greenhouse fotoshoot and trick or treaters

we had a super yummy thomas soup out in the greenhouse for lunch yesterday.  probably our last meal out there for the year.  we have not used the "dining section" of the greenhouse so much this year.  but hopefully we will next year.  it is so cozy.

after lunch, zoe insisted on a photoshoot.  my little photo model.  she is just so darn cute. 

she took some lovely photos of  me as well.

my little pink and purple ballerina...

 

 then today was halloween, so we had a scary little ghost and a sweet little princess come trick or treating.  we had them knock on the doors upstairs as thomas and i ran from room to room trying to get there before they finished knocking on the last door.  not sure that eijla understood what was going on, but she was super happy every time she got candy for knocking on a door. booo!

pyssla and pumpkins

i have been talking about making a mirror for eijla for months.  mormor found one at a loppis and we designed the vinyls signs for it.  luckily there was a lot of space left over on the sheets, so zoe and eijla ended up with lots and lots of vinyl stickers, a real hit.

 thought that the mirror turned out really cute.  zoe took a picture of it for us.

 then we finally had the österströms over for dinner.  seems like forever since last time. good food and good company makes for a perfect evening.  since halloween is just around the corner, we got a pumpkin for the girls to carve.  they designed half the face each.

 turned out pretty cute,  eyelashes and all.  and the princesses were very proud of their artwork.

the leaves are falling

fall is here.  the cold weather has set in,  time for us to leave.  but before we do, best to have a bit of fun!  we raked all the leaves in a bit pile at the bottom of  the slide and let the girls go crazy...

 it was so much fun.  fall is also a great time of year, even if i am sad to say good bye to all my green things....

Happy birthday farfar!

so it was time to head south again, this time to celebrate farfars birthday.  eijla was a of a wild buse with moa..

 but luckily after awhile they found their groove and had a great time...

 and not sure if it was farfar snuggles or farfar wrestling. but zoe gave farfar lots of lovin'.  delicious food and great company.  happy birthday farfar. thanks for sharing with us.  the girls are lucky to have the world's greatest farfar.

fall harvest, birthday party, and missing teeth

yep, the summer is over. there are freezing temperatures at night.  so we harvested all we could from the greenhouse.  here is eijla proudly showing off our last pickings this year...

then we headed south for the weekend again.  for a lovely evening with the annermalms, though we all we so tired we crashed way too early.  but the next morning was a birthday party for mathilda.  eijla and zoe joined in the festivities.  apparently rebecka and eijla won the popcorn game!

then there were goodies and ice cream cake, you  know eijla and her little sweet tooth loved that!

 then today we lost tooth number two.  zoe had let it hang so long, that when she finally let me pull it out today,  it barely touched it and it fell out.  pretty cute smile she has now.

 

chicken little and ceramics

we headed south for the weekend to see farmor and farfar.  farfar showed off his spetzkaka. 

 then of course we had to stop by and say hi to the sheeps and chickens.  zoe even got to hold the baby, even though it is not so small anymore.

 eijla was so sweet and gentle with it.  so cute.

 then we headed down to stångby massan, where anita had a table full of her beautiful ceramics.  zoe bought her little clay tomte, and i found some wonderful hotpads with cute little ladybugs.  then there were herbs and korvs for the girls.  another nice weekend.

enjoying the end of summer

mormor is getting better, so it was time for a crayfish party with her!  zoe took her through all the steps to get the most out of a crayfish. yum!

 then it is time to get ready for india!  so the we had a little photoshoot to get everyones photos for the visas.  afterwards zoe wanted to have a little of her own self-directed shoot...

 and here was her masterpiece...