1st May!

1st May is a public holiday in Sweden and we went to Ale in the morning to join the others for a local tradition where the whole village gets together to make waffles over open fires. The location is a small hill in the middle of Ale where families have their own waffle rock where they have made waffles over many generations. It is great to get to be a part of such a nice tradition! Especially a day like today when it was sunny and warm.

Jakob and Isak ate a lot of waffles.... and when finished they both took off climbing and jumping from the cliffs. Isak shows no fear and it is scary watching him stumble around the edge of the cliffs in his gum boots with a big smile on his face.

Maggi in action!

Quiet playing on the flat ground after the climbing experience.

And of course a visit to the "sheep house"

Isak is very in to kissing right now and he kisses people, toys and animals.

Both children fell asleep in the car on the way home tired after a late night yesterday and an early morning.

Valborgsmässoafton

Yesterday we celebrated a very Swedish tradition where people all around town gather around a big bonfire.

Sara and Per and their kids came over for dinner and after we walked to the local bonfire only about 15 min from us.

Isak didn't really understand the whole concept but loves being outside and loves climbing on rocks. Adam and I had to take turn chasing him when he tried to walk away from it all taking no notice of wheter he had mum and dad with him. In the end he did a poo and of course we had forgotten to bring his nappy bag so that made him slow down a little and was quite happy when Adam started to walk him home.

The big fire!

Per and Meja

Jakob has talked all week about coming to the big fire but when we got there I realised that he wasn't really interested in the actual fire, he only wanted to find his friends from dagis. He walked around the fire over and over again looking for his friends and didn't even seem to see the fire. Luckily he found some of them in the end so hopefully he will have some fun memories from the night.

After a big night out the big boys were very tired and eventually Jakob fell asleep on the sofa. Adam carried him to bed but was very surprised to find Jakob asleep on the sofa the next morning! he must have walked in his sleep for the first time!

Celebrations!

Last Friday Adam and I celebrated that I got a new job! I am staying at the same company but will start in a new position from 1 June. I am very excited and scared but mainly really looking forward to a new challenge.

Staircase

Finally our staircase renovations are pretty much finihsed. Adam has worked hard in the last few weeks finishing all the painting and putting black mats on the steps. It looks great!

Jakob and Isak

Isak loves cuddling on the sofa and holding his brothers hand. He never seems to get enough of hugging and relaxing and sleeping but at the same time he is just crazy about being outside. I Have a feeling that this summer will be a summer of running after Isak who is running after Jakob.

Isak

Isak wants to do everything himself nowdays. He tries to put all his clothes on and he even tries with his nappy and does a pretty good job. Can be very annoying when in a hurry though... he is a very determined little angel.

Ice hockey obsession...

Adam and Jakob watching ice hockey at night...

Jakob about an hour later... Adam and I had dinner and found J on the floor after we finished, sleeping like a baby.

Ale

 A few weeks ago Jakob, Isak and mormor went to Ale to visit Åsa and the family and also to see all the little lambs. First we stopped at Åsa and Miaels house for some fika and to play.

Vilmer is growing... he is nearly 1 now!

He was a bit scared of my crazy kids in the beginning but after a while he did his best to be part of the games.

Walking in the mud and snow down to the sheep.

Jakob has always liked animals and didn't want to leave and Isak got really excited and screamed as soon as he got close to a lamb!



Isak and Jakob

They play and they fight and they cuddle and they scream and they laugh and they cry together.

Elias!

Earlier in the week Jakob and I went to see Andreas and Karins little boy Elias who was only 10 days old and very very cute.  

Jakob and Elias

Elias slept through all the noise and we never really got to see him awake for more than a very short time. I am sure though that he will grow up having lots of fun with all the boys in the family. And Moa :-)



Jakob was so excited when he got to play football with Andreas and even though Andreas is very fit he got tired long before Jakob.



Feeling a bit better...

Getting to the end of the Easter holidays both Jakob and Isak started feeling much better and we had mum over for dinner. 

Easter activites

Not at all grumpy because of having to stay in the house all Easter when the weather was amazing outside, we did some creative things in between the fevers. Jakob and Isak painted two eggs each, I painted 1 and dropped it so it cracked.  



My birthday!

Last week, the day after we got back from Kåbdalis, was my birthday. Adam was working late that day so I picked up the kids and went to mums for dinner! I had a feeling in the morning that the kids were getting a bit sick and in the evening they were really miserable. Isak had scratched his face and Jakob hurt his foot on top of colds and when I got home in the evening they both had a fever.

 The day after when I had planned to celebrate my birthday with some cake and visitors I had to cancel. Even though I look more sick than Jakob and Isak in the photo I was actually the only one in the family who was not sick at all.

Kåbdalis

 The previous photos I have uploaded from Kåbdalis came from my phone and these are from my camera...

 

First night the kids having a few quiet seconds on the couch.

 The big kids playing in the snow.

 And the small kids...

Tired beauties after a day in the snow...



Happy Easter!

Our fourth ski trip for the season went really well and we had a great time in Kåbdalis with 5 other families. We got through them all without anyone being sick but after this last trip it all happened. Adam, Jakob and Isak have been sick all week and still haven't completley recovered. Adam is much better and today finally both kids seem to be getting better. We think Jakob has an ear infection. He gets a fever in the afternoon and complains about a sore ear. He sleeps well though so I hope it is a mild infection. If it is not better in the next couple of days we have to take him to the doctor.

Because of everyone (apart from me) being sick we have spent pretty much the whole Easter in the house. It has been nice with some quiet time and great to spend so much time as a family, but I must say I am getting a bit restless. Being the only one who is not sick, amazing weather outside and having lots of energy... have been for a long walk every day, took Jakob to Zara and Micke for dinner Friday night, a quick trip to the city Saturday and mum coming over in the afternoon today with some Easter eggs for the kids and to have dinner with us. Adam cleaned her car as well. That has been my Easter. One more day to go before life goes back to normal again.

Isak can now say two words in a row. Daddy no! He loves saying it and he says it often. He can also say the Swedish word for eight and says it every time you start talking about someones age. He gets really upset if we tell him that he is only two. Eight!! he says very strongly.

The photo was taken this afternoon when the kids were outside for a few minutes. I love spring!!