Midsummer's Eve

Yesterday we celebrated midsummer's eve - one of the biggest holidays in Sweden. It's a tradition that has lived on since our viking days and it's a must to make a maypole and dance around it. Unfortunately, Erik was running on the lawn and fell and hit his jaw on something made of metal (what are the odds?) so I had to take him into the emergency room for a check-up. He turned out to be fine and we could go home to relax.

midsummer girls

raising the may pole

Dancing around the sleeping bears

some silly bears

treasure hunt in the forrest

taking a little nap on the lawn

Sebastian

treasure hunt

to captains on a ship

visiting Aunty Lisbeth at their summer cottage in Svartbyn

some kind of bug

admiring daffodils

more sweden pics

the newest cousin!

nice big sister

checking out the blueberries - not quite ripe yet

erik just woke up

A visit to Sweden!

After a looooong trip, we're finally here! It's a great feeling!

Elina outside of her daycare

It's fun to jump in puddles!

Liam and his friend Sebastian

Spidey moves!

We paid a visit to Elinas daycare

the boys found this frog when biking in the park. There are a ton of these frogs everywhere this year

New deck

Thanks to my father-in-law, Jack, Jason and Uncle Rich, we have a nice new deck in the backyard! When it's not pouring outside we spend a lot of time out there, enjoying our meals and the kids play. I planted a bunch of penta flowers (perennial plants native to Florida) and grasses for low maintenance. We still have some work to do (such as painting the house) but it's definitely more functional now. Thanks for all the help!

Liam and friend after t-ball

possessed child?

pushing buttons

backyard play

The boys have started to play so nicely together lately (when they're not trying to kill each other, that is). They make up stories and act them out.

setting up a trap for hulk

boys playing hulk game

Our space ranger

Erik surprised me this morning by building this bridge all by himself with no help or input from us

erik helping grandpa build a deck

Liam and his friend at chick-fil-a after tball game

erik being painted by Strawberry the clown. He asked if she'd come to his house

Erik loved the chick-fil-a cow

Don't leave a 4 yr old alone with markers!

This is what Erik looks like when big brother makes him into a tiger. Mighty happy!

Titta vad mig gjorde! (look what me did)

Erik is funny because he likes to organize things. He arrages his toys, plays with them and counts them.  He also likes to put them back where they belong which is shocking to me. (not always)

He plays really well by himself.

counting all the guys (takes the opportunity to play with liam's stuff while he's at school)

Today we went to Swedish School (I'm a teacher). We were working on norse mythology. The kids in our class are so cute. They made Thor's hammer and drew gods, goddesses and giants. Lots of fun!

Our group today

Anton and Liam

Thor's hammer is named Mjölnar

Mercado Farms Earth Day

Filip and Erik 

Liam and Tiger... ehm Luc

Erik getting Lighting McQueen painting on his arm

New pics

boys sleeping

Erik and Filip at playground while Liam plays t-ball

Delicious meringue cookies

Erik and his friend playing with play dough after Swedish church

So it was a while since a posted. Very sorry about that! 

Liam and Howard the snail

monster boy

The Little Farm, Miami, with Swedish School 

Erik was happy riding the pretend pony at Little Farm...

while Liam was riding a real horse. Helmet anyone?

Outside Swedish school in Boca