It’s høstferie this week, which is basically the autumn school holidays, just one week. There’s no teaching at university either. I had planned to use this time to get ahead on class preparation and rewrite an article, but Antonia has been sick (not dreadfully sick, though but they kept sending her home from barnehage). I couldn’t send her today so I decided to keep Felix home as well. We’ve all been hit by a cold this week, actually, so it is good to have a little pause.
We walked to our favourite cafe in the harbour, and Felix devoured his favourite custard bun. The ritual of the custard bun began when he was barely one, and he hasn’t tired of it yet.
Antonia doesn’t like buns but she was happy enough drinking the foam from my latte and playing with a fireman’s helmet. They have a few boxes of toys, a play kitchen and a play table, enough to keep the little ones occupied for a while.
They both pottered around with the toys quite happily for a bit. These are some of my very favourite moments – the sun slanting through the cafe, contented children, mine, a breath, a pause…
Then we wandered around the harbour before meeting up with friends in the afternoon.
The clouds and sun were all silky in the water.
northern lights 
Have just found your photos and blog. They are so lovely dear. Am sorry you have had colds ,hope they have now gone. Will write a bit more now just for you.
What a lovely day, despite the colds xx
Love A’s dress. Is that Mama made? Super cute! Hope the colds pass quickly! At least there are custard buns and kid-friendly cafes! xoxo
My Mum made it – and the purple one she wears. I don’t get too much time for knitting these days, but I’m tempted to make one too… The colds are gone now (well, Michael has it now but the rest of us are ok). I’m ready for two months more hard work before we can escape to Australia for a bit…
So lovely that you’ll have that rest. I start on the 4:30am bus to 5:20am ferry across the bay to work from 6:30am – 1pm, then ferry and bus home in time for M to return from school. Lots of fabulous knitting and reading time ahead – if I don’t fall asleep every leg of the journey!! So wishing you could come for a visit again soon. Maybe by the time you do I’ll have spun some yarn from our sheep that you might use on a sweet knitting project 🙂
That’s a lot of early mornings but so nice you can be home for M after school. x
Gorgeous pictures of harbour and both children. So enjoy getting them. Felix looks like he is doing really well on his scooter now x