cykels och blommor

the weather is warming up, the flowers are growing and pappa has gone back to work.  in our effort to survive a few hours without pappa snuggles we took a bike ride.  bonita loved it.  ran around like a crazy dog, i think she knows spring is here too.  zoe of course found lots of flowers to pick, so it was a very slow bike ride.

zoe has actually outgrown her bike, so eijla has inherited it, she can barely reach the pedals, but she loves riding it anyway,  mamma just has to push her along most of the time.  zoe is getting really good on her scooter.  cannot believe how fast the girls are growing up.

enjoying the autumn weather with a long walk i the forest

today was brisk, but beautiful so the girls and i decided to take bonita for a walk in the forest.  however not the normal walk on the path, but we went exploring.  it was fun, but i can say i would not do it again with the stroller!  what a a workout!  bonita thought it was great.

 zoe somehow managed to find flowers despite the summer being long over!

 i love this jacket,  we bought it for zoe years ago at a second hand store in new york, and i was so happy when i realized it fit eijla now.  it is so nostalgic, and she looks absolutely adorable in it.

 after about an hour, we found our way back to the path, but then we needed to take a bit of a break, or rather i did.  so the girls discussed the walk so far, i love how serious eijla looks about this conversation.

and of course we stopped to enjoy the pretty colors of the fall leaves.  on the way back home we stumbled on the bookmobil!  finally learned their schedule, so looking forward to taking advantage of it next year when we get back from india.  the girls got a few books to read.  zoe managed to find a fable about elephants from india.  glad that she also is getting so excited for the trip.  just hope we get our visas back in time!

bonita is a mommy!

bonita had puppies! they are so darn cute!


here is zoe snuggling with one. she loves them.


eijla even checked out the action a bit.


and then there were farmor snuggles. a very snuggly day indeed. congrats to our dear bonita!