Midsommar 2017

I was really determined to host a Midsommar party this year,  because I really miss doing it. However  life definitely got in the way, and with work, our upcoming move, and well..everything else so I realized something had to go. This year it was the party. But next year I am determined to have one again!

Anyhow, because we still needed to celebrate we went to the Midsommar celebration in Maryland at Carderock Park. They had fun games, plenty of dancing, and a beautiful pole.

We've gone to this celebration twice before and so I knew better than to try to make our crowns there (never enough flowers). I made crowns for the cub and I beforehand and I was pleasantly surprised that she actually wanted to wear hers.

She is familiar with many Swedish songs and dances, primarily thanks to the two Swedish songbooks we have. They are from the Barnkammerboken series and she really, really loves them. So I could see her excited to recognize some of the dances and she kept turning to me and saying, "I like this one!" At one point she grabbed her little friend's hand and they went inside the circle to do their own thing, which was really cute.

Participation prize was an apple.

  

Starting the procession!

So much green that you have to hunt a little to find the pole in these pictures...

 I saw this shirt and told Jeff it was #goals and he said, "I think you mean #GGGGOOOOOAAAAALLLLLLLSSSSSS"