SKYNI

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.

Did I mention that we had a lovely visit from my sister. It was fantastic that she dropped by and spent the weekend with us. It was really great to have family over and thank you so much for the visit. Kiss Kiss. Hope you liked it.

For those considering a holiday, please do consider a trip to the Baltics. Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia are really beautiful countries. and they are not so touristy.

Experienced one of the most amazing sunsets.

My 2 weeks summer vacation officially started on Monday, 20th July.

I finally get to spend some quality time with the kids and they have been having a great summer vacation so far with Nicke. I really missed out on a lot of road trips, visits round the country to see friends and just relaxing having fun. Unfortunately, July happens to be a difficult time for me to take vacation.

So this week, whilst Nicke is away in Florida, I took the kids to the safari in Stockholm, went to Junibacken and today we went to the Natural History Museum. It has been great listening to their thoughts, watching the silly prangs they do but not so great to intervene when things get out of control with them.

I cannot imagine what it will be like it if I leave these 2 alone. The only thing they do is fight and scream at each other.

So i invent a teamwork competition. They will score points and win prizes if they are nice to each other and help each other out.

So far after 3 days…2 points for Jon and 5 points for Linn.

Of course I am all prepared that this will not work.

Jon has started an interest in taking photos of his favourite toys…i think they are pretty cool.

In our usual tradition, the Walls went to Darlarna for Midsummer and celebrated the special festival the traditional way.

The weather was good surprisingly and this time round, we went to Tällberg and Rättvik. They are simply beautiful and we had a great time.

Grattis Elin on your studenten. We are so proud of your achievements.

May you enjoy your new adventures!

The kids have just finished their school term and are starting their summer vacation.

It has been a good year for the kids. Linn made good improvements in her reading. She needs a bit of pushing for her maths and she says she loves natural science.

I am proud of Jon’s achievements as his learning disability and focus issues can be difficult. But his handwriting has improved and is able to read some simple words. It is great that he is making small progressive steps.

Well done Jon and Linn!!!

We have built a little STUGA in our own backyard as a little ‘timeout’ place for Jonathan.

It is not big but i had lots of fun doing it up. We still need to paint it and all but definitely ready for guests.

Our humble STUGA is open for bookings in spring / summer. Winters are not recommended for obvious reasons.

Here we were in May, BBQ marshmallow in the forests.

Linn has grown to love the outdoors due to her scouting adventures. She takes after Nichlas.

Whilst Jon, just like his introvert Mother, loves the indoors, watching TV and just chilling by the bed.

So, our challenge is to strike a balance and do both indoor and outdoor stuff together as a family.