Thursday, April 30, 2009

Nursery news

Yesterday we got a letter saying that Elias can go to the nursery closest to our house as of end of August. We are a bit surprised since just a few days ago it seemed like the queue was still pretty long.

I'm really happy about this because it will mean that the friends he make at nursery will be living closer to us and it will be a lot more convenient for us as well with the dropping off and picking up. Still I can't help but feel a bit worried. I really like the staff where he is now and as David pointed out yesterday, it seems like a lot of the older kids really like Elias and look out for him. I'm sure it will be good in the new place too, but it is always a bit scary with the unknown. "You know what you have but not what you will get"

I will try to call them today and see if we can arrange a visit to the new nursery.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Another weekend is coming to an end. Yesterday we were mainly pottering about in the garden and my cousin came for a visit with little Leonard. It was lovely to see them! Leonard is growing so fast, I can't believe he's 4 months already...


Today Elias and I went to the forest-group again and it was lovely. The weather was great and Elias really enjoyed the walk in the forest. After that I went shopping for clothes for Elias. I would have much rather stayed at home out in the garden enjoying the nice weather. But the boy really needed new clothes and there was a few presents I had to sort out. Unfortunately I have just realised I forgot to sort one of the most important ones out. %!#&%#! I guess I'll have to go back one evening this week.

At least I managed to buy loads of stuff for Elias and it looks like most of it fits (trousers are the worst to buy!). Here he is all geared up in some of the new stuff:

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Haircut

I have been very fond of Elias blond curles and refused to get him a haircut. I've been saying that I won't allow it being cut until he's 2 at the earliest. Lately he has been looking more scruffy than cute though and I realised we did need to cut it. I tried to hold him and Dave did the cutting. What do you think of the result?

Before:

After:

As promised

Pictures of the wallpaper:

Friday, April 24, 2009

"Done"

Yesterday we put the wallpaper up in Elias' room! Yeez, it is so difficult! This is the sort of stuff they should teach you in school!!!

Anyway, we managed but it took pretty long even though it is a really small wall. Will take a photo tonight and let you see the result.

Now we just need to tidy up the basement and move back down. I hope Elias will like his new room!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Hilarious

I find this really funny. Can't help it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_B5UrI7nAI

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Words

Elias is learning loads of words at the moment and he's getting better and better at copying what we are saying. At grandma Inger and granddad Stig he started saying "tackförmaten" (thank you for the food), and he says quite a few short sentences. One thing that I find really sweet is that he has learnt the word "sova" (sleep) and says it all the time. He lies down on the sofa, the floor, in our bed and says "sova!". He says everything with an exclamation mark...

Even in his eating chair he tilts his head back and says "sova!". The sweetest thing was last night though when we actually were about to put him to bed. He was sitting in my knee and had just had his evening drink and then he said "sova, sova, sova". I guess it was time to go to bed...

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Weekend report

It's Sunday evening and we are absolutely shattered. It has been a great weekend (I think anyway) but now I'm almost looking forward to going back to work so I can get a bit more of a rest.

On Friday I picked Elias up from dagis as usual. They were outside playing and he didn't want to come home with me. After letting him go down the slide like a 1000 times I finally dragged him to the car. I'm really happy that he likes nursery but it would be nice if he came home without a fight... Oh well, Elias ate dinner and then we put him to bed normal time and then Dave and I had dinner together. It's so nice to have an "adult" dinner together sometimes.

On Saturday Dave started painting the roof in Elias' bedroom while Elias and I went grocery shopping. Later I gave the walls the first lick of paint too. It's so nice to finally have started with the room.

This morning Elias and I joined an activity for small children where you meet up in the forest and look at plants and animals. I was a bit worried because he had had a pretty bad night and woke up before 6. Also the other kids are a bit older but it actually went really well. He seemed to love it! We will definitely go again next weekend!

Apart from starting to do up Elias' room we've also started working on a flowerbed. Today we went and bought some earth to put in it and hopefully we'll finish the flowerbed and Elias' room pretty soon.

We also bought a lamp for Elias today. What do you think?













Now we're going to have a sauna and then it's off to sleep! Can't wait!

Thursday, April 16, 2009

Pictures

I have added some photos to the March&April photo album.

Here you see him crawling through a tunnel David dug.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

We're back

After a great week in Luleå we are now back at work (all 3 of us). The weather wasn't quite as good as we have come to expect at Easter but we had a lovely time anyway.

When we left Stockholm it was + 15 degrees and sunny and spring flowers were blooming in the garden. In Luleå it was about 0 and loads of snow. It sure is a pretty big country...

I will try to upload some pictures ASAP.

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Off we go

Today we fly up to Luleå so don't be surprised if the blog will be fairly quiet the coming week. Unfortunately Elias has gotten a bit of a cold (again) but he hasn't had a temperature so hopefully it will pass quite quickly this time so we can play in the snow up north.

It was great fun seeing Anki and Bacon again. Anki and Elias hit it off straight away and Bacon really liked all of Elias' toys... On Saturday we went to see a friend who had her third child two weeks (!) ago. She (the baby) was so tiny! It is amazing how fast they grow...

On Sunday Anki and I went for a small shopping trip and then we picked up great-aunt Lilly on the way home and we all had dinner together.

We've had a few days of amazing weather, sunny and +15 so it will be a bit of a change to go up north and have winter again. Hopefully we will have a few sunny days, you can't find much that is better than a beatiful spring-winter day in Luleå!

Friday, April 03, 2009

Guests

Today Aunty Anki and Bacon (her dog) come to visit. Yippie! It will be so nice to see them. I have tried to teach Elias to say 'Anki' and I think he is getting pretty close (mind you, it is pretty close to the swedish word for duck and he does seem to confuse them a bit)

I'm sure Anki will be very impressed with all of Elias new skills. Especially how he tries to trow up a football in the air and then kick it on the way down (like goalies do).

The weather forecast for the weekend is great so I hope it will stick to that. I'm wearing my leather jacket instead of my winter coat today. Spring is here!