Lucia and soon Christmas is here

the other week it was Lucia and we got to dress up at dagis and sing for the parents. We also got to eat buns and other nice things too. There has been lots of snow too and we have moved lots of it around so we can get into the house and out with the car. I had a little trip to A&E the week. I fell over on the way home from dagis and cut my chin. I had it surgically glued back together. It hurt lots but I was very brave. Greta stayed at home and missed me lots. We decorated the Christmas tree yesterday and with the smell of Glögg it is feeling very Christmasy!

Learning how to do things in Church

They have his nice big red book in church and I love carrying it around. I am not too sure what is inside but it has lots of lovely dots. It is snowy outside and it is very fluffy. We went to visit Rory today and had afternoon tea with lots of yummy food. I like sweet food. It made me very tired and I feel asleep in the car on the way home. Tomorrow is Monday and I have to get up early to get to dagis in time for breakfast. I hope Noel gets up in time. Sometimes he is a little bit lazy and a little bit crazy. I wonder what I will do this week. There will lots of play in the snow at dagis if things don't get too cold. Hopefully it won't as I like playing outside.

Five years old

I am now five years old. I think it is good to be five years old. I got some presents and Greta wants all of them, but she can't have them! We had some cake. I like cake. I went to work with daddy and went to a Police Conference that I thought was very boring. I drew a couple of tractors and that was much more fun. We turned the outdoor lights on for my birthday and I am so glad that they were put up last night even if it was very cold. I will have my party on Saturday. Tomorrow is Friday and that is my English class day! Yeah!

Look at my hair

I have been studying hair styles and have finally found the style for me. What do you think? I spent sometime in Noel's bunk showing it off. Today I was at dagis again and got there in time for breakfast even thought Noel had to walk all the way. He is good at walking. He walked all the way there and all the way home this evening. We went via daddy's work and he found us a sweet each. I like sweets lots and tried to demand more when we got home but daddy was nasty and only gave me breadsticks. I threw then on the floor in disgust.

Visitors

The other Friday I was allowed to stay home from dagis (Greta was allowed to as well) because mormor and morfar and moster Sara and Felix were coming to visit. I waited and waited and then just after daddy come home from the office they all arrived and we play lots and built lots and climbed up daddy and morfar and hung upside down. It was lots of fun and we ate dinner together. Felix had lots of fun and waved lots as he drove away to sleep with mormor and morfar before flying down to Stockholm. I hope he has had lots of fun at dagis this week. We were ill and were only there on Friday. Luckily it was a Penny day :)

I like sleeping (sometimes)!

Sometimes I like going to bed and at other times I really don't want to go to bed as there are so many other interesting things to do. Today we went to Gympa at iksu and we ran and jumped and hopped and wiggled on the floor. It was fun and I hope we go again next week. Last night we ate out. I liked that and we are going to try it again this week. This afternoon we worked hard in the garden and tonight we took at walk to the university after we had eaten mummy made pizza! The edges were really nice.

oj oj oj!

I like breakfast at home and at dagis. Most days daddy takes me to dagis early in the morning so I can eat breakfast at dagis. Noel and I go together and so far daddy has been very good at leaving me in time for breakfast. Mummy takes us sometimes as well and she is just as good as daddy at leaving us there in time. Coming home isn't as much fun. I enjoy playing outside at dagis and want to say there until my friends also go home. Noel also gets annoyed when daddy comes to pick him before his friends. It has been a bit grey and windy today. Lots of things have blown around the garden. Hopefully daddy will make a fire!

Having fun with morfar

Dad went away recently and mormor and morfar came to visit. We had lots of fun and morfar put a new roof on the shed in the garden. Last weekend we put all the summer furniture in the shed so it is very good that they won't get wet during the winter. Tonight it is windy; I hope my toys don't get blown away. Today I had a long day at dagis as mum and dad had to talk to one of my teachers and learn all about me. Odd really as I am sure mum and dad know who I am!

Working on the roof!

Soon we will have a new roof on our play shed in the garden. Morfar is going to fix it, but he will need our help so we have been climbing the ladder, jumping onto the roof and measuring how big the roof is. The view is really good up there. I think I want a new bedroom in the attic so I can look out and she small cars driving past. Today it has rained lots. Mummy has just made us our evening supper so soon it will be bedtime. Tomorrow is Wednesday and soon it will be the weekend and work on the roof time. We can't wait.

Reading is fun

I like these book things. They have lots of colourful pictures in them. Daddy has lots of them but few of them have pictures. Noel got one with pictures in this morning when daddy, Noel and I went to this big building in town. I had lots of fun throwing my dog around with some other children. Afterwards we had some buns, biscuits and juice. It was a bit wet today so we did lots of things inside. Noel went shopping this evening with mummy while I had my bath. Tomorrow is Monday and another week of hard work at dagis.

Summer Swings

I had a good time this summer doing lots of things. One of the best was swinging. I like swinging, and I like lollies too. Ice-lollies are almost as good as ice-cream. Chocolate is pretty good too, but then again so is Kaviar. A good Kavair sandwich before bed is the best and is the best for breakfast too. Today was a day off dagis and I got to have a lazy day at home with mum. I also got a computer and I have spent most of the evening playing games. I like playing games and I am going to play lots more tomorrow.

Happy days

Dagis days are happy days. This morning was odd. Greta suddenly wanted daddy to take her to dagis and off we went without a single scream or tear! It was very odd, but luckily I still got to sit on daddy's shoulders. On the way home I got to pick leaves from the trees as I was so high up. It was fun and Greta picked some leaves too. Daddy cooked again tonight and this time he succeeded. Tonight I went to the shops with mummy and we bought some milk and some marmalade for our toast at the weekend. I have breakfast at dagis during the week and don't allow anyone to eat marmalade when I can't eat some too.

Summer is back

Summer is back and I played outside tonight after dinner. Noel played outside too. It was lots of fun. Hopefully the weather will stay warm for another few weeks so we can continue to play outside after dagis. I get to play lots at dagis and enjoy it lots. Sometime I get to play with Noel. I have swapped Mummy's bike for my pram as the best way to get to dagis. Noel still gets to sit on daddy's shoulders. I wonder what he will do when it starts to get slippery and daddy won't carry him any more. Dinner tonight was super yummy. Mummy had rescued the disaster daddy cooked last night!

My new bed

During the summer my new bed arrived: a bunk bed! It is really good. I sleep in the top bunk with Bruno, Buffo and Froggie, and Greta sleeps in the lower bunk with Orange and Teddy. Sometime I wake up in the morning in the bottom bunk. How I get there I am not really sure, but most frequently daddy is with me and Greta has disappeared. Today Daddy picked me up from dagis. I wonder what I want to eat tonight before I go to bed....

Sunday fun

Today has been lot of fun. I've just had my bath. Noel and mummy have gone away to Luke's to sort my dagis who's who page that will have lots of lovely photos of everyone. Daddy has just popped a rhubarb crumble in the oven. He spend lots of time today chopping and clearing the rhubarb forest. I just picked lots of red currants and ate them. Noel helped daddy cut the lawn today. I was really surprised that he could start it all by himself and push it around the lawn. Luckily he missed all my toys. Luke brought us lots of apples today which is just as well as our tree died.

School is in

I have been back at dagis for the past three weeks and I am now in the group for 5 year olds. It has been lots of fun so far. Greta has started at my old dagis "blåbäret". She is enjoying it lots and sometime I see her in the playground. Next week my English lessons start again. I am looking forward to those. They were such fun last year. Today mummy danced tango in town, but Greta and I stayed at home with daddy and I played with Nellie almost all day. Autumn is here and we dug up all the potatoes and picked the peas. We also pulled up some massive carrots.

Enjoy my evening dip

Today we went shopping (again)! Today we bought rugs. We had not planned to buy rugs, but it was the sales and daddy like to think he has saved money even when he buys things that he would never normally buy. So now we have a new rug for the guest room in the basement, and a new rug for daddy's office. Soon we are going to the dragon playground. I like it lots and haven't been there for ages. We had tacos for dinner. We re-filled the paddling pool today and Greta jumped in for a quick paddle before we went to the shop. We have lots of strawberries in the garden and soon we have raspberries and blueberries as well as rhubarb.

I like chocolate pudding

I love chocolate and Aunty Tamsin's chocolate pudding was a big hit I thought. We got to eat it outside so no one was worried the mess I could make. As it was chocolate I made very little mess; far less than if it had been pasta I was eating. Yesterday mormor and morfar were here. We had lots of fun and I was so excited after they left that I couldn't sleep until 10pm and I woke up at 6! I think I will have a morning nap today. We have a new lamp shade in the playroom. I like it lots, but found it very funny how difficult mum and dad found it to put it up. But they succeeded and it hasn't fallen down.....yet!

Edinburgh has attractions!

The best bit of Edinburgh was the ice-cream. Mum and Dad took Noel and me to visit my God-mother and her baby. They cooked food and then they produced some super excellent yummy ice-cream. I want to visit them again. I like ice-cream. Perhaps my God-mother can do the God-mother thing and talk to mum about giving me more ice-cream. Yesterday I got bitten on my finger by a duck I was feeding. I am not sure I want to feed any more ducks.

Chilling in Edinburgh

I read before we went to Scotland that Edinburgh was the place to be and the place to be seen. I sat on the grass in the centre of Edinburgh and waited to be seen. We didn't have much time and we had to go and find the train back to Manchester before I had been found. Oh well! Next time I will have to try harder to get my face discovered. We had a nice bus ride to the centre of Edinburgh and talked to a old lady who pointed out a dog statue to me. We had lunch in a chocolate tree! The chocolate was excellent and I want to go back very soon.

Preparing for summer

Sometime ago I began to prepare for summer. Today summer is here and I can wear the same dress but without the coat, hat, scarf and wellies! It is much warmer. Noel plays with water to keep cool and mum and dad hid on the deck before the blinds! This morning I went for a long walk with dad. I took him everywhere. I didn't want to be at home alone with him when Noel was having fun shopping in town with mum. The garden is full of wild strawberries and strawberries and rhubarb. It is fun to pick and eat. I prefer the strawberries, but dad has a rhubarb fixation!

Manchester Train Station

I have been busy travelling again and simply not had the time to write as I have been so busy improving my English and trying to understand the English spoken in Manchester and Edinburgh! Neither sound like daddy. What is wrong with daddy I wonder? We had a morning coffee at the station in Manchester before we took the train to Edinburgh to see Sonja and Felix and their new baby, Marlene, and their turtle. I thought the turtle was best and I spent lots of time looking at it and feeding it.

How I see my sister

This is my last week at Blåbäret. Next year I will go to Jam! Greta will start at Blåbäret. Daddy drove two pushchairs home from dagis today. I wonder if he was practicing for next year? Greta was at dagis today and didn't want to go home and mummy didn't seem to happy that Greta was screaming. This photo I took of Greta the other day. I think she is cute but need to learn to smile when I try to take photos of her. We saw a cat in the garden this evening and we ran outside to pat it, but it ran away. I am sure we will see it again tomorrow.

Hanging free

Our new hammock chair is wonderful. I can hang and fly around in it, hear stories, hug and sit with lots of people. It is the best. Today morfar and daddy took lots of things to the recycling with Noel. There is so much space in the garage and the garden now I wonder what mummy and daddy are planning. I worry about their plans sometimes. I know what I think they should do but the don't listen. The strawberries are flowering in the garden and the rhubarb forest is getting bigger by the day!

I'm so looking forward to dagis

I have taken Noel to dagis a number of times this week and I am so looking forward to staying at dagis next year. There are lots of things to do there and I enjoy the slides best. Today mormor and morfar are here and mormor and me collected Noel from dagis. We bumped into daddy on his way home for lunch, but he ran away quickly once we all got back from dagis. I went shopping this evening with mummy and daddy and we bought lots of strawberries. I love strawberries. I hope everyone remembers that and buys me lots of them when they are coming to visit me.

Cocktails are wonderful

I love cocktails. They are yummy and full of fruit juice!! I must get mummy and daddy to make me some at home! Today we went out to tea and had lots of yummy things to eat and it was lots of fun. Yesterday we sorted my house in the garden and hopefully I can soon sleep there one day during the summer. There is no power or water so not sure if I will survive. May be I will have to get daddy to sleep there with me. I think he would like that; a boys night out! Mummy and Greta can have a girl's night in! We put the new warm fluffy carpet down on the deck yesterday and put the hammock chair outside too. Summer is going to be such fun!

May has left me tired

My May has been so busy that I have simply had no time to blog and have had to catch the odd nap whenever I have time. This is my last term at Blåbäret and that means lots of end of term activities, and coupled with a week in Turkey I have just not had time to think, let alone write about my life. Needless to say, it has been an exciting time and I am now looking forward to a quieter summer and more regular blogging. Greta and I have so many photos to share with you all. I had my hair cut yesterday and it my ear feel that summer is on its way.

Me frog

I was turned into a frog yesterday by mummy. I was going to a birthday party and decided that I should be frog. I had lots of fun but luckily I got to eat more than flies at the party. Mummy dressed up as Professor Minerva McGonagall. She was very convincing in daddy's gown and sorting hat. Luckily it didn't rain as we walked down the road to the party. We still have snow in the garden and at dagis. I wonder how much longer it is going to stay. It is getting sunnier and hotter by the day. Soon the grass will need cutting and the flower beds weeding! Hopefully it is a few years yet before I have to help out!

May Day May Day

We didn't go and protest in town for May Day. Mormor and morfar can to play with us. We sent mummy and daddy shopping and they bought some fun things for us to play with and eat. Then we set daddy to work with a paint brush and mummy to work in the kitchen with dinner. Yesterday lots of people came for dinner and then we went to the university to see a big fire. Greta was more interested in the dogs. Some looked remarkably like rabbits. I guess she will learn.

Spring is fun

I like spring. The snow is melting and there is water everywhere. The wind blows and I am having lots of fun outside. The sandpit has reappeared and the daddy put up the swings today and I have already tried them out. Daddy changed the tyres on the car today (Noel helped). He is now legal again. I hope he knows what he is doing. I don't want the wheels to fall off when we are driving to the shops or to visit mormor and morfar. Mummy and daddy said something about having booked a new trip to England. I hope that we get there this time. I have been helping with the unpacking but I am not sure it is appreciated. I am having lots of fun.

Greta as I see her

I have been taking lots of photos recently and this is a study of my sister, Greta. I think my portfolio of photos is actually quite good. Greta doesn't want to fall asleep tonight and is keeping mummy away from the tv programmes she wants to watch! It seems the Icelandic volcano is going to keep us all away from the planes we were going to take to England. Lots of ash in the air! We shall see when we get away to the sun or if we have to say here and watch the snow melt. I have been out and about on my new bike today.

Out playroom is taking shape

Our playroom is taking shape. Here is a photo of the wall that morfar and daddy fixed at the weekend. They left so much mess that I had to clean up after them! Greta thinks I am very good with the vacuum cleaner. Today Felix and moster Sara have been here to play. It was lots of fun. Morfar and mormor can to pick them up and eat dinner with us. I hope that Felix managed to sleep in the car as he looked very tired when he left. I think I must have played lots with him today as I am very tired too.

Guess where I want to go when I am in England!

Noel keeps talking about doughnuts and the big machine that makes the wonderful chocolate ones. I want to try them next time I am in England. Until then I can only wear one of the wonderful hats that Noel brought back from England when he was there with daddy last summer. The wallpaper is still on the wall today and the room has a lovely echo; I have been trying it out lots. It is wonderful to hear my voice so loudly. I have a bit of a fever today and last night I made sure that mummy and daddy new I was not feeling well. The best bit was standing in front of the open fridge with daddy and falling asleep!

Happy Easter

Happy Easter. It is spring like outside and it feels as it things are beginning to renew. This afternoon morfar and daddy put up my playroom wallpaper. I like it lots as does Greta. Pictures will soon be on the blog. The snow reflects the sunlight and it is so so bright today. I like it lots and the snow is melting fast. Mormor and morfar have gone home now, but Moster Sara and Felix will soon be here. They arrive on Tuesday. I can't wait!

Trying to understand Easter

I have having problems understanding Easter. Mummy and dagis talk about lång (long) Friday, daddy talks about Good Friday. Is it good because it is long? I told mummy and daddy that I had to stay up late last night to make the day long. Lots of snow fell off the roof yesterday and made big booming noises as it landed on the snow on the ground. I wonder when I can get to my swings again? Daddy and I did some painting yesterday and that was lots of fun. I enjoyed it lots and hope that I can do some more today when mormor and morfar are here. I wonder when they will arrive....

Dressing up for Easter

Like all good Christian countries Sweden has odd rituals associated with Easter. We get to dress up as Easter witches and go to the supermarket and get free Easter eggs. It was lots of fun and we got a big bag of sweets each. I got to dress up at dagis as well. The snow has started to melt lots and there is a big puddle in the road outside our house. Daddy was very good and found the drain in the road and now some of the water can run away before it decides to drown our garden and cellar! Tomorrow I am going to stay up very late.

Playing outside

I have starting walking home from dagis. This means I can climb lots of piles of snow on the way home! FUN. Once we get home Greta and I go and play on the deck. It has been covered in new snow a few times this week. More snow is forecast for the weekend. Today mummy took me to dagis and picked me up. I made an Easter card this week and am working on a special chicken. The lorry came and took our big snow pile away and made a lovely extra packing space outside our house. I wonder who will be the first to use it.

Playing together

Sometimes we find things that mummy and daddy have left lying around and they make excellent play things. Mormor and morfar were here this weekend and morfar helped daddy start work on our new playroom. They even put in child-safe plug sockets. Mormor took me, Greta and mummy to Leo's Lekland this morning and we had so much fun that Greta fell asleep in the car on the way home. The sun is shining today and the snow is dripping from the roof. The pile of snow in the garden in very big and hopefully it melts soon so that we can run around on the lawn and have lots of fun.

I have my own half-pipe

I have my own half pipe. Last weekend we went out to try it out and it was lots of fun. The big piles of snow made a good start and the drive way into the garage the half pipe. Greta laughed lots and did some of her own sliding around in the snow. Today it was cold again when I went to dagis but before we went out to play this afternoon it was already plus degrees again. I found it super warm. I was wearing my new overalls and they kept me warm and the snow out of my shoes. I also made a crown today that made daddy wear part of the way home. The play room is empty now and ready for decorating. We ordered some wallpaper yesterday but I don't remember what it looked like. Lots of lilac I hope. Greta wants the walls black.

It's been a hard week

The week has been long and hard. I am so glad it is Friday and everyone will be at home tomorrow to look after me. I need everyone's attention all the time or I get freaked out and scream. Today we went shopping and picked Noel up from dagis in the car. We are moving lots of things out of the playroom as soon we are going to repaint it and make it look different. Mummy and daddy haven't changed anything in the room since they moved in and that was a long time before I was born.

And they cleared the road

Today on the way to dagis two tractors came to clear the road of the winter snow. It was very dramatic and fun to watch. When I got home this afternoon there was a new big pile of snow outside our house, I just had to climb it. Greta wanted to watch and sat in my push-chair at the bottom of the pile. When I was at the top of the mountain lots of snow fell of the green house's roof. It was bang as it landed. I wonder when the snow on our roof with slide off. Hopefully it won't wake me up when I am sleeping and scare me. I have a new hair cut. I will show it to you all very soon.

Missing Noel

Noel has gone away to stay with mormor and morfar for a few days and I am missing him. Today we went shopping and mummy and daddy bought a box, a metal thing and the usual things from the supermarket. This evening I have had lots of fun dancing with daddy. I think he will have pain tomorrow, but not as much as he would have had if he had done the vasaloppet again! It has been a warm day and I didn't want to wear my hat. Daddy always wears his hat....

waiting for mormor and morfar

Today is a good day! The sun is shining and I will see mormor and morfar. Mummy and daddy are eating breakfast and talking to moster Sara and Felix. Soon we will have to tidy up so that the house looks tidy. Daddy is very good at making a mess when he is at home. I wonder if I will go skiing or ice-skating with mormor and morfar. This week I had lots of fun at dagis and we were outside lots in the warm weather. Soon the snow will melt and I will have to have to help daddy cut the lawn. Now I go and talk to Moster Sara on Skype.

We're moving in together

We're going to sleep in the same room from now on. Greta has got fed up with daddy's snoring and has decided she is going to sleep in my room. Today we moved my bed and the furniture around and put in Greta's bed. So now we can party all night together. I am looking forward to waking up tomorrow morning with Greta in the same room. I won't have to go and look for her anymore. I hope she doesn't snore as much as daddy otherwise I'll never get to sleep. There was lots of snow to move today and we had lots of fun moving it around the garden.

Seagulls!

I have been trying to catch seagulls today. I haven't seen many and am not too sure I know what they look like which has made it difficult to know if I am trying to catch the right thing. Daddy told me that they are a football team, but that wasn't too helpful as I have not been to a football match and my feet don't have any balls attached to them. There is lots of snow outside again today. The car has turned white and Noel wants to go outside and clear the deck of snow. We have been playing in the cellar this morning. I like it down there it is so quiet and still.

Experiment

I took part in an experiment last week. It was lots of fun and I got to turn lights off and put small beads on a stick. Here are some small pictures from the video the people who asked me to do these things took. I hope I can do some more fun experiments soon! The best bit was the red car I got for being so helpful. Today we went to daddy's office and had afternoon tea and then I got to stay and help daddy in the office. I like doing that. I draw on his whiteboard and move things around to help him get better order. I had gym, English and ice-skating today so I am very tired and will fall asleep very quickly tonight. I hope that Greta does too.

Noel's gone to a party and I wanna go too!

It is daddy's birthday today and Noel has gone to a birthday party. Not daddy's but one of his dagis mate's party. Daddy and I got left at home. I don't think this is fair! I wanna go to the party too...I have been practising looking annoyed for the past month and cannot have got it sorted yet, as it didn't work this morning and Noel drove off with mummy and left me at home! Daddy and I some fun. We danced a bit, tidied the kitchen, did some washing and went for a walk. So it wasn't a totally wasted morning. I had lots of fun even though Noel wasn't here. And we ate some cake for morning coffee! I LOVE cream!

Shopping

Today I have helped mummy with the shopping. The day began by making sure daddy and Noel got out on time to get to dagis in time Noel's breakfast. Then it was time to work on getting mummy ready to go shopping and of course the writing of the shopping list. I wrote a list of all the things I like eating. Unfortunately mummy bought lots of other things and forgot some of the things on my list. We also went to the bottle store and mummy bought some bottles she said that daddy would like drinking. There has been some more snow today and the temperature has risen lots! Summer is on its way.

Look what I just found!

I was just looking through the photos on daddy's computer and found this one! I just love the light. It makes daddy look so ethereal. It must be something to do with being born in the 60s. Today I spent sometime in daddy's office and got to take part in an experiment. Some nice person stuck reflectors on my arms and I got to push lots of buttons and kick footballs and run! It was super fun. I also got fika and was given a red car for helping out. I like going to daddy's office. Tomorrow is Friday and the last day at dagis for this week. This weekend is a party weekend. Yeah!

I like the bath and looking priestly!

So much has happened recently. So much snow has fallen, so many people have been to stay and I have eaten so many new sorts of food. Mormor and morfar visited last weekend and stayed over as mummy and daddy went to a party. I got to fall sleep watching tv and stayed on the sofa until mummy and daddy came home. Today I went shopping and bought a dress and a farm. Noel was very happy with the farm and played lots with it once he came home from dagis. Today he had his English class with Penny. We had a bath this evening. We like having baths.

Looking mysterious in the bath!

I like having a bath and it gives me a good chance to practice how to look good on Camera. This is my intense and thoughtful look. Getting my hair to look this good took lots of playing and water. I hope you all like the result. Right now I am playing with daddy, who is a bit ill, and mummy has gone to the gym for the first time in years. I hope she doesn't hurt too much when she gets home as she has promised to take me to the shops. Greta is having her afternoon nap today. I have started teaching daddy Swedish. I have taught him lots of words by telling him what they are in English and in Swedish. Soon I think he will be quite good.