Aerobics/Gympa

Every Thursday during the summer time the local gym puts on kid aerobics. It cost $1, totally affordable and loads of fun. I was a bit unsure if Enzo was going to participate, because anyone who knows my son knows that he can be apprehensive or "shy". But he was game. Parents were welcome to join the kids, which is what I did and we had a fun evening burning off energy before dinner and bedtime. Thanks Friskis o Svettis for giving us a weekly activity to burn off a little extra energy.
And of course we did with some of our friends...the more the merrier.

Nina, Emme, Emil and Enzo

Jenny holding Aleksander while I partly focus on being with Enzo and take pictures.


Don't really remember what we were supposed to be doing here but I think it is safe to say that the kids facial expressions aren't that cute.

Swinging...The High And The Low!

Aleksander loves swinging! I think all kids love swinging. When we walk by a playground and he eyes a swing he lunges with his whole body... then we make a pit stop. This kid is scaring me, he thinks he's running things. Maybe he is, sometimes. It's the attitude, the grunting, the I'm such a cute baby, the I am in fact still a baby...blah blah blah blah blah.


Here he is enjoying the swings...it's relaxing and peaceful for him. When he first starts swinging he's super happy and then he goes into this calm-peaceful state. And when he can't swing he gets pissed off like in this video.

Karlskrona: June 10th-12th

We went to Karlskrona last weekend to celebrate Noah's 6th birthday. It was the first time we saw Mattias family since before we left, so like 3 months ago. It was good for the boys to see their cousins and grandparents on the that side. They had a good time but it was a full weekend. We were all ready to get back home. As soon as we walked in the door the boys headed straight for the room and found themselves at peace there.

Aleksander eating strawberries and whipped cream at Noah's party.


Enzo and Isak jumping on the trampoline. Enzo hung out mostly with Isak who is a 1 1/2 younger than him. I think he did this partly because of the language and partly because the "bigger" kids were playing and they are used to playing with each other and Enzo is not that kid who just jumps in and join the group. He stayed on the outside and since there weren't any other kids in Isak's age, Enzo and Isak seemed to navigate towards each other.

Aleksander was naked most of the time. What better way to roam than naked?

Aleksander, Isak and Enzo...Boys and their balls.

Tried to get a group shot of the cousins but it didn't work out so well. The sun was to bright and it wasn't easy to get Aleksander to sit still.
l to r: Sam, Theo, Aleksander, Noah, Enzo and Isak

Singing happy birthday to the birthday boy Noah.

Uncle Patrik and Aleksander. Prior to this photo Patrick was going to kick a ball at me, but instead he ended up kicking the ball smak dab in the head of Aleksander who just happend to be crawling by. It looke like some Matrix move the way Aleksander flew over in the air and landed on his back. Poor thing. So, I think Patrik was trying to make up for it by cuddling with Aleksander for a moment.

All ready to go swimming.

At Farfar's house.

Peter aka Bullen and Farfar

Hair Hair Hair

I cut Aleksander's hair. Not once but twice. After having his hair sticking out every which way but the right way, especially after just waking up I decided that it needs to be trimmed. It needs some balance. The sides were long and sticking out the top was long and weighed down so it would often look flat and the back was just plain kinky, like a birds nest.

Just woke up picture. This was the length of his hair after one trim but then I realized that he needed it trimmed some more.
Side shot of the bed hair.

This was the result of the first trim. I have never cut the boys hair before. And this being my first attempt I cut my knuckles more than I cut his hair, at least it felt like that. I figure, since their hair is curly it is quite forgiving, so it's no big deal if I do it perfect or not. And there is no such thing as perfect anyway, right?

2nd trim...much better. I just cut away but I am pleased with the result. Mattias thought for sure I would regret that I cut so much off but I am quite ok with it.

His new do.

It makes his face look a bit more plump...

Silly Boy

He loves climbing onto the coffee table, well inbetween the coffee table. He also likes to rip my magazines apart. Enzo did the same thing around this age. I remember having magazines shredded but of course it was only the magazines which were not of much importance/we had already read.
Aleksander will definitely be our little climber. He loves climbing stairs. Every opportunity he gets he's on it. He loves climbing up into Enzo's lounge chair and not only does he climb he is actually good at getting down without just throwing himself down. He has skill.

Reading

He calls himself finding a book and reading, I call it making a mess! Aleksander likes to take all the books off the bookshelf. Thereafter he'll browse through a couple of books. He's too cute and therefore it makes it hard to get mad that he tears all the books down. It's just to put them back up and start all over again, right?

Enzo makes sure I know that it's Aleksander's mess and therefore Enzo is not required to clean it. Funny!

Breakfast On The Balcony, Picnic Style

We brought in our outdoor furniture, put blankets down and had breakfast picnic style on the balcony...this was per Enzo and Mattias request. It was actually quite relaxing sitting on the floor, however, Aleksander was getting into everything. That's what he does. We had waffles, cereal, yogurt, cheese and bread. It was a Swedish-American breakfast, I guess you can say.