Some Holiday moments for you

Found the pictures! Yes!

 Leo found and opened his own present.

 Our pretty little blue green tree, where Snowflake likes to hide behind.

Our little kids like to pose but not to get dressed.

 Tired Santa and posing girl in new Christmas dress that Elena bought for her.

 I got jewellery gifts from Elena.

Bart cooked an organic 15 pound turkey. I made vegetable dishes and we all had a wonderful Christmas meal together!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Holidays everyone!

Watch this cute movie, starring Elena, Julianna and Sebastian!

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December pictures

The kiddos could not wait for the big tree so I brought in a small one and they dressed it up.

Snow comes and goes, but it does not stick to the ground or it melts and then freezes to ice. It's not been my favorite weather this far.

Snowflake loves to cuddle with Carin.

Another gymnastic competion.

A fun time with the horses. Micko loves the snow and kicks out cause he's happy!

Merry Christmas!

So here it came again, Christmas. I found this text to sum up the Swedish experience;

The Swedes are wholly into Christmas traditions but less so the holy origins of them. Yet, Saint Lucia, the star of Bethlehem, Advent candles and even the church remain sacred to the secular Swedes in December.

The perennial traditions of the Christmas season in Sweden, like in many other countries, are deeply rooted in Christianity. And despite the Swedes' famously secular self-image, these rituals remain close to their hearts.

The symbol of light is particularly pertinent because the country is at its darkest time of the year. The sales of Advent stars rocket; what is a reminder of the star of Bethlehem can also act as a universal window adornment when the night sky closes in early afternoon.

Elena playing charades at a Christmas party for the english home language group. We had great fun and I loved these pictures as Sebastian jumped in to copy Elena.

I caved in and got a tree for the kids. Sebastian had it all down from seeing the tree at the library and immediately started decorating it.

In Sweden the kids gets presents on Christmas eve and Santa comes knocking on the door and delivers them. If you do not have a Santa you can hire one, but most often it is the dad in the family, he goes out to buy the paper just when Santa comes and delivers the presents.
When my mother was a child Santa was accompanied by someone, I think it was Nicholas, and scared the children so my mom would run and hide under the bed, but that tradition luckily ended.

We had a great day and today is Christmas day so Ho Ho Ho all Americans!

Julianna got a figure skating dress, and isn´t this picture cool as the star of the tree is giving her a crown!

Sebastian got a necklace of his own and he was mighty proud, and a cape I sewed him.

Lots of love and hugs to you from us!
Take it easy & enjoy each other this holiday!

Happenings, pictures, and snow

Elena performed with her theatre group. She´s a kitty, can you find her? It was a great production with a large cast.

We went skiing in Idre, 4 hours northwest of where we live. It was gorgeous.


The girls had a lot of fun! It was a great adventure going there with a group of 77 people. We shared an apartment, dinner, bowling and lots of skiing.

Vernissage, art class exhibition. Orange is Julianna´s and white Elena´s.

Julianna with some sketches.

Lucia performance with all the gymnastic groups.

Can you find Julianna?

The girls got new suits.

Sebastian now turned 9 months.

Today he decided not to crawl. He walked and lost balance but kept on standing and walking all over the house. It was great to see such a conscious decision of his. Determined he was, and he kind of ran once too (reminded me of Julianna that tried to climb really early).

At open daycare, a center for moms and young ones to meet. Sebastian enjoyed it very much this time.

He got excited over the slide.

He loved the push cart!

We´ve baked lots of ginger cookies.

He loves the cats, and they are so kind and loving to him.

Had to practice some inside first.

Julianna´s circus school show. They were pirates.

Here Elena baked bullar, a Swedish cinnamon roll.

Bart came home and will now stay for a while. Yes, thanks for the holidays.

Sebastian loves the red suitcase and he always gives it lots of attention and then explores all that is inside. Snowflake too.

Now the snow is here! This is yesterday, Bart went out to clean off our car.

Baking, in her new dress....

Santa by Julianna, with brown beard as the frosting is made with unrefined sugar...