Today, we went to Haylie's school for the Christmas fair. I had baked 2 kinds of spritz cookies, iced gingerbread cookies, and peanut butter cookies for the bake sale. Stefan made knäck, which are like caramels with little almond bits in them. His candy sold fast, and the gingerbread cookies. I think the Swedes were afraid of my American cookies though. Hope somebody buys them. The proceeds from the fair go to a field trip they have every fall for the whole school, and to charity. They are sponsoring orphans and abandoned children in Columbia, so they have studied Columbia and drawn its flag and stuff like that. All the kids got free hot dogs, and we bought a wreath, candles the kids had decorated, a Christmas popper of the non-explosive variety, some cookies and candy, glögg, and did the pony ride.
For once, Stefan had a coat on, but of course no hat or gloves. 
Haylie went on a pony ride.
Here she is, working the money box. All the kids had a 20 minute shift to work, selling what they had made and what the families had donated.
She had an idea in the car on the way home about "double-selling". She explained that you can buy stuff at a Christmas fair, then go and sell it again at another Christmas fair for more money. I had to laugh at that one.
Here is Haylie, all dressed up in her new dress. Today she is at her cousin Isabelle's friend birthday party. We will go to the family birthday party on Tuesday as well. They are 7 days apart, so we have a few weekends of partying in a row here for the six-year olds.
