Read-a-thon

It's cold outside, well actually not so bad (-9 C or 16 F), but the wind is blowing from the north, so the kids stay inside.


Caliban: Funny pictures!

Mikko: You are holding the book upside down! I can read that book to you, if you want.

Caliban: Yes!


Mikko: Alligators all around...
...Having headaches
... Zippity zound! Alligators ALL around

Caliban: Again!

Mikko: Oh, well, OK.
Alligators all around...
...
...Zippity zound! Alligators all around.

Caliban: Again!


Mikko: This is getting boring. You read yourself!

Caliban: Olio, I read, you listen? ... No? ... I must get Apina Kapina.

It looks like Caliban found Apina Kapina - and his friends and relatives, too!

Caliban: I read, you all listen!


Caliban: Alligators all around...
...Getting giggles...
...Zippity zound! Alligators all around.
Again!
Alligators all around...


Niks: This is getting boring. Let's go and raid the deep freeze!

Naks: Yes! That is more interesting!

Caliban: You always think about food?

Niks: Of course. What could be more interesting?


Zeon: krjfrjfijreituirutvn uurun irufrrqddekm

Niks: Sure you can join us. We'll raid enough food for everybody.


Niks: Aaah, Jaffa cakes. You like these, don't you?

Zeon: flltkyolgmn ehrhewhr

Niks: I knew you do!

Cross Country Skiing

Haitula has got new skis. It's a nice sunny day, perfect weather for skiing.


Getting started...


Ooops! It isn't as easy as it looks.


Better try going uphill....


and downhill...


- Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!


- Oops!


But Haitula does not give up. He climbs up again...


... and concentrates...


And down again...


... and curves to a perfect stop! Excellent!

Haitula and snow

It is finally snowing instead of just raining all the time.


There is not yet enough snow to cover the lingonberries - but it's snowing all the time, so these are probably covered by tomorrow...


- OK, Fafner, I think this is a good place to build a snowman.
(By the way you can see how windy it is by looking at the end of my scarf.)


- Push, Fafner, rolling the snowballs is hard.


- Phhhw, finally the snowman is ready. The snow is a bit too cold, so it did not stick together well. You can see that this is a snow alien because he has eyestalks and some sort of flowery antennae on his head.

(Outsider's remark: Haitula looks so snowy in the last picture because the wind blew him over several times.)