Busted...

Coldest December since 1915

I read in the paper this morning that it is the coldest december since 1915. Probably why I have had to move so much bloody snow!

Go Katie, Go Katie!!

This cute little brat that you see right here, she swam 50 meters today, two pool lengths!! With a small rest in between. And if you look closely, you see a badge on her sweater. To earn that badge (called "Baddaren" or freely translated "the Champ" (in diminutive)), she had to dip her head five times, blow bubbles five times, and glide in the water for five seconds.

She is mighty proud over her badge. And Dean and I are very proud of her. Next time, she will attempt the next level badge. :)

The photo is taken celebrating with tea at IKEA afterwards. (We were checking out potential book shelves for her room. At the moment she is storing all her possessions on the floor. That is not a long-term solution. :) )

Katie plays Christmas carols

On the way to Dalarna

Katie och sister Carin in the back seat. "Are we there yet?.."

Seasons Greetings

We wish you all a Happy Christmas!

(And appologise that we did not manage to get our real cards away on time. We are simply not very good at planning... They were supposed to go in with the presents, but after Dean had used three rolls of tape on the package, in order to prevent it from disintegrating, it really was not an option to open it up again once we realised that we had forgotten to put them in...)

We all wish we could spend it with you guys, and look forward to seeing you soon!

Love from us!

Gingerbread

Own design.

I can write!

(Just not spell yet. ;) )

A little artist

Fun in the snow

Katie thinks that it is great fun to scoop up all the snow!

Here we go 'round the Christmas tree

Katie picked out a christmas tree.

Running around the tree, with very nice decorations (Thank you Finndog and Lucy!)

Force feeding of nut shells

Katie and Dean are cooking.

Kind of like Jimmie's pies, but in a more fun version...

And then it snowed.

Tonight we are off to Uppsala to get a snow shovel!

In hunt of lollies

This afternoon one of Katies friends came over with an ice block in her hand. Katie asked if she could have one as well which was of course okay. When both of them had finished the ice blocks, Katie came down and asked me if they could have one more. When I said no she asked can I have one more then please? When I said no, the two girls huddled together and came up with a plan. "I know; let's go upstairs and ask your mum if we can have one instead". Sara fell for it of course and two girls came bouncing down the stairs very pleased with themselves. They were of course bitterly disappointed when they couldn't make it past the freezer gate keeper-me!

Later on that day they decided that if they weren't having any luck here then they would have to try elsewhere. Katie's friend came back dressed up as that witch and off they went trick or treating! Both of them came back with a small bowl of lollies and were very pleased with themselves! The boys in the neighbourhood were obviously impressed with the entrepreneurial skills of the two little girls and decided to get in on the gig. They all went away, got dressed up and then took another lap of the neighbourhood.

Needless to say, Katie won't be getting much in the way of Saturday lollies tomorrow!

Swimming

On top of the world!

Fishing up apples

Picking apples

Different faces

Happy, Mischievious and Angry Grubs, you never know what you get these days. :)

Someone's been baking!

In action, nicking the jam... :)

Thanks Smythes

Peas on toast...

Black ops

While Katie was having dinner the lads from across the road swooped in and nicked the girls dolls!
You should have seen how fast the spoon started moving so that she could get back out and rescue them!

The cars 1st night in the garage

After 3 months the garage is empty enough to fit the car in it. I wonder how long it lasts...

Time for a mop chop!

Skickat från en Sony Ericsson mobiltelefon

Makeup artist

While we were enjoying a cup of coffee downstairs with Å, someone got stuck into the makeup kit. Unbelievably not a drop was spilled anywhere!

Firemans pole

Girls on the swings

Camping at gräsö

Worn out after going to the swimming pool!

Swimming school 5

Swimming school 4

Swimming school 3

Swimming school 2

Swimming school

Furuvik

Here are a couple of pics from Furuvik Park on Friday. Katie had a really good time – even though she got stung by a wasp for the second time in her life!

Comment: Obviously D has forgotten that these pics have already been shown. But then again, you can't see too much of the grub... ;)

Time for a swim!

Toughie!

Fleamarket scores

Furuvik

A couple of pics from Furuvik on Friday. Katie had a great day - except for about 20 minutes when she got stung by a wasp...

Images from midsummer

Princess Katie

Mopchop

A big hole for a little spade

Feeding the ducks with joe in sigtuna

Picnic table

I Finished building Katie's picnic table today. After 3 seconds of deliberation at the saint shop this is what she choose... She had originally ordered a pink top with blue seats but I had to draw the line somewhere!

Trampolin girl

Laxing out at the lake after a busy day swimming

Back in sweden

We had a great hol in denmark and are slowly heading back home through sweden now.

Happy midsummer!

High level gardening