Basketball anyone?

It is still going to be a while.

Parent-Teacher Meetings

are a colorful affair. Tonight even we got to paint.

The Natural History Museum

of Stockholm is a great place to hang out on a grey day.

Saturday - my tennis star

closes his eyes when the ball comes at him. I look forward to being able to play tennis with him one day.

Stockholm subway on a Friday night.

After midnight. As busy as ever.

Thursday, snow drops

Not sure which was more pleasurable, seeing the snow drops or the kids' reaction to the first signs of spring.

Fishing

seems to be dominating our life right now - between that and looking for fossils or bells in trees we all seem to be going to bed way too late....

Fat Tuesday & International Women's Day

Firstly - Happy International Women's Day! Today is in fact the centenary of the day 19011-2011.

 

I didn't know there was a website and thousands of activities around the world dedicated to this day. There was however only one event here in Stockholm - the launch of "SCA's yearly global Hygiene Matters Report 2011 with focus on women." Doesn't sound too exiting to me. And I'm surprised - women are much stronger and more equal here than either Australia or Canada, but I would have thought that Women's groups would still considered it important to organise events...

Secondly Happy Fat (Shrove) Tuesday. Hope everyone got a semla today. 

I love semla but I resisted..... Not even Fat Tuesday is enough of an excuse to break the diet I started yesterday. Haha tomorrow might be a whole different story!

The slush is upon us

Milder days mean melting snow. Filthy snow. Wet kids, puddles on the floor and gravel being tracked around. Blah!!!

Spring is in the air.

Have sun will sit outside. Seven (English speaking) kiddies sitting outside in the sun eating their lunch.

Saturday: A day at the rink

We ended up with the entire rink to ourselves for the last 45 minutes, then we sat and watched the figure skating competitions on the other rink with competitors from all around Europe.

Friday: Animal Crossing Addiction

Strange how people say "if even Nicole has a Wii then we can get one". And yes now its an addiction. The kids and I love this game. But the best thing of all is that it has forced Makaila's reading in English ahead in leaps and bounds. She loves playing it and if I don't sit with her she has no choice but to do all the reading herself.

Funny how I've even found her sitting and reading English books the last few days.

A beautiful blonde floor

was put in our bedroom this week. Made from solid pine treated with lye with white pigment - very Swedish, very "love it"!!!

Vinterkräksjukan, Stomach flu

a tummy bug or gastro - call it what you will, it runs rife at this time of year and my kids have now had 4 bouts of it between them. 

There seems to have been more of it around this year than usual - possibly because of a long cold winter. Hopefully we are done with it, for now.

Free Dental Care

For all children 18 years and younger.

And Folktandvården - our local government run dentist has the latest equipment. This fancy x-ray machine showed all the teeth under the gums, fully grown and ready to make their way out. It even showed the wisdom teeth forming in the jaw. Fascinating!

Monday 28th. Classroom cleaning.

Being a Waldorf parent means we are required to clean the classroom once a year - an hour or two of our time and a chance to have a good look around and see what they have been working on.

Sunday 27th. Wii dancing.

Ok, so anyone who knows me knows I'm anti computer games - but I will confess - Wii is fun and I'm ok with it. Everyone loved the chance to get up and dance - kids and adults alike!

Saturday 26th. Happy 6th Birthday.

Happy Birthday Kieran! He has been waiting since Makaila's birthday in February, the last of the four of us to finally have a birthday. Very happy to be turning 6, getting pressies and having friends over for a party. Boys only!

Friday 25th, Skate while you can!

Just over a week left before the skating rinks will be closed to the public. And with temperatures now starting to warm up skating on the lakes might also be coming to an end. After cold temperatures on Wall week it was a balmy -1 today say all the snow starting to melt - get skating while you still can!

Månadsfest, Seasonal festivities

One of the things I love about a Waldorf education is the celebration of the seasons. My darling daughter and her classmates stood on stage and played their flutes as well as sang songs in English, French and Swedish in their celebration of winter. She decided to dress as the "farmer in the dell".