Farmor's Clothes

Isabella wearing Farmor's hat and scarf!

She loves dressing up (clothes, shoes, jewelry, purses, hairbows, EVERYTHING!)

Easter weekend

Coloring Easter eggs!

Easter gifts from the Easter Bunny:

Hop pony and a castle tent

Alex eating his chocolate bunny in his tent!

Alex with all of the Easter candy!

Wow! Sorry for the long delay. I get so caught up in our daily lives that I forget that we actually have a blog! Well, things are pretty much in full swing now. Alex is going full throttle and Isabella finished her schooling-in. If she wasn't at home with an ear infection now she could go full time! We hope that she will be ready by Friday. She has also started using her little potty some. She definitely isn't in a routine with it, but she always wants to try. I think watching Alex go to the potty persuades her to want to do the same. She babbles all of the time. I asked her the other day how it was at dagis (daycare) and she just started babbling! Thankfully she really likes it there. When I left her the other day she gave me a hug and a kiss bye and waved with a big smile on her face. She wasn't sad at all about me leaving her there. She can say "Mamma", "Pappa", "bye bye", "thank you" (sounds more like "kak-u") and the other night she said "pizza!" She has also become obsessed with wanting to ride the bicycle.

Alex has been working in his preschool workbooks and is doing well in those. (I really have to get better about working with him and his alphabet and writing and spelling his name.) He also got a rubber ball and bat for Christmas and he and Erik have started playing with it a lot lately. We had beautiful weather yesterday, so when Erik came home for lunch we had a picnic outside and they played a little ball. Right now as I am typing he and Isabella are still in their pajamas and lying on the floor looking at a disney magazine.

We had a nice, calm Easter weekend. Erik's parents were in Spain so it was just our family and we invited a couple over (Pedro and Anna: their families were also out of town) for dinner. Saturday morning we ate breakfast and then had an Easter egg hunt. Alex and I competed to see who could find the most eggs (Isabella was more interested in other things.) The winner (Alex, of course) won a chocolate Easter bunny! On Sunday we went to Stefan's brother's house for hamburgers and hot dogs and to do a little sledding. Alex and Isabella loved it!

In May Alex will go with Farmor and Farfar, Ulrika and Jakob to Spain. They booked the trip for nine days (which Erik and I thought was a little long for Alex) so Isabella and I will come down after four days and complete the trip. So I will get a little vacation in. Can't wait!

We are still hoping that airline prices are going to go down a little after the "open skies" agreement so that we can book our tickets to the U.S., but that doesn't look as if it's going to happen anytime soon.

SUNSHINE!!

Well, we have finally had a week full of sunlight. This past week has been colder but definitely nicer. We have been out as much as possible to soak up all of the vitamins from the sun. I think the children have been so use to grey skies that on Monday they asked for sunglasses! So I put a couple of pics of Isabella in her sunglasses. She LOVES them and now she even wants to wear them inside. (She's such a girl!)

Alex hasn't been out as much because he has had a fever and felt horrible for the past 5 days. We took him to the doctor and she said that it was viral and going around now. I am pretty positive that it's the flu (fever, a little vomiting, eyes and head hurt, whole body hurts)! We all had it last year, except for Erik, because he had the shot. So, I hope no one else gets it this year. So far so good! We also hope all of you are keeping healthy this winter.

Fun in the Snow

Saturday morning we awoke to a little snow. We really had a good time playing in it all morning. Erik and I took Alex and Isabella on the sleds then when we came back Alex wanted to build a snowman. So Erik and he built a snowman while Isabella and I watched. (Alex did the middle section all by himself!) But by night fall all of the snow had melted and our "Little Frosty" had fallen over. :(

First Boots!

Isabella just got her first pair of boots. She received rain boots from Ulrika, Stefan, and Jakob for Christmas. We haven't bought her any snow boots since it looks as if the snow is not coming this year. It is so weird! We received a huge snow in November and haven't seen any since. The spring flowers are even starting to sprout! So today she was able to go outside and enjoy her new boots!

Semla Time

Alex loves this time of the year (and honestly, so does Mommy)! For those of you that do not know, through the month of February every Tuesday is considered Semla Day throughout Sweden. These are cardemum flavored rolls that you put a filling consisting of an almond cream (or paste) and whipped cream in the middle. Then to top it off, you sprinkle powdered sugar over the top! Alex and I think they are deliciously sinful little treats. Here are a couple of pictures of Alex enjoying his semla yesterday.