Maia Mi

Maia had one of her longest days out and about on 17th May - Norway's National Day. The day was fantastic, all in all. It was supposed to rain and storm and instead it was one of our sunniest days in our whole trip to Norway.

We got up, got ourselves sorted and dressed (Maia looking adorable in her outfit) and zoomed off to my sister's where we all rush out of the door to catch Elin, who is already walking in the procession which passes by the King's palace. Over a 100 Schools march past the King and his family, and she's number 27, so we are in a real rush. I plop Maia in the sling on my back and as we walk along the famous Oslo boulevard Karl Johan, we spot Elin and wave and take piccies. That over with, we have to make our way through the crowds to the top of the palace where the park is. Maia falls asleep in the sling & has a little snooze, thank goodness, as that's the only snooze she has apart from one tiny one which she has a LOT later on near the end of the day.


In the park Maia tries pølse med lompe for the first ever time. A hot dog in a potato cake, it's traditional on 17th May and she loves it. After that we watch the bands and the schools go past the King again and Maia eats nearly all my icecream (which is also only her second ever taste of ice cream).

Then it's off to my sister's for a delicious cold table and Maia has the time of her life as the human doll which Marie and Elin can't stop playing with. How much attention does she get? She barely gets the time to breathe!

We finally get home at around 9.30 and get Maia bathed and into bed asap (she's pretty worn out and very, very grumpy) and then, knackered as we are, we sit down for a glass (or two) of champagne. A brilliant if exhausting day.