The kids were divided up into groups that contained at least 2 children from each class (0-6) and they walked around, explored, and ate "home-made" lunch together. My kids had their little old-fashioned metal lunchboxes (Martin has alligators, Karin has parrots) with them and they were thrilled because Anders made silver-dollar pancakes for them the morning before he left, expressly for the zoo lunch. Martin had a little tupperware container of maple syrup for his (thanks,
They also had 50 kronor each with them so they could buy ice cream and perhaps a little souvenir of some sort. After we got home they told me that they had had a good time despite being sore from all the walking (they were at the zoo from 9 to 2:30) and they both opened their backpacks and brought out little wrapped items which they handed over to me with smiling faces.
Karin's was a letter, written to me, IN ENGLISH, that says in careful pencil-block letters on Skånes Djurpark notepaper: i HAD A VERE GOD TIM AT SKÅNES DJURPARK, LOUVE KARIN plus 2 extra pieces of the notepaper for me to write my own letters on. Martin's was a little carefully wrapped and taped package which upon opening proved to contain a carved wooden MOOSE PEN! (which he had bought for me with the remainder of his money after buying ice cream, wasn't that sweet?!)
I would have taken a picture to post along with this, but I can't figure out how to get the damn zoom lens off of Anders' camera and my little digital is still missing in action. Wah!
Speaking of Höör:
Barbara: I think it's great that people are organizing more activities finally.
Liz: Yeah, I know! I'm putting some lunches in Eslöv up on the calendar tonight, along with Pumpkin Patch.
Barbara: And Martine just put up those lunches in Höör, too.
Liz: I don't know how many people live there, but it's nice that she's trying since she's out there so much now.
Barbara: But she didn't move there, did she? Isn't it just her summer house?
Liz: Well, she's changed her work phone to her Höör number.
Barbara: *cracks up*
Liz: *giggles madly*
Hippity Skippity Hoppity Happity Birthday Wishes to
*Mom's juice