Monday, November 30, 2009

Niece news

On Friday morning we started the drive down to Skåne. Elias was really good in the car even though it took 7 hours. It was a long drive but definitely worth it. Just look at her! The cutest little girl in the world!



With "Patty the puppy" (she was finished in the car....)


Connecting with Bacon


All of us had a great time. Elias loved seeing his aunt again and he was very good with the baby. Sometimes when she was asleep in the bedroom he would all of a sudden say "but, where is the baby??" and then go and rock the cradle and gently stroke her. So sweet! He didn't mind me holding her at all either. It feels like a good sign even though it will of course be a completely different thing when our baby arrives. At Anki's there was loads of fun distractions (dogs, Anki, new environment etc).
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Baking

Another busy weekend is coming to an end. Yesterday we went to IKEA (yet again). Unfortunately some of the stuff we wanted to get was out of stock but we still managed to spend a fair bit of money of course. Elias really appreciated a lamp we got for his room. Today David changed the tyres on the car while me and Elias made a trip to the park. Afterwards we raked the last (yeah right!) leaves in the garden. Elias really enjoys helping and especially when he has his own tools...


In the afternoon we went to see Anna and Patrik so that Anna and I could do our traditional christmas baking. The small boys "helped" a bit... The bigger ones, not so much ;-)

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Finally!

I'm an auntie!! I'm an auntie!! I'm an auntie!! I'm an auntie!! I'm an auntie!!

Just got the text. Angelika and P-A had a little baby girl!!!

I'm so happy and can't wait to find out more... Hopefully this means we will pack up the car and visit them Friday a week from now.

I'm an auntie!! I'm an auntie!! I'm an auntie!! I'm an auntie!! I'm an auntie!!

Monday, November 16, 2009

Sleepless in Stockholm

After months of beautiful sleep where we have questioned why oh why we decided it was time to bring in a new baby that will without a doubt keep us up in the night Elias has decided to put up a fight.

Putting him to bed is usually no problem at all, but lately he has started to wake up around 4 am. He is really awake and has no intention of going back to sleep. It usually takes about 1 hr of him lying in our bed fidgeting, singing, laughing, talking before he finally gives up. Yesterday he didn't have a mid-day sleep so we felt pretty confident we would get our beauty sleep. Oh, how wrong we were!

At 11 pm he woke up and by 01.30 he was STILL awake. I was starting to feel pretty desperate to say the least. He was obviously tired but just couldn't settle down. Finally David took the fight and managed to sing him to sleep.

I thought he would be a wreck this morning but when he woke up about 7.30 he was in a pretty good mood actually. I will be pretty surprised if it turns out he didn't
sleep at nursery today!

Today we're getting a mattress down from the attic so we can sleep next to him on the floor if/when he wakes up tonight. Hopefully he won't be up for hours tonight!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Monday, November 09, 2009

Forest group

Yesterday we had the last forest group get together of the season. We were quite lucky with the weather, no rain for once! Elias really enjoys the forest group and I'm so glad we found it and was able to join it before it got full (they have had to say no to people wanting to join this season)

A few picuters from Sunday. Some taken with my mobile and some with the leader's nice camera...



On Sunday we, among other things, dug down a stick with a few different things stuck on it. A piece of plastic, a leaf, a bit of bread, a bit of string. In the spring we will dig it up again and see what have happened to the stuff. Exciting!

Since it was the last session Mats (the leader) had two helpers with him and they cooked an apple cake. Guess which child was most keen to have more and more of it...
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Sunday, November 08, 2009

Singing



At nursery they have learnt to sing the Pippi Longstocking song (in Swedish) and it is a favourite at the moment.
(Sorry for showing it the wrong way around. I'm sure it can be turned somehow, but I don't know how to do it...)

Sunday, November 01, 2009

Pumpkin work


1. Before 2. Work in progress


The result!
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