This past weekend Grandma Gertrud and Roland came down for a visit with the kids, to hang out and to help us build shelving in our storage. No visit from Grandma and Roland is complete without either a) a huge batch of cinnamon buns for us in their luggage or b) a home cooked meal of our choice from by Grandma, who is a chef by trade. This time we went for the latter.
Shaena has recently discovered a well kept Swedish secret called a ‘Smörgåstårta’, which translated is a ‘Sandwich cake’. A Smörgåstårta is basically layers of white bread soaked in goodness and dressed with vegetables, cheeses and delicacies like smoked salmon, caviar, smoked ham… whatever your heart and taste buds desire really. Divine!
So, whilst Shaena and Grandma were working away on the Smörgåstårta, which we got to stuff our faces with for dinner later that evening, accompanied by Uncle John and Mikaela; Roland, Ethan and myself converted the old broken futon from our apartment in Edinburgh into awesome shelves in our outdoor storage and also built shelves in our indoor storage at the same time. (Well, truth be told; Roland did most of the building and Ethan and I did most of the swinging and most of the playing in the nearby play structure!) Ethan and I figured that that was the most fair and even distribution of workload for everyone involved and in the end; the shelves turned out really, really nice.
We had a great time, a great banter and the kids definitely got their fair share of attention and playtime this weekend! Oh, and now we are also officially booked for Christmas and New Years up north. Very much looking forward to that!
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