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| Doesn't it make our garden look pretty. There was enough snow to cover up the leaves we haven't raked up. |
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| And here are some sausage rolls which won't last five seconds when my sons see them. Here's hoping you all have a lovely holiday and a smashing 2015! Dr Watson's looking forward to it.  Watson Mose Dyrbye |
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| We bought these dishcloths in REMA for DKK 20 (about £2) |
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| We folded it in half and cut a little way in at one end. |
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| We out the dishcloth/teatowel with the middle on top of Jake's head. |
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| Holding onto the bits we cut, we tied it around his head and knotted it over one ear. |
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| Then I found a hair elastic and we put the tail end through it a couple of times. |
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| And covered the elastic with the knot. |
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| Like this. |
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| Looking good. Should be looking mean and nasty like a real pirate. |
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| That's better. Still missing something... |
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| Yes! A real pirate has a parrot. Jake's got a chicken. With a secret... |
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| It's a wine box cover :0. Or rather a wine bag cover once you've wrestled the box off. Perfect Christmas presents for Grandma and her friends. Hope they're not looking!  You can find the site where I got them on facebook if you look up ByAlberthe MERRY CHRISTMAS |
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| Time to visit the Drive-In Cinema in Lyge near where we live. We'd been looking forward to it! |
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| First we hit the sweet shop... |
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| Well, popcorn is part of the fun... |
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| Then we made sure the Green Lighting (my car) was parked facing the right (wrong) way... |
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| We tuned in the radio, tipped the seats forward, spread out the cushions and snuggled up under the quilts we'd brought along. |
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| Perfect! Ready for the film to begin. Dumb and Dumber 2 was naughty but most of it went over Jake's head. And anyway, at some level, he has to learn to pronounce English swear words without a Danish accent :o) www.driveinbio.dk |
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| Bunk beds are always fun. Jake wasn't quite sure because he sometimes falls out of bed on his normal bed at home. So if you've ever wondered what the things are that go bump in the night - it's Jake, falling out of bed again. |
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| After settling in, we decided to go exploring. |
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| There were plenty of seats on the deck with WiFi so Zac could finish an essay he had to hand in. |
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| And the furniture in the Bubble Zone was made to look like stones, but was actually quite comfy. We had terrific steaks in a posh restaurant to celebrate my BIG birthday. |
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| Then we crashed. Though not in a Titanic sense. |
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| Jake used my bed but slept below decks when it was time for bed. ON THE WAY BACK The first thing we did was buy tickets at the service desk on deck 7 and TRY..... THE OUTDOOR HOT TUB! (I can't spell jacuzzi :o) |
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| We checked the coast was clear... |
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| And shot off down the corridor in our swimming stuff. Jake had his favourite towel and looked a little like Superman |
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| There are two hot tubs out on the deck and luckily one was unoccupied. |
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| So IN... |
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| WE GOT! Lovely. But when four bathing beauties joined us and started speaking French, it was clear Zac had enjoyed a mispent youth - learning German. |
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| After a delicious soak, We flitted back to our cabin. |
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| And then while Jake and Alex played a football game. |
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| I sussed out the treasure hunt, run by a friendly pirate. |
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| The clues were hidden around the ship and you had about an hour to find them as I recall. There were nasty ratty villains trying to get in the way apparently but I never saw them. |
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| Then we went to find out what the roll-the-dice horse racing was all about. It was all quite safe, though the lady in the photo seems to be wearing a rather elaborate harness just in case - and she was just a spectator. |
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| After a tasty pizza, we relaxed back at the cabin. And next morning everyone turned their phones back on and deleted all the messages saying 'welcome to Sweden', 'Welcome to Oslo' etc. etc. The cool green enamel bucket was my birthday present from the boys. I fell in love with it in a really retro shop in Oslo - there'll be more photos of Oslo, some cool shops and the place we stayed in another post next week. Why a bucket? Well although I'm really old now, I still haven't kicked it. That or they think I'm like Hyacinth in the TV show Keeping Up Appearances! |
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| This is actually a photo taken in Oslo, but Jake, his big brothers Alex and Zac and I were in such a hurry to get on board in Copenhagen that I totally forgot to get out my camera. We weren't even sure we would leave Danish waters because four steps from the check-in, I looked at Jake's passport and thought...gosh he looks young in that photo. Suddenly realised I'd brought his old English passport by mistake. It ran out last year. His new one was at his dad's. Oops. Zac said just smile and we'll get through, after all if you drive to norway you don't need a passport. Luckily we got on board but Jake's dad was on high alert ready to fax anything required just in case! |
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| In fact we were so happy to get on board that Jack the Pirate Parrot got a hug! The rest of this post will show some of the facilities on board for kids. |
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| Jake's too old for the ball pit now really. |
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| And these toys too, though... |
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| ...noughts and crosses is still fun, actually. |
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| And down in the Bubble zone, the stones pillows are interesting to flop about on. |
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| There's a big model ship... |
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| And another means of transporting youngsters into seventh heaven. |
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| But we thought the hot tub area looked nice. |
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| You pay 50 kr for adults and 25 kr for kids and have access both the night you leave and next morning. We didn't try these but we did try the one out on deck - on the way home. As usual, I'll be posting more photos at about weekly intervals so stay tuned to see a T-Rex cast, where we stayed in Oslo and what we got up to and a our trip back, including the hot tub adventure. |
