Picnic at the park in Derby after playing at the playground.

Feeding the ducks!

Little sis likes our stay at the Hillcrest house

19 hours on the boat, no problem for S. , who even got to meet a magician

Now we have been here for over a month and we really like it. People are very friendly and helpful and even the weather is great. We already had a few days with 20°C. NICEEE!

One drawback with living over here is that you need utility bills or a credit history to get phone contracts, tv, internet and all the like. So far we are without both tv and internet and the few minutes a week that I get in the library (most often with the kids) are not sufficient to get things done. I just read emails and pay bills so bear with me if you won´t get any personal mails for a while. Mattias ook the girls to the park today so that I get to spend a few more minutes to finally give you all an update of what is going on.

We arrived here a month ago after visiting with friends in Danmark. The first 2 nights we spend in a really nice bed and breakfast in Dovedale since we did not have the keys for our apartment yet. It was a little house placed in a wonderful landscape (http://www.hillcresthousedovedale.co.uk/breakfast.html). We used those few days for a bit of touristy stuff to get acquainted with the area.
Tuesday after easter we finally got the keys for the apartment and it was not really love at first sight from my perspective but the longer we live here the more I like it. The apartment is really big which is great but makes logistics a bit difficult with the kids. It is almost like a tunnel with a really loooong hallway (mattias measured 50 m from our bedroom (last room) to the kitchen (first room)) and requires a lot of running back and forth. Mattias needs 16 seconds to sprint from the bedroom to the kitchen to fetch something to drink. ;)
However, as I said, now that I am used to it it just gets better and better. Also, in the beginning we had some serious jealousy issues with S.. I guess there were too many changes for her within the last couple month which made her act out. The first sunday here we actually spend at the hospital because we thought she had cracked little sis nose by sculling her. Now, after getting some more routines again, things are much better and she is actually very loving and caring at this point (with some exceptions every here and then).
We also started to attend to playgroups and S. really likes that though she is still a bit shy when it comes to talking to other kids. One playgroup is at the local church in the "ding dong house" as S. calls it, the other one is in a school and they have loads of toys, arts and crafts things and coffee for the moms and snicky snacks for the kids. It´s really a good thing to meet people and we have already a little network, which is nice.
They have really nice playgrounds over here as well and we are at one of them almost every day. Rainy days are prevalently playdoo days, S. new favorite activity.

All right folks, as my time here is limited I will just put a few pictures so that you can get an impression of our life over here. I will try and write new posts every here and then to keep you updated.