If you have been living in Sweden for a few years, you'd realize that summer weather is mostly 2 or 3 weeks (if you're lucky) of bright sunny days and then the rest are mostly cloudy (which means slightly cold in the air, so light sweater is needed) or even rainy days (that means staying home, complaining about the weather).
We were supposed to arrive at around 10am. However, just 4 minutes before we arrived at their place, we were stopped by the police! Our car was supposed to go for a control check some time in March but we haven't done that then, and we're booked to do the control check on next Wednesday. So being stopped by the police now will be very very bad news. We could be asked to get out of the car and would have to figure a way to get back home. On top of that, one of the headlights wasn't working properly and since we were already late, we were also "slightly" above the speed limit. However, after a few minutes of discussion with the police, he slapped us with a fine and let us off, telling us that "we're on our way to celebrate midsummer, then we're going home before heading to do the control check for the car." so he had very kindly given us our "reason", just in case we were stopped by another police road block on the way home! :D I guess he probably smelled Chris's vomit when he approached the car, and Chris started crying when he started talking! On top of that, we had 4 kids and 1 puppy in the car, to add on to the stress factor! These are probably the reasons why he decided to let us off with a caution and a fine!
Ok, now let the pictures tell the story!
Polly was happy to be out of the apartment! But I think we have ourselves a "Princess" dog.... She cries if we walked too far away from her (like 2 meters away!) and she's afraid to walk on wooden planks.... =.="
Weather was great! Bright and sunny, we were all so tanned!
We have decided to use the human "midsummer pole" this year, easy to mount, minimum amount of decoration needed and most of all, easy to remove after the celebration is done. ^.^
Hubby and Olof
Lunch is sausages and potatoes for the kids and....
classic midsummer's dishes - Sill (picked raw fish in small pieces) and potatoes for adults (and Jovan pointed out that he also had some, which makes him a "small" adult!)
And of course we had to sing short silly songs and drink snaps (shots of strong alchol), till everybody started to talk funny...
The songs were so simple even kiddos know how to sing, but of course they had soft drink..... but apparently, too much soft drinks makes MY kids talk funny after awhile.... *scratch head*
The trampoline was VERY popular among the kids, we have to get one. But first we need to get a house....
Angel "decorating" her daddy for midsummer....
Thanks to Ulrika who showed us how to make midsummer flower crowns!
Here's a pretty Swedish summery gal!
Julian was very shy (maybe taking picture is not a cool thing to do) in front of the camera, so he hid in mummy's arm whenever the camera was out.
But after some time, I finally got a picture!! Yeah!!
On the other hand, Ivan was very happy to have his picture taken!
Blowing soap bubbles was another favorite for kids and puppy. Polly was very confused by those vanishing "balls"....
Another round and moving is Chris's favorite! Balls, bubbles, wheels, balloons...
Need I say more?
We had barbecue for dinner, yum!
And pretty wild flowers are blooming everywhere!
What a relaxing weekend!
Glad midsommar allihopa!
Happy midsummer everyone!
Lovely pictures but where r u sister?
ReplyDeleteI was taking pictures! :D
DeleteLOL! Only in Sweden are the police so damn nice okay? When Gavin's bike was stolen, they were the sweetest, most reasonable police I've ever met. Albeit, a little laid back, they're still very nice people.
ReplyDeleteI think that policeman was in a good mood. Either that or he felt sorry for us coz Chris threw up just before he stopped us, so when he walked up to the window, the smell of puke must have knocked him back a few steps! :D
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