Parties and mosquito bites

When one looks back and sees a weekend spent with family and friends, in the lovely outdoors, and one is pleasantly tired, then one just KNOWS it was time well spent.. Until the mosquito bites start itching that is..

On Friday evening, lil C's class had their summer party. As of next year, the two 6-grade classes will be split into three classes, so the parents decided to have a sleep over at Isesjøbråten, a newly renovated camp site. The main building was lovely. However... We (18 kids and 6 adults) slept outside, in the fresh air.. in an open wooden shelter, so that IF it rained, we would not get wet. How VIKING is that?!

I wish I could say it was a long and quiet night..

The rain started at around 3:30 am and was relaxing to listen to.. Not so the chattering of 14 kids (yes 14 kids, coz lil C and 3 boys slept until around 7:30) at 5:00 am, not something I want to repeat too soon. Two not-so-cheery-at-5am-moms asked if it was possible to be QUIET *ahem* so the children disappeared up the trail towards the main building and we could sleep for a few hours more. The three dads (who claimed back problems and moved in the middle of the night) were sleeping closer to the buildings, so we figured we'd let them take care of the chatterbugs ;-)

Lil C's class summer party

The GREAT outdoors :-)

The dad with the mosquito head-net was obviously not a TRUE Viking!



View from my 'bed'


Saturday morning I rushed lil C  off to a friend's house so they could rush out to catch a ferry to another friend's house for a sleepover (PHEW!), lil J was at a classmate's birthday party and afterwards at home with my mother-in-law (double PHEW! Coz just one wild guess who co-ordinates all of these comings and goings..).

In between a fast cake session, keywords: fondant, silver paint that smelled of coconut essence (don't ask why I didn't use water to mix in the silver powder, just mental block right then and there).

Saturday evening. The next party we went to was a choir-friend's 40th birthday party. It was to be held (you guessed it) outdoors(!!!) but in a nice big party tent, just in case it rained (the birthday 'boy' said he'd get the weather he deserved, and he got sun!). There were ACTIVITIES, some more usual than others:




A Swedish game called Kubb. The point is to ... WIN :-)

Croquet (without the flamingoes though)

And unexpectedly a little bit of Zumba...

Proving again that Vikings are not the wild people the rest of the world think them to be.
They are even WILDER!

Our friend A, asked for donations (smaaaaaaart.. not birthday GIFTS but donations!) towards installing electricity in his new garage. What a GREAT excuse to make a cake!! :-)

A lightbulb! What a bright idea :-P

The card gave instructions on how to find the 'real' gift..
Which was of course INSIDE the cake ;-)

So finally at home my ankles start itching.. Mosquito bites, NOW?!? Two outdoor parties and I sigh with relief that I did not get bitten. Safe at home and my legs look like they got a touch of the Himalayas.

I don't think I like mosquitoes very much.. Parties yes, mosquitoes NO!