"Har du ont pappa?"

This morning we were sleeping in, being Saturday and all. Noah laid down next to Shawn and put his forehead against pappa's and said: "Har du ont pappa?" (= Are you in pain?). Pappa answered back that he was just tired. "Ok. Do you have pain in the arm?" Noah said and pointed at arm. Pappa didn't have pain in the arm and again explained that he was just tired. But Noah didn't take no for an answer and continued to ask and went through all the body parts.

The day was spent - choice by Noah, surprise surprise - at Liseberg, Göteborg's amusement park. Today there was a showcase on with farm animals, trucks and free tastings of homemade country specials. For the past week we have felt the autumn in the air but luckily we had very little rain during the visit at Liseberg and we were able to squeeze in a couple rides as well. All in all, a very good day.

Eagle eyes

"I found the sunglasses in the drawer mummy!"

"Maybe play trains after dinner pappa?"

"I put the paper in the toilet."

"Yes, I did it. Noah fixed the dator!" [Managed to start up and play a DVD file with Mickey Mouse on the laptop...?!?!]

"Mamma, Noah också kela baby?" (=Mummy, Noah also cuddle the baby?)

The last two weeks Noah's sentences

has become much longer and more complex. 5-7 words are now the usual length which makes the conversations with him so much more fun and interesting.

We have also noticed that he knows all the tram stops on our line and what to expect at each

single one; bridges, tunnels, soccer fields, schools, shops, baby swim, train station and so on. He also knows which tram line to get on, either number 5, 6 or 10. The little chap has much better eye sight than us so when a tram is arriving further up the track and it can hardly be seen on the hills, Noah shouts "It's tram number 5 mummy! Look daddy, it's number 5. Look! Look! Noah goes on the tram now."

It seems to never bore him to go on the tram. During the winter when it was all wet and humid inside the carriage, he was happy as Larry. Now during the summer, it's boiling hot on board (no AC here in Europe), he doesn't even notice the heat. He sits still and in (almost) silence and looks out through the windows, dreaming away about...yeah who knows? One thing is for sure though; he is such a boy!

Strawberry Jam, mmm, mmm!

We spent three days with Mormor and Morfar in Lundsbrunn. We had so much fun!
First we went strawberry picking. What a joy to pick your own strawberry and be able to eat as many as you want at the same time. Of course, Noah ate the most!
From the strawberry's we picked, we able to make strawberry cordial, strawberry jam and and strawberry cake. It was incredibly cheaper to make it yourself and taste so natural.

This strawberry didn't make it into the bucket.

               

4 Kilos in 15 minutes!

Sun, Sand and Surf!

Well its been quite a while since we've been able to update the blog, but now we've gone back on the old computer and we can post some photo's of our summer vacation.

Our first summer vacation in Sweden, why go anywhere? So, we stayed in the city for two weeks, hired a car for a week - traveled around the south of Sweden - and then came back to the city for our last few days of what has been a great Swedish summer. The pictures below are from our time in the south of Sweden.

During the first two weeks, we had visitors from Australia and from Stockholm. When we collate those photos we will post them immediately.

Sun and Sand......in Sweden!!!

mmmmmmmmm.........ICE CREAM

Summer Days

July has been a great month so far. Preschool is closed and therefore I took the whole month off. Today Shawn officially start his holiday and it is quite a challenge to decide what where are going to do! There are so many things to choose from and we want to do it all.

So far we have had a fantastic summer. The weather is that good that the Swedes (including us) are starting to complain it is too hot. We have had lovely visitors from both Perth and Stockholm.

Noah loved having his old friend, Nathan, from Australia here and happily shared his toys and room with him and his mum Hanna. We spent four days together which of course was way too short- time flies when having fun! Noah didn't like to see his friend depart so luckily we had the pleasure of welcoming our friends from Stockholm shortly after Nathan and Hanna left. Our little boy is very social and was so happy to see "Mamma Isa, Pappa Benny, Ludwig och Cornelia" again. At first he told us that he was "lite blyg" but after five minutes he forgot about his shyness and it was all play.

This weekend we just spent at home lazing about with a visit to the beach and BBQ at Annelie & Tony's place. Noah is very fascinated of his godmother as she is due in 3 weeks. Noah knows it's a baby in there - he once stated that she ate the baby (!) - and you can tell he is still really puzzled by the whole "big belly situation".

Today we are thinking of what do during the next two weeks. The weather is going to be hot, hot and hot so the best is to be at the beach all week. We are thinking of renting a car for a week and go down to Skåne county´s coast line and visit some friends and then pay mormor and morfar a visit. Time will tell, life is hard when on holiday ;-)...

Mother´s Day

A great, slightly different gift on Mother's Day:

It was time for nappy change and we were about to put on a fresh nappy. "No" said Noah. "No nappy". "Ok, but then you need to go on the potty instead" we answered. Noah went to the bathroom, picked up the potty and carried it into his room. He sat down on the potty and did his business. And that's that.

Puddles and Worms

Jumping in puddles is a blast and even the adults in our family have invested in gum boots! As it rains the worms come out and you find them everywhere on the streets. Worms are animals, Noah stated one afternoon last week. We watched the crawling worms and then spotted a dead one. Noah looked at it for a minute and said "Mask (worm) tired". Interesting observation...