Monday, June 29, 2009

my last day with zoe

so this is it, my last little bit of time with zoe before i head up to umeå. luckily she awoke in a great mood, and entertained me all morning long.
it is smultron and strawberry season, and she and mormor picked lots yesterday. ( she ate her whole bucket yesterday as well, so today she ate the bucket they picked for me!).

then we blew bubbles out in the yard. she was hilarious. she chased them everywhere. but this is when she decided they were chasing her! silly goose.
i am going to miss my silly, dirty, one of a kind, gorgeous, makes me laugh a million times a day, amazing little girl.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

princess zoe and her flowers

so zoe has gone from being obsessed with climbing trees to being obsessed with picking flowers. she has picked nearly every dahlia i have. luckily we have decided together that certain flowers are not for picking. though sometimes she decides that it is okay to pick mommies petunias, but just today! she loves picking the flowers off of the jasmine bush, but that is fine by me, zoe and everything else just smells so good.
and i think this action shot of her is just too classic zoe. did not have time for momma, off to play with something and find a little buse! man, i am going to miss that kid when i have to go up north.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

war of the begonias

mormor let zoe pick a bunch of her begonias, and then she managed to convince mama to let her have her chair on the table, AND then she and mormor hit each other with begonias. that kid just gets away with everything!

Thursday, June 25, 2009

hairstyle a la zoe

zoe has becoe very interested in doing hair. here is one of her latest masterpieces i was so happy to model. we are however still working on the brush technique, oh, my poor scalp!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

midsommars day on ivö

so after a lovely midsommars eve with the österstroms, it was time to head out to ivö to visit rita and company. it was a real weekend of parties, made all the more enjoyable by the highly entertaining companionship...
the guilty parties were of course the lovely zoe...the odd man who calls himself "sven, a man who can wear pink, and wear it well"...
elin, a no nonsense kind of gal who kept us all in line...
thomas, yeah, that is the man i married...
eimi, yeah, that is the woman thomas married...
and our lovely hostess with the mostess, rita...

Monday, June 22, 2009

midsommars

midsommars this year was spent with good company, we headed over to maya´s house, where we spent the evening in lovely company. zoe and maya were very happy to see one another again.monica of course looked stunning as per usual, though don´t let the innocent look fool you!
of course swedish midsommars always seems to involve playing kube (no idea how to spell it). which is basically throwing sticks at sticks and trying somewhat to not hit the opposing team. tom and thomas were on the same team, and monica and i were on the other. pretty obviously who won eh?
had to get a shot of emanuel´s near bullseye. he was pretty proud, and we were pretty impressed. his sister ellen got pretty close as well, but i didn´t manage to get a shot of her, a bit camera shy.
and then of course there was the swedish tradition of singing and dancing around the midsommars pole. lina and rikard really shone with their midsommars song and dance talents.
the girls thought all of us were crazy, but they seemed to have fun as well.
all in all it was a lovely evening with wonderful people. thanks tom, monica, and maya.

Friday, June 19, 2009

a mysig morning with pappa

there are not many things in life that can beat a snuggly, yummy, fun morning with your pappa. so it is easy to understand the smile on the monster´s face. pappa started out by serving yummy homemade pancakes with strawberries and ICE CREAM for breakfast. yeah, well, that was an obvious winner.
then after downing all that goodness there was of course the crazy dancing in the living room. he was throwing her around like a ragdoll and she was loving it. that girls loves her daddy.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

helping daddy cut the grass

zoe is a great help around the yard. she is constantly trimming things back by picking all the flowers, and today she helped pappa mow the lawn. good thing that daddy is so talented at driving the lawnmower with only one hand. they had fun anyway.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

zoe says to say "cheese!"

zoe gets tired of mom taking pictures of her all the time, so somtimes she turns the camera round instead. here is a shot she took of me the other day. i am sure it is a great foto, but not so sure about the subject!
then she wanted a shot of us together. gotto love the kid.

Friday, June 5, 2009

greenhouse update

so i realized it has been awhile since i posted of pic of how the greenhouse is blossoming. so here it is. things are looking much, much greener nowadays. everyrthing, well, almost everything is growing really well, even my dahlias are growing which i have not really been able to grow at all in our yard, i believe due to the lack of sunlight and chill. anyway, looking forward to some delicious red tomatoes and fresh peas in the pod really soon.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

the joys of a lollypop


months ago when we were in indonesia, i had a couple of swedish divers as students, and they gave zoe this huge lolly. we carried it around for months, and now finally opened it and gave it to zoe. as you can see she is loving it. and even sharing it.
this one is just too classic the closed eyes and the look of sheer pleasure. this kid really has a sweet tooth. lucky for us she also loves to snack on things like corn and tomatoes!