Wilhelm halsar pa

I tva veckor har storkusinen Wilhelm-Wille-Will varit och halsat pa. Jatteroligt tyckte vi allihopa! Nu sitter han pa flyget hem till Sverige med en vaska fullpackad med shoppingfynd (heja TJMaXX), kameran full med bilder och massor av email adresser till alla camp-kompisarna!


Anna och en jetlaggad Wille som precis landat. Riktigt amerikans lunch pa Navy Pier i Chicago.

Litet grillfest med vanner och grannar. Glassfest kanske man skulle saga istallet
Vi hann med ett brollop ocksa. Vi var sa finkladda sa vi maste ta kort! Wille fick massor av kommentarer om sin snygga fluga.
Lamning av Wille pa Camp Tecumseh. Det verkar bra.
Hamtning av Wille pa camp Tecumseh. "It has been the best week of my life" sager Wille och forstatter att beratta om den fantastiska veckan pa basta Dolph Lundgrens-svenska!
Dags att aka hem. Precis innan jag skjutsade honom till O'Hare.

Det bara pratas och pratas...

...har hemma. Frida hors jamt! Mest ar det obegriplig svengelsk rappakalja, men en del meningar ocksa. Imorse sa hon bestamt: "Mamma: MY sitta" . Det var definitivt en order om att hon skulle sitta pa stolen. Mest ar det engelska vi urskiljer, men ocksa en del svenska ord or ett och annat pa spanska, tex "agua".

Easter Egg Hunt at our house

First the girls found some chocolate bunnies in the house. Is there more?
Frida hunting for eggs. She got picky, one large egg didn't look like the others so she put it back behind the rhubarb...
Anna counting her harvest.

Reina's turns 5

Reina and the birthday cake she decorated all by herself!

Yesterday we were invited to Reina's 5th birthday party and egg hunt! Both candy, stickers, play and birthday cake. Needless to say, the girls had a great time!
Reina finding one of the 99(!) eggs


Candy harvest!
Enjoying the sun!

Tjejhelg i London!

En dag i januari fick vi ett email av Annis: vad sags om en tjejhelg i London i var!? Jo, det skulle val vara trevligt, men ingen hade val kunnat tro att vi skulle lyckas hitta en helg som passade alla! (det ar ju trots allt ett dussin jobbscheman och dagisforkylningar mm att ta i beaktning...) Men vi lyckades! Och vilken helg vi hade!!! Tack Annis (och Johan!) for allt du fixade bade fore och efter som gjorde helgen sa perfekt!
Fika och promenad (i solen!) i Richmond park pa fredagen.
Middag pa "The Firestables" i Wimbledon fredag kvall.


Vi skippade helt sightseeing (forutom Whole Foods sights) och agnade oss at shopping! Shopped until sko-skav.... Nara Picadilly Circus, jag lovar!
Kvallspromenad langs The Thames pa lordagskvallen.

Tva sma sotnosar. Kanske framtida Boilermakers? Adam som precis lart sig ga och sa storebror Erik.

Walk in the park!

Some days are just perfect, they are just like a walk in the park. And that's what we did! Perhaps if we walk in the park more, that's just what it will be! The park this time was one of our favorite places that we don't visit enough, and neither do other people, so we had the park almost to ourselves. Clegg Botanical Gardens in Lafayette,

A future guitar player

A few weeks ago Anna and Antonia made a guitar out of a tissue box, a paper towel roll and rubber bands. It is pink of course and we all helped decorate it a little with flowers and a rainbow. I don't know where the inspiration came from, perhaps morbror Matti? It was a great idea anyway!

Antonia

We have a great nanny. She has been with us for 5 months now and the girls love her! Here is a picture of her and the girls from last week.

Friends!

Isn't this a lovely photo of Anja and Anna!?

Spring(break) is really here!

It is springbreak here. Lots of fun for the girls and they have really been having spring weather! Yesterday Anna, Frida, Anja and Isabel went to Chuck E. Cheese to play and have lunch with their nannies Antonia and Kristina. It was lots of fun apparently, and for those of you who have not been there, Antonia summed it up "It is like Las Vegas for kids!" Lots of blinking lights and "slot" machines, a restaurant and playground.


The last couple of days Anna and Frida have played with their friends Anja and Isabel (or Aja and Bel in Frida lingo...). The weather has been great so they slipped on their bathing suits and played in the sun.

Oriental princesses and dancing

Anna, Anja, Frida and Isabel. As usual, dressed up and dancing!

Au lieue of makeup...

What can I say? Big sissy was just practicing her make-up skills...

ItsyBitsyTeenyWeeny....

Att Anna har bikini och min-kjolar om hon helst far valja ar ju allmant kannt, men det verkar som vi fatt en till bikinifantast! Frida var makta nojd nar hon fick lana storasysters gamla bikini att dansa i!
It is well known that Anna loves wearing bikinis and miniskirts if she gets to choose, and it appears that we have another bikini-aficionada!

Semlor

Anna with our semlor (Swedish lenten buns with almond filling and whipped cream)

Skiing!

Over Valentine's weekend, we went skiing in Bittersweet in Michigan! Anna tried on downhill skis for the first time and in spite of the boots clamping down on her oh-so-sensitive-feet she did really well! We went to Michigan together with good friends, selected members featured below (I have no photos of any adults though!)

Anna posing in the slope

Little girls on the conveyer belt. From the top: Reina (in blue) Anja, Jessa, Anna.
Frida and Isabel and having and important conversation about the snow....

Snowhorse