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Linn had a first piano recital sometime in December last year…..a really short one. But we are very happy for her and she did well.

I decided not to be the tiger mom and just let her try out piano classes with the school. Hopefully she will sustain her interest.

It was the Autumn break and I brought the kids to Copenhagen to see the Halloween festivities at Tivoli.

The 5 hours train ride from Stockholm to Copenhagen went very well…and many thanks to WIFI and Netflix. The kids were happy and arrived at Copenhagen central station well rested. We chose to stay at a Hostel/ Hotel/ B&B/Apartment called Urban House. It is great on the pocket, very kids friendly, no fuss, the location is just next to Tivoli and the Central Train Station.

We had four great days visiting The Blue Planet (spectacular Aquarium and even better than the ones in Singapore in my opinion), Han Christian Anderson Story Museum, The Experimental Museum and of course we visited Tivoli twice. Must say that for the second oldest amusement park in the work, it is very well maintained, with very good rides, magical and very beautiful. I really liked the Halloween theme and the kids found it very cool. Even Jon did not complain so much…although the crowd did get to him at times.

We went to the LEGO store EVERY DAY for the 4 days we were there. Jon loved it and if he has a choice, he will choose to live there.

All in all, a great wonderful trip.

Dear Jon

For your birthday, I wish you happiness, love and lots of joy and laughter…

We love you so much.

Big hugs and kiss,
Daddy, Mummy and Linn

Feels a little like Chinese New Year…He gets 2 days of celebration. On Sunday, we celebrated with the family.

Busy weekend for the family. Most importantly, birthday boy was happy with the presents.

We spent the entire weekend celebrating Jon’s birthday.

On Saturday, we had his classmates over for Halloween birthday party. Jonathan was really happy and was very glad to see his school teacher as well. Åsa has helped Jonathan a lot in motivating him to draw and write. We are glad that he is enjoying school and like his classmates.

Linn was the party planner…she even decided on the activities and the candies that they will eat. Mummy just had fun making the Halloween candy. It was great!!!

Linn started to show interest in learning how to play the piano. She signed up for piano classes in school but her way of learning is really not the same way as how I was taught.

I decided that she should learn it HER way as my way is ‘not fun’ for her. Learning should be fun and I know what it is like to be forced to learn in a certain way.
I am not sure if her interest will last long but it is best to let her decide. After all, there is no point forcing her to continue if she loses her interest.

But she is really interested in scouts activities, learning about the nature and being out in the forest. She liked it so much that she will go to scouts camp even if she is in pain.

Jonathan is only interested in staying at home to play his donald duck video games and building his LEGO empire. It is hard to get him motivated to do anything physical. We really have to push him to do any outdoor activities.
We stopped motorcross as we saw that his interest was waning. We tried almost everything… atheletics, swimming, ice hockey, skating and even Wii games and Dance Central!!!

If any of you have any good suggestions, we will be most interested to hear them.

Perhaps, this is another trait he got from his mother?

Mångkamps dagen is a day when school kids get to dress up in costume and they can basically run around the school, play sports for the entire day. There are no school lessons on this day.

This year, Linn was assigned to be a pirate. We could not find any ready made Pirate girl outfit at the store and had to made do with what we can find at home.

It was fun.

Nicke found us a cave house in Ola with a beautiful view and sunsets. It was really nice …and it comes with a family of stray cats to keep the children busy.

Highlight of the trip – Private boat, personal chef, free flow of drinks, swimming in the sea, collect volcanic rocks…beautiful views and good sun.

Fira…We spent one day there.. it is really nice

Hanging out together a little dancing, drinking and playing games.

Swimming in thr Volcanic Black Sand Beach

Juni Backen

Sharks, Butterflies, Kolmården, Skane, Skara Sommarland…

My Princess is 8 today and she chose to go on a 4 day walking hike around Stockholm with her Scouts Association and not celebrate with the family. I thought this could only happen when she is 18, not 8.

She has grown so much this year. We gave her a mobile phone as a birthday present so that she can call us when she needs to. Perhaps it is a little too soon, but we really need to contact her at times.

Sometimes she behaves like a teenager but there are times she is like a 4 year old.

Linn, for your birthday, mummy and daddy would like to wish you great happiness as you discover more about yourself, your loves and develop your inner beauty.

Love you and Grattis.

I had one of the best weekends with my really wonderful old friend Bert in Milan recently. It was simply magnificent, from the Corso apartment she arranged, to all the great restaurants we tried, and of course, the shopping. The greatest of all, was the time we spent catching up, just enjoying the friendship and time together.

Thank you Bert for everything. I will never forget this. Definitely a great way to celebrate 20 years of friendship.

Congratulations to our wonderful friends Robert and Rebecca, Marko and Sofia and Tobias and Jenny to their new additions to their family.