Pirates of Blekinge

Alfred was invited to a friends birthday party this Sunday and everyone is to dress up as pirates! So now I am going to finally dig into my box of material scraps and make some costumes for the gang! We're watching Pipi sails the Seven Seas for inspiration right now. Hopefully my talents will be able to match his vision, when he was only 2 we went to a pirate concert but I got away with using a pre-fab HM shirt! - This is a photo from the summer 08.

Me and the Boys

Today was Henke's first day back at work after a long vacation and some paternity leave. It's the return to the "real" life as we say... when everything that we have been putting on hold because of "vacation" rules kick in, and ohh I'm already drowning in the pressure of it all.

After tripping over kids left and right while trying to get some cooking, baking, cleaning and organizing done I finally threw in the towel and towed the three bears down to the beach with me!
Yet another sunny warm day that couldn't be wasted... if you remember my post about the Swedish sun culture!

Well my friends I'm going back to the kitchen to continue organizing my Nigella pantry into a Martha Stewart one.... sans the crumbsnatchers at my feet!

Finding a gemstone!

I woke up this morning itching to go down to the garage and look at our new cupboard that we found at the flea market outside of town. It's funny how something like bringing a new piece of furniture can inspire you to get started on those boring "things to do", for almost a year now I have been meaning to organize the pantry, and since I need to go through my kitchen cupboards to fill the new one, I said "right" today's the day! So this morning armed with a strong cup of coffee I started the task... lets just hope I can stick it out and complete it! As you see I'm taking a computer break, and now I hear the twins waking from their morning nap... well watch the progress by Friday the entire kitchen should be done!

The Summer Stress of Sweden

Coming from the west coast of Canada I was a bit spoiled, I mean yes we get a lot of rain there but the winters are mild and spring comes early, and basically everything in between is great.

Moving to Sweden made me realize why the people here have an obsession with the weather... lets face it on my little island from October to March it's dark cold and windy! So when the sun finally comes out, the Swedes flock to the beach to soak it up like a man that's just crossed the desert without any water! This month has been extremely hot and sunny... I don't know how many times I've used the Swedish phrase, "passa på", which loosely translated is "enjoy it while it lasts" the only problem is, when you don't make it to the beach you feel guilty about staying inside. Constantly, in my head I'm saying "wow the weather is so great we should be outside..." let me tell you, I've never said this to myself in Vancouver. Anyway my point is, after a good solid 2 weeks of enjoying the weather outside, I was praying for rain just so I could in all good conscious stay inside for the day! Well, it was a hallelujah moment yesterday after giving the twins their breakfast, the rain started coming down in buckets with lightning and thunder!

And yet today I wake and here comes the sun again, uhhh! The irony is, two months from now I'll be ready to shell out some hard cash on those fake sun energy lights that simulate an hour of this glorious stuff that we're getting free right now!