Hurray for the 17th of May!
Today marks Norways Constitution Day so we went to Ballard to the Sytennde Mai (17th of May) parade. There were many people wearing bunads, including my family - aren't they a handsome group?!? Leif is wearing his new bunad for the first time. Very sharp!
Campbelle borrowed a bunad from Leif's cousin Vibeke. It was made by Leif's grandmother (or Mormor, mother's mother) from the left over material that was used to make her own many years ago. Liv now wears that bunad from Erna. It was a very special dress, with lots of memories ... thank you Vibeke for sharing it with us for today.
Who's the odd person out in this group? The poor girl with only a German/Russian heritage (just kidding, see Tammy's post on why being Irish is so much cooler than German!! haha)
Christian was crazy for the parade, especially all the police motorcycles, waving the flags, and eating loads of candy! He went to bed tonight hoping he could go to another parade tomorrow... only in a perfect world of a 2 1/2 year old.
Hip hip horray for the 17th of May!
posted by jilldaisbrenne @ 9:47 PM
3 Comments:
GOOD LOOKIN' FAMILY!! :) Looks like a fun day! And Christian, I hope you get to go to another parade soon!
You guys look fabulous!!!!
This is so cool! I have a student right now from Norway and she was very excited on the 17th to share with me the fact that it was a special day in her country. I plan to share these photos with her.
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