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11 février 2013

Bugs, jet-packs and dinosaurs - Otto rules

Today Otto had to stay at home to make sure his stomach was all well before he goes back to pre-school. We had been lured into thinking that the bugs that tormented him last Thursday night were gone already by Saturday, but in fact it was not quite the...

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19 février 2013

Elephant and Castle

The sewing virus has got hold of me again! Could it be because my sewing machine broke down last week - just after I had finished the last wing bit of Lili's bat costume for the traditional Mardi-Gras school carnival... ? I was so frustrated that I took...

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7 octobre 2012

The other side of the bridge

When we are short of ideas (or energy) to embark on a whole day-out adventure, we sometimes resort to the easy option of just crossing the bridge at the bottom of our street. A few hundred meters away from home, yet a good sense of "change of scenery"...

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27 février 2013

Lili's project

Since it's the winter half-term break here this week, Lili is spending more time than usual at home with me. We decided we should make something together, Lili being quite keen (and scared simultaneously) to sew with my machine...We thought a little project...

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28 octobre 2012

Lilla skuggan

Lili had spent the early part of the afternoon at her friend Josefine's birthday party but it was still sunny and bright when we picked her up, so Pete thought we should quickly go to the woods just north of Stadion for a good run-around. We even had...

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1 mars 2013

Vårsalongen 2013

Today was the last day of the break, when I had promised Lili to go on a little escapade with her friend Nicole. I had planned to take them and Poppy to Liljevachs Konsthall, for the 2013 Vårsalongen ie the Summer exhibition of contemporary Swedish amateur...

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5 avril 2013

Postcard from Surrey

Our little Easter escapade started in Surrey, with a bit of a grey day. But St Ann's Hill made us forget the dullness of the morning - a great tree stump tipped to its side turned out to be the most magnificent climbing frame, and the huge lawn around...

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11 novembre 2012

Despite the drizzle

We went out in the woods, even though the forecast had nothing to look forward to. But days are getting so short in November that it feels almost necessary to go out for a few hours, otherwise we are going to be indoors for ever during the dark and cold...

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9 décembre 2012

Flowers galore

A few weeks back I had read in our local newspaper that a Julmarknad / loppis was going to take place on the Saturday of the Second Advent weekend. The idea sounded great at the time, but not everyone sounded enthusiatic when I mentioned it again during...

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13 décembre 2012

Bright maid

Today was Lucia Day. For most parents in Sweden, Lucia Day means...a very early start! This is exactly what happened to us, with Lili expected to be in her classroom just after 7am (!) so as to change, get her little light ready, find her place in the...

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1 mai 2013

Chilly still

Last Sunday we got lured by the jolly rays of sun that greeted us in the morning and we decided to go for a picnic on Brunnsviken's little beach. Bbbbbrrrrrr, how cold we got! The wind had pushed in thick clouds full of rain and it was definitely not...

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5 mai 2013

Grand opening

For the last few weeks Otto and his friends at nursery have been building a castle out of recycled boxes and various items made of cardboard. The whole thing took days of team work, with a lot of discussions on how to make the piece stand, hold together...

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5 mai 2013

Quest

Our annual quest for frog spawn was launched today, but proved a little premature - no eggs to be found in the little pond that we visited last year...We were not really surprised, given that ice and snow were still around only three weeks ago... But...

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5 janvier 2013

So British

So British indeed, Hampton Court...on a breezy Sunday afternoon between Christmas and New Year. So much too see! We had planned to go in the famous maze but did not make it in time before sunset, at which time it is no longer accessible (probbly a sensible...

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10 mai 2013

Tyresta National Park

What a fantastic day we've had! We have for the first time been to Tyresta National Park, a unique place in Europe, where one finds oneself in the heart of a forest as it would have looked thousands of years ago. Indeed the nature in this area, 25 km...

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7 juin 2013

Finnhamn

The National Day was celebrated all over Stockholm but instead of joining the blue-and-yellow parades and concerts, we took a boat towards Finnhamn, a fairly quiet island situated a little bit more than 2 hours away from the centre of the city. The boat...

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12 juin 2013

L'école est finie

This is already the end of the school year for Lili! As usual, the end of year ceremony takes place in the church opposite the school - which is not religious, but simply borrows the "venue" as it holds so many more people than the Aula (Assembly Hall)....

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16 juin 2013

Outdoor games

The forecast was for rain on Sunday, so we decided to make the most of Saturday, which was sunny and inviting. No need to go very far to enjoy simple summer outdoor games - Hagaparken is perfect for a quick game of football, which can easily turn into...

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23 février 2013

Fresh air, red cheeks, cold toes

Skansen! Again and again, we never get tired of Skansen! Today we even discovered a tiny wooden hut where an open fire welcomed us for a hot chocolate, right at the time when our noses and toes were feeling a bit on the icy side... Fairly deserted, not...

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6 octobre 2012

Small gatherings

A crisp, glorious autumnal day is what we have just enjoyed today! To make the walk in the forest a little bit more exciting, I had prepared little challenges for my small gatherers: they each had a list of items to find and a paperbag to bring them home....

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8 septembre 2013

Plants and trees

Today was the Höstfest or Autumn Festival at the Bergianska Trädgården, ie the Botanical Gardens situated just behind Stockholm University. Quite strange to be celebrating the autumnal season as the sun was still high and warm, everyone still in a pretty...

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16 septembre 2013

Under the ground, all the way to Africa

Saturday was probably the very last day of this amazing Swedish late summer we've been enjoying. We hid from the sun only for a couple of hours, the time to go round Bergrummet, ie the "room under the mountain", to view the current exhibition of African...

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5 avril 2013

Fab time in Devon

Not even three days but definitely packed full with joy! A bit of seaside, of fun fair, a day on Dartmoor - complete with pixies, an encounter with poneys and a walk along the river Dart -, we had it all! But best of all: time spent with Pete and Annie,...

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6 octobre 2013

Re-toy

Today we went to our first "Retoy" session, organised at Tekniska Museet. The idea is simple: you bring along a toy that you do not want / like / need anymore, you "check it in" and get a stamp on a little card, and you are then invited to look through...

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14 avril 2013

Äntligen vår!

Spring, finally! Today has been our first taste of spring, for good, of the year! Amazing! The snow is almost gone, the sky is blue, the thermometre reaches above 5 degrees! We made the most of the beautiful weather with a long walk along the south side...

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