Misc December Photos

Here are some random photos of other things we were up to in December... 

S, at a party at her school getting face-painted.

E got her's done too.

Walking through the park in the evening.  December was dark, yes.  But it really wasn't as dark as I was expecting and it certainly wasn't dreary.  

The park had fun light displays everywhere for Christmas time.  Here they had white sand in a large square on the ground to make a movie screen.  Way up above there was a projector and at night it projected this moving image of cells dividing and rejoining each other.  Accompanying this display was a speaker playing bubbly inside-your-tummy noises.  I'm sure I'm missing some important cultural commentary this light display was intended to convey.  I have no idea what it was all about.   But it was certainly eye-catching and every time we walked by we would stop to check it out.  

Maybe it was the short daylight hours but my girls were super tired in December.  They routinely fell asleep in the cargo bike on the way home.  Let me tell you, sleeping in the cargo bike is nothing like falling asleep in a comfy car seat.  S still has the bruises to prove it. 

Not a comfy nap spot... 

This is one of the main squares in town.  That's the Rådhus (Town Hall), the white building on the left.   Here, in the background, there were St. Lucia singers on stage, see the red lights in the center of the photo? 

Sweet girl

When I took this photo her top front tooth was loose.  These are some of the last photos of her baby smile.  >sob<  She's growing up so fast!!

S was a frog in her school play.  She licked off most of her face paint before the play was even over! 

This is a house near E's school... looks like Santa got a little stuck! 

E, preparing for her St. Lucia celebration at her school.  Parents were not invited so this is the only photo I have of her as St. Lucia. 

They made snow people in E's art class.  

Guess which child made one of "Mommy and Me." Yeah, that's my girl! 

An outdoor walkway on campus.  Love this ceiling! 

A view of one of the main university buildings, Universitetshuset. 

This building houses a tiny little stationary shop. 

The Lund Domkyrka seen from one of the main university buildings. 

Pretty buildings everywhere

More cool lights in the park near our house.
In the background of this photo is a glass-walled restaurant that serves delicious smorgasbord.  

The cargo bike?  Tuk tuk?

Taken late evening December 31st.  It was so foggy I wasn't too sure about how the fireworks were going to turn out!  In the end they were great, of course.