Louise, Sandra & Simon playdate :-)

Most of Friday was spent with Louise and her two kids Sandra & Simon. Louise and I went to school together from Grad 1-9, and have the same great grandma hence related :)
I usually see Louise when back in Skärhamn but last time the kids saw eachother was at Matilde's baptism, and quite a lot has happened with her since then... :-)

Hannah simply adored Sandra (7 yrs old) and did everything she did. She was next to crying when we were to go home, and nice Louise saved a meltdown by coming with us and the kids got to play for another hour, and more coffee for the mummies!

If asking my kids re highlights of the day: definitely Sandra's make-up kit!! Matilde covered her face in lipgloss and her eyes were shining while doing it :-)

Helena, Agnes & Elise playdate :-)

My dear friend Helena came all the way from Stockholm with her two girls Agnes (21 mo) & Elise (6 wks) to Gothenburg this week - what a great timing for us to see eachother!! The girls and I went on a small road trip to Älvängen to spend a day with them. Was of course very nice to see Helena again and to get to know her small princesses - and to introduce the four small girls to one another.
Helena's parents lives out on the country side, hence we got to see hourses, rabits, tractors, dogs... wow, were the girls excited :)

Cousins-in-Malmö-weekend!!!

Visiting the cousins in Malmö over the weekend was definitely an highlight of our Sweden vacation - thanks dad & Agneta for the suggestion and invitation to join you!! It was a very active weekend with 4 girls under the age of 6, but every get-together is getting less and less chaotic, and so also this...

As my dear sister so truely correctly concluded it: "I love when you guys come to visit, and I also love when you leave...!" Might be good we will have a 'cousin-break' until July in the Danish summerhouse ;-)

Dad & Agneta were smart enough staying at a hotel in Malmö, instead of with all the grandkids...hm... Before we let them enjoy the peace and quiet at Hilton Triangeln, we had Mexican food. Plan was to have Chinese but when we all entered the restaurang of choice, they proclaimed it was full...strange as it was 5.30pm... :-)

Efficient night-time bath...

Saturday activity no. 1 - swimming in an indoor pool... would have gone very smooth if it wasn't for the pool being closed to the public and we had to go to another pool further away... The kids were still happy and hence the result was a success!

Activity no. 2 was supposed to be BBQ outside, which was quickly turned into an indoor version as we were starving and had no intention eating with hats and mittens and crying kids due to cold weather around...! A trip to the playground after BBQ was enough of outdoor activities....

Night-time story for the 3-year olds...

After Sunday's waffle morning, we head to Malmö's library playground and park for some fun, before we have to drive back to Gothenburg again... it was a loooooong journey back, felt longer than my flight ex SIN to GOT...

Proud Hannah got to take the bus with Auntie Johanna and big cousin Minja :-)

Good Night :-)

Sharing bedroom with sleeping Matilde at grandma's in Skärhamn calls for headphones but the googles?!? Have no idea where that came from!! :-)

Waffle Day

Today, March 25th, is the Swedish Waffle Day - and indeed, Johanna & I started the day with baking loads of waffles, to our 4 girls excitement :-)

Visiting cousin Vilgot

Linnea, Karin and I grew up together and we always see eachother when I'm back on Tjörn. This time, we met at Linnea's place, and both of the ladies are pregnant!!

Vilgot and my girls played really well together, which of course was nice for us adults as we had a chance to sit and talk without running after screeming kids :-)

Sweden :-)

After booking tickets to Sweden 5 days ago, we finally reached the destination after quite an easy journey. Was almost surprised that we had no real meltdowns, the kids slept when they were supposed to, and no issues getting between the various gates.

Spent Sunday with my dad and stepmom, and we went for a walk/picnic to the kids excitement. We thought they would find it to cold or claustrophobic in all winter clothes but especially Hannah was thrilled running around, and especially when she found some dirty puddles to jump in...!