Easter cake

 Early warm weather around Easter this year ment we could sit outside with friends and enjoy traditional German Easter cake.

Nicholas starts Ice Hockey in Salem

 

Skiing in Branäs with friends

This year was another trip to Branäs in Sweden, but with a change to the group. Now 3 families staying together, but only the dads and children this year. So it was me with Liam, Neela and Nicholas, plus Linus with their two and Tobias with their two, making 10 in all. We stayed in the same 10 bed apartment building with a super view out over the slopes. Everyone had a great week and good weather and fun skiing and boarding together in various groups.

Sunny winter days in Rönninge

Finally all done with some help from Nicholas

So I calculate that this much wood is what we need per year. So this load should be fine and dry in time for next winter. Just need to remember to start again before the end of the year.

Wood cutting for next winter almost finished

22 Jan. The dog on frozen lake Rönninge

Snowmen family

So finally some snow that's right for making snowmen! So we made 3. 

Skating in the New Year

 Neela and Nicholas skating in Södertälje.

Christmas and opening presents

Here we are opening presents on Christmas day. 

Emma and her family came too. Unfortunatly Hannah was sick with a bug and so could not join us this year. We had a turkey dinner and all the trimmings. Only the cake was missing as I had only got as far as the marzipan topping. We ate that on another day.

Emma and Dylan on Christmas Day.

Making mince pie’s and other Christmas food

19th Dec. Christmas Tree up!

Neela's gingerbread merry-go-round 2021

So this year Neela wanted to make the Christmas gingerbread house, but wanted to make somthing different. She ended up with a Merry-go-round idea. After checking some online pictures, so setteled on a design and we cut out some paper templates together. Neela did most of the rest, with a little help from Dad and put most of it together after first baking the parts. A great end result!

Something different this year!

2021 Christmas Cake

2nd of December - first snow of the year

Yep, 2nd of December was our first real snow this winter.