Saturday, June 20, 2009

Midsummer

Yesterday was Midsummer and here in Umea we have 24 hours of daylight (the sun sets around 11:10 pm and rises at 2:15 am). We celebrated the event with many Swedes by going to Gammalia (old city) for a picnic lunch and some dancing around the maypole.

Here's Odin playing with his very own maypole that Dad made for him.
Part of the tradition is to decorate the maypole with flowers and birch leaves before it is raised up.
After the afternoon celebrations we had dinner with our Swedish friends. We walked home from dinner around 11 pm. Odin was relaxing in the jogger on the walk home (notice how light it is outside and we didn't use the flash on this picture!).
This past week we purchased a cyclewagon for Odin. It goes behind Dad's bike and once Mom gets a bike should make travel around town much quicker! We took it for a spin today (Mom jogged along side Dad) and Odin seemed to really enjoy the ride...and then he dosed off to sleep;-) It has a mesh screen cover to stop bugs from coming in and toys from going out, and it also has a rain cover to keep him dry if it's raining or snowing.

My new toy!