Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Efterårs ferie - Autumn break- Vacaciones de Otoño


Every year during mid-October Danish schools have a mid-autumn break. This was originally done due to the fact that during this time every year children were needed on  farms to harvest the potato crops. Although the kids these days are bummed they have to spend time having game nights, visiting the zoo, and decorating for Halloween, they try to make the best of it! ;)

Hver år mid i Oktober Dansk skole har Efterårs ferie. I gammel dage det var kun fordi danske bondegår behøved hjelp til afgrøde kartofler. Selv om børnene i moderne tid er lidt bedrøvet de skal spille spiller eller ud til besøge vild dyr på zoo, og travlt med pynte for Halloween, det prøve til lavede det mest med det! ;)

Cada año durante el medio de Octubre las escuelas de Dinamarca tomen vacaciones de otoño. Este tradicione comenso primero porque los niños nessisitaron ayudar piscar papas.  Hoy en los tiempos modernas, niños estan un poco tristes que nessisitan gastar tiempo jugando, visitando lugares como el zoo, o haciendo decoraciones de Halloween, pero hacen la lucha como pueden! ;)


**This is the first of what I hope will be a series of posts to practice my language skills.  My in-laws are now on-line, and would like to receive the blog too, so the Danish is necessary, and in fairness to my heritage...Spanish needs to go in there too.   I know there will be mistakes...probably in three languages...but I am ok with that - and I hope you are too! :)

 




Sunday, October 18, 2009

A bit about school


While these pictures are a little out of sequence, I thought that they give a good peek into the environment at school for the kids.  In the first series of pics you see the Principal, Peter Astrop playing the guitar and leading the assembly.  The following pics are at the assmbly and during a class play for Max.  The man in Max's class with guitar in hand, is a retired teacher who is covering for Sanne.  He was great, and also happens to be Bailey's last teachers husband!

112 Emergency - a day at the Fire Station



We are lucky enough to have a fire station within 5 minutes from our home, but what is even better than that is that we have the bonus of knowing our own firefighter! Finn's nephew Thomas,  is a full time firefighter and mentioned that we might want to check out the station during their annual open house. Were we ever glad that he did! They demonstrated life saving techniques and gave away free balloons...what more can you ask for on an overcast and cold fall day?