Week 30 - Sonal

Swim School

Week 30 - Linda

Every morning every day all year around the kids eats kefir and musli for breakfast. Sugar free of course. This is our favorite musli for the moment it has peach, raspberries and little ceral hearts in it. Usually the kids request raisins in their musli but when we have this kind they dont.

Blogging.

I guess it is only me left here, I don't know if anyone still visits this blog. Anyway I do this for me and hope to continue documenting the whole year. I just did some catching up as you can see after a few weeks on the move without good internet connection.

If anyone of you wants to continue just pick up at any week please don't feel that you need to catch up with a post every week.

Week 29 - Linda

This box have been over the Atlantic and back again. When J were unpacking it he told me how he remembers packing it on Nicks' driveway in Cali over 1,5 years ago. At that time we had no clue when or where we would unpack it. And today we were standing on our own driveway finally able to unpack it. On the box we found a label from the first move from Sweden to Cali.

Everyday we are thinking about Cali and the life we had there, both of us really miss it. As much as we love our house here and to have family and friends close by we still think about moving back. When we talk about it it is not a question about IF only WHEN.

Week 28 - Linda

For a week we been in our new house. There have been some problem with the water but other than that it feels great. Since we already been living in this house in our mind for over a year while planning everything it feels like home right away.

Week 27 - Linda

Ab and S lives in the north suburbs. This week we move in to a place on the opposite of our city, it is a different world from this place. I think it is sad that our society is still as segregated as it is. I am so happy that we can introduce our kids to this world too, it gives them another dimension in life. Although I wish that they could grow up in a neighborhood with people with different backgrounds mixed with Swedes. Unfortunately there is no such place here it is kind of all or nothing.

Week 26 - Linda

While me and the kids stay with Mormor och Morfar J is living in Farfar's caravan. This week we celebrated Ab's birthday there with a chocolate cake from IKEA. Our house is just a few minutes away from an IKEA so we stop by everynow and again for supper. It is really kids friendly, cheap and convinient for us for the moment.

Week 25 - Linda

SAVE THE TIGERS! Our Swedish diaper company has an campaign for tigers, some of their profit goes towards saving them from extinction. So this summer C is running around with Tigers on his behind.

Week 24 - Linda

Everywhere these little handprints. I guess one day we will miss them.

Week 23 - Linda

Some of our stuff is now in storage in our garage. I am really looking forward to have a place where we know we will stay for a while. We can unpack our stuff and do not need to keep the boxes. I am really tired of not knowing where anything is.

Week 29 - Sonal

Fishing at Palisades Lake near Donner.

Week 28 - Sonal

Boating on Lake Tahoe

Week 27 - Sonal

4th of July

Washington D.C.

Week 26 - Sonal

We're still in Baltimore and my uncle's next door neighbor has a pony and horse. It was a slow process to get the kids to feed the pony, but they finally got it. Beautiful Blue Eyes.

Week 25 - Sonal

Family Reunion - Baltimore 2009

I set up the shot from the balcony of my uncle's home really late in the day. By the time I rounded up everyone, coached them into getting in frame, took test shots,and ran downstairs to get in the shot (had a family friend take the picture), the sun went down and had to use flash. I'm surprised the flash worked from such a long distance. Anyway, we all stayed in one house for three days. Good Times.

week 22 - Linda

This is the last evening before we are leaving the city. We spent a few hours in Slottskogen and after we went to my favorite ice cream place.

I will defiantly miss living in our neighborhood, Linnestaden, it is so nice to be close to the coffeehouses, bakeries and all the little shops. Me and the kids will miss our friends even if we will live pretty close we cant just call and say lets meet in 15 minutes. I will also miss the Botanic garden we have close by. I love that I can just walk out and have everything I need around the corner. I hardly ever use the car during the weeks I did not grow up in the city but I really like living there.

There is great things waiting ahead. But for now I have to say good bye to this part of my life.

week 21 - Linda

More schoolwork....

week 20 - Linda

Schoolwork, schoolwork, schoolwork........

week 19 - Linda

Sharing a Mom, sharing a Dad, sharing a ball, sharing a book, sharing a room, sharing the mornings, sharing the evenings, sharing the everyday life.

Sharing a CHILDHOOD!

Four days you spent apart this week. When you are not together you miss each other and asks for each other. When you are together you have lots of fun, of course there is some disagreements but you usually forget about them fast. I love to see the way you care for each other.

Week 19 - Sonal

Miss Garden

There is an amazing sculptor who puts together scrap metal into garden people. We're planning to go to his show this weekend in Fairfield. Admission - anything metal. I would love to have Miss Garden live here but I'm sure its alot of $$$.