My mother-in-law invited us to celebrate midsummer at her place this year, taking this opportunity to meet my family for the first time. Both my mommies were extremely nervous before the meeting. Swedish mommy asked me for advise on what food to prepare, which we both decided to have traditional Swedish food and a dish of chicken satay - in case, my mom is not use to eating Swedish food. My mom was nervous about not been to communicate and not knowing what to expect and how to behave. I told her that my Swedish mom is very friendly and that everything will be ok and that she should take it easy - which was advice on deaf ears...
We arrived at my MIL's place at 12pm. My Swedish mommy had made a flower crown for Angel to wear during the celebration.
We started with strawberry cake and coffee and then the weather changed...Dark clouds were moving in fast, it was windy and rainy. The celebration in the park was suppose to start at 2pm and we were all praying that the weather will get better soon. A few moments later, our prayers were answered! The sun came out from behind the clouds and the rain stopped. So we walked about 9km to the park for the celebration.
The first thing that greeted us upon arrival at the park was of course the midsummer pole.
The programme started with 2 ladies singing traditional Swedish summer songs. Kiddos played "Spin-the-wheel" and won chocolates. Ivan was checking everything up and walking up to whoever that had candy or ice cream in their hands, asking for a bite.... and we all took turns to chase after him and smile in embarrassment when other kids ran away from him, taking their candy/ice cream with them.... Half way through the programmes, thunders were heard and lightning seen and the rain just started pouring! Luckily we brought umbrellas! Kiddos were enjoying themselves squeezing under a big umbrella with daddy.
When the rain lightened up, hubby and Roy (MIL's boyfriend) suggested to walk home to pick up the cars to drive everybody home in case it started to rain again. The rest of us watched some old folks dancing near the midsummer pole in the traditional costumes.
These old people are either too old to dance or they have no time to rehearse... some of them are confused as to where they're supposed to be moving and others are just confused why they were there.... (Honestly! I'm not being mean about it!) Hubby was mean, he said that they looked like they were doing their last dance.... baby.... *shake head*
After the celebration in the park, MIL and Roy suggested to drive the kiddos back home to play and they can prepare food, while we went up to a hill to look at the view from the top. The view was great! Everything looked like miniature toys from the top!
After this, we went back home for dinner. Kiddos, Roy, my brother and BK played a few games at the backyard. We had ice cream and of course, more coffee and it was time to drive 2 hours back to Linköping.
We arrived home around 9pm and everybody was exhausted. Amidst all these new exposure to a different culture, meeting hubby's mom for the first time and tasting local food, my mom did not forget her obsession..."The wild flowers that were growing over there are prettier than here!" "So what do you think about the view from the hill mom?" "Huh? There wasn't any pretty wildflowers on that hill." *Faint*
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