We’ve had two really nice weeks, just taking it easy at home, spending time with friends, and going on some outings…
And tomorrow we are off on another “road trip” for a week – this time to “Smaland”!
Archive for July, 2009
Two relaxing weeks of summer in Stockholm!
Posted in Everyday things.., Journeys and Trips on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dalarna
Posted in Journeys and Trips on July 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I havn’t written for a couple of weeks! Last week we went on a road trip to the south-west of Sweden, to Dalarna, about a couple of hours drive from Norway.
We had a fantastic time! Here is a short summary….
The first night we stayed with our friends Thomas and Helena. Thomas has recently bought an [...]
Bergianska Tradgarden (Gardens)
Posted in Journeys and Trips, Nature on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today we decided to visit the Bergianska botanical gardens. We had a lovely time, and the kids was really interested by all the different plants – both by what fruits they produced (pomegranate, grapefruit, avocado, orange, etc) or what the plants were used to make (coffee, cocoa, rope, cotton, etc), and also by the different [...]
Sigtuna
Posted in Journeys and Trips on July 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we went to Farmor’s for the day, and ended up visiting Sigtuna, which is the oldest town in Sweden (1000 years old).
Farmor and Alfie by the lake
Alfie looking out to the lake
The above photo is of “Tant Brun” (Aunt Brown), who stands outside the old coffee shop. This was the town in which Elsa [...]
Domesticities
Posted in Arts and Crafts, Everyday things.., In The Kitchen, Seasonal on July 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In the last few days my children have been very domestic….
Baking a cake with Richard at 7am on Monday - here they are decorating it at 8am!
Baking bread with Richard at 7 am on Tuesday!
Sewing frogs…
Making things from leather (inspired by the Viking festival!)
Whittling (I think that’s the word?!) – also inspired by the Viking [...]
Viking Festival
Posted in Journeys and Trips on July 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently we have been reading some books about the history of the Vikings to the kids, in preparation for this festival. It was absolutely fantastic! Lots of stalls selling hand-made crafts and foods, lots of crafts to take part in, and best of all a chance to watch some viking games -which were absolutely hilarious!!!
The [...]
My brave daughter!
Posted in Everyday things.., Seasonal on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A summer rain pelted down really really HARD! And Maya’s reaction was to take off all her clothes and run!!!!
A bucket of water and some stones.
Posted in Building and discovery, Everyday things.. on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Such a simple activity and yet so much fun! He’s learning about gravity you know…!
Labryinth
Posted in Building and discovery, Journeys and Trips on July 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to the Historiska Museum in Stockholm, Sweden has more stone labryinths than any other country in the world! The original game behind them was that a woman would stand in the middle, and her suitors would try to reach her in the fastest time.
Richard is on holiday
Posted in Everyday things.. on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the benefits of living in Sweden is that Richard gets 250 days paid “papa ledig” holiday – for being a father (this is for each child until s/he is 8 years old). So now Richard is in preparation for his 6 week summer holiday!
