We've had some warm days

June and July haven't been exceptional this year here in Stockholm but we've had some great days... unfortunately at the same time we were in Biscarrosse ;-)!

For our little miss sunshine, however, there is no difference if it's sun or rain as long as she can play!

She really loves the water and once in a while I'm considering going to a course in baby swimming with her... but now when she's a big girl maybe we can go together with her friends and their mommy's instead?

Picture: Julie in her bathtub in our kitchen!

Julie recommends

If you wake up and feel tired and sad although you slept THREE full hours try Julie's HAPPY morning face mask. You mix children's porridge according to the instructions on the package and rub it ALL over your face, hair and clothes. It sure makes wonders for Julie and I... it makes us laugh, puts wide smiles on our faces and we feel alive here and now. The fact that we both slept too little and everything else seems to be small problems when we laugh together!

If it rejuvinates your skin is left to see!

Needless to say, she'll end her spa-session with a nice bath;-)!

Nez, nez, nez vs. Nä, nä, nä

When two words in different languages sound similar but have different meanings there can be a problem...

My husband G has a game with Julie where they touch their noses and say: Nez, nez, nez!
(French for Nose, nose, nose!) Julie then bubbles with laughter and then they start over again. Nez, nez, nez...

However, when I say: Nä, nä, nä! (Swedish slang for No, no, no!) when she's putting her fingers in the electric socket or pulling my hair really hard she bubbles with laughter too!

It took awhile for me to understand why she became so happy when I said no! Maybe I'll have to say No in other languages?

Finnish: Ei!

Albanian: Jo!

Somali: Maya!

German: Nein! Maybe the most effective ;-D?

A minivacation to Kalix

In the middle of June we went up to celebrate my cousin S's graduation and visit my wonderful grandparents in Kalix.

We enjoyed so many things...
my grandma's delicious cooking (such as palt, omelette with chanterelles, all kinds of berries, fika), the light at night, the walk along the river (G ran ;-)!), the visit to Kukkolaforsen, the adventurous search for elks and deers, my grandpa's garden and his statistic book of his harvests since 1972, the first tomato, Julie and the dogs (she especially loves white dogs), the wine and goat cheeses in the evening, the folkdancers, the animals (we laughted so hard when the goat loudly and surprisingly went: Bäääääääähh!)...