I had a wonderful birthday! Did I mention that this past week has been our autumn holiday? It has, so we have all been at home with time to relax – also on my birthday.
Mads and the girls woke me up early (Ronja just couldn’t wait any longer, I think she was more excited than I was) with a birthday song, candles, hot coffee, and presents. One of my presents was a new heart rate monitor for my running – the Polar RS200. It’s so much better than my last one, and of course I had to try it out before lunch – didn’t do my best run ever, though, I guess three cups of coffee is not the best foundation for a good run. But a wonderful new toy!
We didn’t have any plans in particular (or at least that’s what I thought), but I needed some things from “Stof og Stil” (fabric store) for a project I ‘m planning, so we all went, and we had a really nice trip. When we got home, Mads sent Ronja and me to the small train station, which is almost next to our house, to pick up someone. I didn’t know who it was, and frankly I was totally puzzled, because we hadn’t been preparing for guests or anything. So when the train arrived, and my mother appeared, I was totally surprised – she lives at the other end of the country, so she doesn’t just stop by any day, you know. While we were all drinking tea, Mads revealed the great plan; he and I were going out for dinner, while my mother was to be babysitting the girls.
And we went out. We had a wonderful dinner at Restaurant Elverhøi, followed by a trip to the cinema to see Burn After Reading – the new movie by the Coen-brothers. The movie was really good, brought some great laughs, and it is definitely worth seeing, though I do think it lacked some kind of peak. Anyway, just having a night out alone with Mads was perfect and everything worked out fine with my mother babysitting the girls!
Candlelight dinner, confidential conversation, and Coen at the cinema – what a birthday!
That does sound like an excellent birthday. You even got a nice date night. The girls must have loved having their grandma there.
Now you have to plan for Mad’s birthday, hehe.
That does sound like an excellent birthday. You even got a nice date night. The girls must have loved having their grandma there.
That tree picture is gorgeous.
Happy Birthday!
happy birthday, sounds like it was perfect!
How fun!!! What a great birthday present! I love surpises like that! Happy Birthday!
Wow – you got to see your Mom and the kids got to see their Gram! Win-win, good thinking Mads! 😉
It sounds wonderful, Happy Birthdaaaaaayyyyy!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday dear Astrid,
Happy Birthday to you!
Well, you definitely had a great day, and you probably deserved every bit of it. Thank you for sharing it with us. I envy your life in Denmark. I wish I could be your next door neighbor. I can just smell the good food you ate. LOL.
Lisa – You’re right – I have to do something really nice for him in return. However, his birthday is in June, so I guess I have time to think something up… 🙂
Dana – thank you! 😉
Kim – thank you very much! 🙂
Tiff – I love surprises too! Thanks! 🙂
Amy – Yep – definitely a win-win! And thanks! 🙂
Jeannine – What a sweet comment – it would be great if you were my next door neighbor, what fun we would have! And what an exchange of sewing ideas… 😀