Well, not
anymore. We’re up to minus 3 Celsius, which is 15 degrees warmer than last
week.
We’ve just had exotic visitors from far far away. Amama
Socco and Aixite Sebas came from the warm south to inspect their new granddaughter, Baby M and
to catch up with their “oldest” one Little H( which is two and a half).
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| Mmmmm, chocolate |
Amama and Aixite had eagerly followed the weather forecast for Norway on various websites and had become a bit concerned when the temperature started falling below zero and snow was
starting to fall. We tried to hide these
minor details for them, as we thought they might postpone their visit if they
knew the truth about the December weather.
Before they
came we prepared by buying spikes to attach to their shoes so not to slip on
the ice. We stocked up on firewood, and found extra hats, gloves and other
necessities.
When they arrived I was
impressed by their good spirits, they dressed in layers and went out on walks
and played with Little H in the snow.
I was extra happy that we could show them
some of our Christmas preparations and they both had Christmas porridge (boiled
rice and milk with a bit of vanilla). A tradition is to hide and almond in the
porridge and whoever finds it gets a small pig (!?!) made of marzipan.
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| See and Learn Little H |
After a week of cooing over Baby M and running after Little H they went back south with tales of cookies shaped like pigs and reindeer, almonds hidden in porridge, kids playing outside in minus 8 C, and real pine trees with lights outside everywhere.
They must
think that Norwegians are mad about Christmas. And I guess we are…
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| Proud Amama and Baby M |
Hehe, vinter og julefeiring i Norge kan sikkert oppleves som ganske eksotisk:) Når det gjelder hudpleiespørsmålet ditt (og tusen takk for fine ord), så svarer jeg deg her også: Vet ikke hvilken dagkrem du bruker, men du kan bruke et fuktgivende serum under dagkremen og en ekstra nærende nattkrem. Du kan f.eks prøve Angelique serum og night balm fra Decleor. Essential Cleansing Milk er også helt deilig:) De er ganske dyre, men drøye, og hvis du bestiller fra Feelunique, så refunderer de tollgebyret. Dermalogica Intensive Moisture Balance er også bra, men dyr:) Et billigere alternativ er produktene fra Avene, vet at mange makeupartister sverger til dette merket. Nyperoseolje eller jojbaolje er et rimelig alternativ til serum og dyre ansiktsoljer. Det var mine forslag, håper de kan være til hjelp:)
ReplyDeleteInnbiller meg at julefeiring er ekstra stort her til lands pga den harde, mørke vinteren vi må igjennom - sånn med tanke på fruktbarhetsdyrkningen før kristendom og senere velferd tok over... Henger nok mye tradisjoner fra da vi var preget av fattigdom og avhengige av gode avlinger. :-)
ReplyDeleteMen så koselig med besøk før jul, var nok stas for dem å se det nye familiemedlemmet samt godt for lille H å se dem igjen. Høres ut som dere hadde det koselig alle sammen :-)
Kos dere masse nå i siste innspurt før jul
og ha en riktig fin jul :-)