H A L L O W E E N

The Armstrongs LOVE Halloween (Well with the exception of Mr A)

However we will always make a big deal out of the scariest night of the year.

As usual some friends of ours have a BIG halloween party we go to every year, we all donate either sweets or cake and I made a massive spooky graveyard cake. 

This year both Ophelia and Felix chose to dress up as Dracula! 

And I went for the corpse bride look.

A few days after the English Halloween party the kids and I  jetted home to Denmark for a week holiday. And since we were there on the night of the 31 October we had to have a Halloween party for all our danish friends and their children. We brought home a suitcase full of spooky stuff to decorate the house and it was a great success with lots of scary cakes, 'blood' jelly in tubes a ton of sweets, 

spider wed and bloody knifes hanging down from the ceiling.

 The kids even went 'Trick or Treat' down my parent small road, 

do I have to mention that the kids loved it.....

Thanks to all the scary kids and their parents that came to the party:

Julia the Witch
Clara the scary Scarecrow
Viola the Witch
Arthur as Ben Ten
Selma the spider
Valdemar as Valdemar
Christian the scary clown
Marlene the scary doctor
Mia the skeleton
Lasse and Johan as not so scary witches...
Lene & Paul

Mormor the Witch & Bestefar as the very scary pumpkin

Close up

Made with love

Ophelia's is a lucky girl, cause her Mormor (My mother) knits her anything she like! This autumn Ophelia decided to go for a grey vest and leg warmers, and here is the stunning result:

Floral cushions

I found this lovely fabric one day I was in London, perfect for a few new cushions for Ophelia's room.

Egeskov Castle, Denmark

Our summer holiday in Denmark all ready seems a distant memory. But to remind our self about the great time we had I would like to share a few more pictures with you. 
This post is about our day trip to Funen (Native name Fyn) which is the 3rd largest island in Denmark, in fact there are approximately 406 of them!

We packed the car with happy kids and a bulging picnic hamper. The sun was out and the spirit high.

We arrived at Egeskov Castle early afternoon and went to explore the place. It is a great place for the whole family, young and old. The Castle is surrounded by water and beautiful parks. You will find the worlds largest Kompan playground, picnic areas, a Maze, a tree top walk (to high up for me) various museums, secret gardens, ice cream bars and lots of space to run free and hide.

I think the pictures sum it all up, enjoy