midsommar kusinar & kompisar

During the midsommar weekend it was Hannah's second birthday. She and all the cousins got to have cake and candy to celebrate.

Cousins and friends over too.

That's good goodis!

last day of school

It was my (Jakob) last day of school the other day. We put up a musical we put together that had to do with numbers.






Then we got together in the classroom and got presents and had koolaid and cinnamon rolls. My teachers got presents too.

Next year I will have a new teacher but miss Stina and miss Pia will be right next door.

birthday?

Jake drew this picture today. I think he is looking forward to turning seven (in November....). Favorite cake is chocolate.

bathtub divers

Forgotten Spain picture warning: Without realizing it, morfar gave our guys a job and a memory to boot. Morfar has almond trees and a large supply of nuts he probably doesn't know what to do with.

We were outside playing one day and morfar dropped a big bag of almonds and two hammers and walked away. I'm not sure he said a word.

Pretty steadily for the next hour or so Dad, Jake and Sam worked on pounding almonds out of their husks.
Turns out Sammy liked to eat them more than hit them.

And Jake was great with the hammer.

Morfar gave us a small sack of almonds to take home.

All I want

Before. Eww...

After. Very relieved to finally have it out.

best buds

Well, most of the time at least....they played great together at morfar's house. Pooh also came with to Spain.

ouch!!

Mommy told me not to put my hand on the hot stove but then I could not help it, I did anyway. Wow, did that hurt!!! I screamed and screamed. They put lots of water on my hand and then we went to visit the doctor. I got blisters on my fingers but they wrapped my whole hand, except my thumb. I will not touch that stove again!
I figured out that I now have six fingers that you can see, five on one hand and one on the other.
The doctor said my fingers will be fine in 2-3 weeks and mommy wonders how I will keep my bandage clean.

one good snowfall

Okay, nobody's keeping score but we got one good snowfall here in the Stockholm region this winter. That's a lot less than they talked about in the brochure before we came. I think the lack of snow caught everyone by surprise. Warmest winter in 100 years. Next winter we are hoping to take Mon's northern Sweden relatives up on their invitation for skiing. Anyone want to come along? While you're thinking it over enjoy a couple sledding photos Mon took of Jakob. She couldn't get Sam out of the house.

junibacken 3 (or 4)

We had the day off on Friday and decided to go to Junibacken. A view from the front of the ferry in Stockholm harbor.

This girl in the hammock reminded me of my neice Olivia.

Jake looking down from a skyscraper.

On the go around Pippi's house.

Not much of a cat person but I think I like this one.

Spiderman - again. Why break tradition?

Is that the character board again? Wait, I smell a theme going here...

Emil. Or is it Spidey?

I feel I should know this character but I got nothin.

The famed Vasa museum. They pulled up a sunken 15th century war ship from Stockholm's harbor, amazingly intact. A must see for visitors to Sweden. (A little warning for would-be guests...)
The nearby Nordic Museum.

Kitty and Spidey on our way back home.

A little reluctant at first...
...perhaps Jake sensed these bathtub photos could show up at his wedding reception one day.

high school musical

This is for all you fans out there....I think Jake's hair is starting to look a little like Zac Efrons. Of course not as styled. Jake wants to grow his hair out long which seems to be the "in" thing here for guys. A little long and rough looking.

darth

cousins

We went to visit our cousins the other day and here are a couple of the pictures. This is Hannah, she is very cute and loves the camera.

This is Johannes, he is pretty cool and he loves to smile for the camera.

bandaid

Sam loves bandaids. Well, most kids love them at some point I guess. He has had a cold so he had a coldsore on his lip and insisted on a bandaid that he applied HIMSELF. He is three so he doesn't need help from anyone anymore.

stop

This is a video we put together for last year's annual Variety Show. You might see a familiar face or two. I got permission to post this by the musician.

guess what, mormor?

ratatouille

Jake made a mouse in class on Monday. This confirmed our theory that kids and playdoh(or hard forming clay) is a universal truth. Question: How do you know this mouse is fed by an American kid?

funny faces

We went to the Museum of Technology today. These are some of the funny faces we saw there.

not so famous heroic quotes

"Wet. Wet. Wet. Wet. Wet."
-Sammy watching a sinking wad of toilet paper during potty training.