Petra’s been a counting fool these past few months. She can count to thirteen or fourteen in both English and Swedish — she doesn’t really understand the concept of numbers, of course, but she knows in which order the words go, and she never mixes the languages. She’ll use any opportunity to show off her… Read More It’s all in the numbers

Invitations to Tage’s birthday do went out yesterday, so it looks like we’re having a party on Sunday whether we like it or not. We’ve invited nine pre-schoolers, and so far I’ve got nothing planned besides the Batman cake that Tage requested months ago. With any luck the weather will be decent that afternoon so… Read More Reporting in.

After a few weeks spent browsing around the local car dealerships, we finally settled on a new vehicle and signed the paperwork yesterday. It’s a 2003 Suzuki XL-7, and since we won’t pick it up until Thursday, you’ll have to settle for the dealership’s picture here. It’s not exactly the mini-van we were originally planning… Read More Ridin’ high

At the beginning of the summer, our one Windows machine bit the dust. It could be something simple or it could be a total loss, but I won’t know until Olof gets a chance to take a look at it. The problem is that, being a hater of all things Microsoft, he’s not feeling much… Read More What, me? Cranky? Hmph.

So, Petra had her birthday today.  Two years old already!  When I told Tage this morning that Petra was two now, the first thing he asked was, “Am I still 4?”  He was a little disappointed when I told him that it’s a few more weeks until he’s officially older, but he quickly moved on… Read More Celebrate good times

Not very nice just to drop a bombshell and then disappear, I know.  Sorry about that. Thanks so much to everyone (even Rob!) for the pregnancy wishes. It’s fun that people are so excited, even the fourth time around.  Everything’s going fine on that front, by the way, aside from a couple of weeks of low-grade… Read More Resurfacing

Before too long we’re going to be needing more car-space, since baby #4 is on the way (and after we wasted all that energy discussing birth control!). After a disastrous few months on the mini-pill–can they really call it “break-through bleeding” if the bleeding never stops?–I decided to explore other options, and in the three-week… Read More I suppose it’s time to start shopping for a mini-van.

This is the first night in far too long that I’ll be able to go to bed without having to set an alarm to wake me in the wee hours.  Lydia had her end-of-school shindig this morning and Tage finished up at pre-school this afternoon, which means that we’ll be sleeping in for the next… Read More Brief

In an hour or so Lydia and I will hop in the car to drive down to Umeå, where we will catch the overnight train to Stockholm.  Tomorrow morning we’ll meet up there with my mom, who’s on her way to the airport in Houston even as I type, and we’ll spend three “girls only”… Read More Takin’ the night train

After the bittersweetness of the last post, I thought I’d turn to something just plain sweet. I took this video of Petra a couple of hours ago. Cutie Patootie