carnival

a warm, sunny morning.  we slept in until almost 8, so no running group for greg and the guys today.  

but henry, going in and out... 

looks can be deceiving.  william is playing on the freedom-side of baby jail if you ask henry.

notice the travel highchair we finally bought to make our mealtimes 68% easier.

but we don't stay home for too long.  this weekend is the copenhagen carnival and we will meet some neighbors there.  so we pack a lunch (and some extra clothes in case of accidents, william's sandals in case he changes his mind about his tennis shoes or jumps into a fountain, hats for the sun, diapers and wipes for henny, sunscreen for reapplication purposes, an old towel, for whatever reason we may need one) and head for the big city to our east.

on the walk to the carnival...

pink

we reach the big park adjacent to the carnival grounds and take a playground-lunch stop...

william, scoping out the playground situation...

lunch. turns out i'm the only one who will eat more than a bite of celery in this family.

we walk through the park, littered with trash. presumably from the night before?  everywhere, cans and bottles which can be turned in for cash, but at two in the afternoon, still lie there.  would this happen in the united states?

at the carnival... finishing lunch...

modeling his new fire fighter helmet from the copenhagen fire department...

watching the football game on the big screen.
maybe they were rooting for brazil, because denmark was not doing so well...

neighbors...

two williams...

mr. henry, who'd spent much of the day behind me, in the ergo...

a carnival-- music, midway, cotton candy (candy floss in denmark), popcorn, sitting in the grass, playing in the dirt, and for the walk back... a little ice cream...

this is before william decided to finish it from the bottom up...

don't tell henry what he's missing back there...

you might notice the drips on william's pants and, somehow, the backpack by this point... later, greg's hat and shoulder sleeve succumb...

i can't say that either of our children ever look 100% presentable on our watch, but here you see we do try to clean them up every now and then.  not sure how his hair is standing up like that, but i've said before, it defies gravity...

a picture to show you how kids in copenhagen get around town...

 a train ride home...

a lovely way to spend a day that feels like summer.