! Yup, that's you: the friend everyone invites. And your dependable too. Both for a laugh and a sympathetic ear.

What Kind of Coffee Girl Are You?

In just about 11 hours my alarm clock will wake me up.

I will rise, and Bruno and I will brush our teeth, put a bit of water in our hair and wake up my drowsy kids.

We will gather the last few things, and enter our car. ½ hour after getting up, we will be on our way south. Destination: This campingsite in Cevennes.

By 9 tomorrow morning we will be south of Hannover, and we will turn off the freeway to find a breadstand. We'll get some rolls, and find a pretty spot to eat our breakfast by the side of the road.

Then, southward again, to stop for the night in Alsace.

This is how our vacation always start. And we love it :-)

A strange scent

She may be the queen of the elves, but she sure smelled more like an orc when we picked her up after 5 days at camp without a shower.... phew!

Anyway, she had a great time and had gotten a slight Zealand accent due to the fact that she had befriended a group of role playes from Roskilde.

After a shower, she went straight to bed - and I am currently trying to pry her out of sleeps arms... she is not coming willingly.....

A small testrun

We just grabbed a couple of days on Djursland. The tentwagon was tested properly before we go on our "real" vacation to Cevennes in the south of France.

We stayed on a small camping site, Elsegårde Camping - near Ebeltoft. It was to be recommended, as it was cozy, neat and well equipped for its size, with both a small store, a miniature golf course and a pool. Strangely the weather behaved rather well.

We tested out the miniature golf course, and of course, Bruno won :-/



Actually Kristian was the stylish one - golf is his game, as he plays once a week with his father. But Bruno won anyway - he is just too lucky!!

The area is just so beautiful. Green and hilly and lovely - it drove us quite bonkers...



We found a viewing point, where you could see far. I find the view in this picture absolutely wonderful :-)



The sun kept on peeking out from behind the clouds, and the fields were peppered with poppies and corn flowers and daisies - I think it must have been a biodynamic farm, because normally you don't see many flowers deep in the fields.

Poppies are so pretty, and Kristian picked one for me. Thus he learned how short-lived a poppy is, once you break the stem. So from now on I think he'll leave them standing prettily where they grow.



We took a trip to Ebeltoft, and actually I have never been there before. The town is so picturesque, it is almost a kliché. Small, cobbled alleys with low houses, where the hollyhocks are trying their best to take over.



Neatly kept houses exist harmonically side by side with idyllic decay - I hope they leave this door just the way it is.



All over there was loveliness and beauty, and when our eyes were filled up, we topped off our tummies with a great big belgian waffle with ice cream and drove on. We had a plan - namely of visiting Skandinavisk Dyrepark - and we didn't regret that. But more of that later!

Nivea DNAge

Maybe its just me. I must be the wrong skin type or something.

But whenever I decide to do something good for my facial skin, and I buy a cream meant to make my wrinkles disappear miraculously, I have a problem.

My face shines like a lamp. It looks like I have dipped my face in grease, and it is not pretty.

Nivea DNAge is no exception to that rule. I like the scent and the texture - but I am not a big foundation or concealer-fan, and I don't like being all shiny.

Maybe my skin isn't oldish enough. It simply can't eat up all the goodness in those creams.
So I gave the day cream to my mom (she's 73 so she probably IS old enough) and kept the night cream - coz Bruno doesn't mind a bit of shinyness at night before we turn the light out, and I do like the night cream.

The eye cream ... well, its okay, but I never really saw the point in those eye creams. I do just fine with face cream - on my eyes as well....

My wrinkles?? Well, they are just fine. The only effective way of making them disappear that I found so far, is taking off my contacts ... ;-)