Here are a few snaps from the latest trip the Grandma and Uncle Tim took to see Matt, Silje, Maud Marie and Henny Helena at their new residence in Oslo.
To view in order follow the links.... 1. Oslo Time
Maud cut short her interview with the "Hallo" reporters due to the arrival of her friend Martinus who popped in with his parent in tow. Martinus was obviously growing up quick judging by the amount of facial hair he is sporting... or maybe it was a fake beard that came inside a funny book that Maud had just got him as a present!
We popped out for a Sunday stroll down to the local city farm which has all sorts of exciting and amazing animals... like goats and horses and sheep and rabbits and hamsters and a giant pig that was running around and terrorising people for food and lions and tigers and bears... alas I didn't think to take any pictures 'cos we were having too much fun.. sorry.
Proud Grandma getting her pram pushing fix.
Thanks for a LOVELY time everyone! Can't wait for us all to get together again and this time with Aunty Sarah too! Roll on Christmas!
.... and this is what happened to that cake we saw earlier.... yeah... we demolished it!
Maud Marie Tjorteland Conibear graciously invited Hallo magazino into her luxurious new apartment in Oslo. We were only too delighted to see what this hip girl about town has to say about important issues such as what pop-up books at the moment, why the lid wont stay on her dolls house tea set, and where that pesky small yellow one had gone from her stacking cup set! Hallo is always there to be first with the important news of the day...
Maud at the entrance to her gracious home, with ample storage, a small plastic kitchen with real burner effect stove (with sound - how cool!) and a two place (very sturdy) dining area.
Maud (2 and a bit) puts her baby to sleep whilst she talks to our reporter...
..but insists that the interview is conducted on her terms... including the presence of her advisor, best friend and confident Lola.
The reporter grabs a snap for her own personal album
Suddenly a disagreement appears to break out between Maud and Lola...
...scenes turn a little ugly and embarrassing...
... but then we realise that Maud and Lola were simply showing off part of their new act (entitled Circus Tricks with Lola Standing on my Shoulders and Doing Somersaults Off Them) premiering Off-Broadway soon!
What an enchanting day we had being entertained by Oslos premier young rising star Maud Marie! Lets hope the ugly incidents of earlier this year will be forgotten and Maud and her new young sister Henny can live in peace with their fame in the blogging world.
After having to say goodnight to the little darlings what seems so early the previous evening surely the best thing in the morning is getting to see them again! Especially when they are this cute!
(Whoops bit close Henny sorry !)
Henny none too impressed with Uncle Tim's comforting skills at first...
...then realised that she was just in need of a little snoozette... these moments are precious!
Next... Click here to see the exclusive interview with Maud Marie
A lovely way to start the day.. scrambled eggs and bacon (yum thanks Silje - and gluten free toast) and then some great quality time with the kiddies :)
The gluten free elephant in the room....
Yummo. Again Silje spoiled us and me especially by making a huge and delicious gluten free cake topped with berries and filled with special "piano" cream... Maud's anticipation was palpable ... "cummon people cut the cake! cut the cake!"
What a wonderful start to the weekend :)
Grandma gets some one-on-one with Henny in a cute pinafore number
Maud was usually at hand to cast her big sister eye over all these newpeople handling her new little sister
Friday morning, before Grandma's plane landed, Maud decided to bunk off nursery for the day to hang around with her cool Uncle Tim and Mamma and Pappa. Giant sticky buns tend to help make the morning more fun too
Henny was happy (as usual) just to be wrapped up warm in her chariot
Heading down to the station Matt and Silje took me over to see the newly opened Opera House. It is a spectacular building inside and out with a white marble facade that seems to slide gracefully into the fjord! This means you can simply walk up the roof to the summit to get some spectacular views of Oslo. The skyline when we were there was quite impressive but unfortunately brought rain with it.
Then just a quick hop over to the Central Station to collect Grandma off the airport express train.
Hello everyone and welcome to another picture rich installment of S&N. It seems like only a few weeks ago that I was over in Oslo last helping Matt, Silje and Maud make the journey from their old apartment into their new swanky pad.
Maud showed me around the library bookcase... mainly taking in the highlights of several of her favourite Dr Seuss books
Pappa, Maud and Henny have some sit down time on the sofa...
But then Henny manages to score the whole seat to herself for some quiet time without all the grownups.
Just outside, the apartment building even has its own playground (woohoo!) and Maud clearly doesn't mind whiling away any spare time there if it's a nice sunny day, as it was on the Friday morning.
