New web server

We have moved the site to a new web server in Sweden. Uploading the pictures to the Singaporean web hotel we've been using just didn't work well enough to be feasible in the long run.

If you have any problems with the site, please let us know.

Vi har flyttat hemsidan till en svensk server eftersom det tog oändligt lång tid för oss att hantera uppladdning av bilder etc till det singaporeanska webhotell vi använt oss av tidigare.

Om ni får några problem med siten, hojta gärna till.

Starting day care

The standard in Sweden when starting at a new day care is for two weeks of acclimatization, both for the kids as well as for the class/teachers/parents. This is of course especially true for young ones like Adam, where the transition from always having mum or dad around to spending the whole day with lots of other kids and adults can be quite a change to cope with.

Starting Tuesday this week, we have been doing the acclimatization of the boys at the local day care. The pre-school is located a short walk from our house, and most of the kids are staying in the village. They have a HUGE yard, which is basically a forested ridge running behind the school building itself. A lot of the time at school is spent outside on the yard, regardless of weather/season.

The first day we just spent a little over an hour at the school before we left. The rest of the day was spent at home playing in our yard as well as a trip to buy a bicycle for daddy. On our way back, we stopped for a snack and watched the harvest for a while. Countryside living does have its perks.

Today was day 2, and Hugo is mainly wondering why he can't stay the whole day. For Adam, the slow pace is probably quite good, but he hasn't shown any signs of getting too upset with the situation. The school has age integrated classes, which means that Hugo and Adam are in the same class. Within each class, they do have age groups, so Hugo is with the oldest kids (age group "Lynx") and Adam is the youngest of the class (age group "Ants"). To have big brother with him at school definitely helps.

It was a very wet day, so we all had our rain gear on. On our way home, the absolute highlight of the day was to run and jump in the puddles on the school parking lot. Daddy included.

Det är dags för dagisinskolning, och igår tisdag drog det igång på lokala dagiset som ligger en kort promenad hemifrån. De flesta barnen kommer från byn, och de har en mycket stor gård som i princip består av en skogsklädd ås bakom själva byggnaderna. Det är mestadels utomhusaktiviteter som gäller året runt, även om det inte är ett 'ur & skur'-dagis.

Hugo har ju vanan inne, så han undrar mest varför han inte får stanna längre om dagarna, men för Adam är det bra med lite mjukstart. Dagiset har åldersintegrerade avdelningar, vilket innebär att Hugo och Adam går på samma avdelning. Grymt bra för Adam som på så sätt får en trygg punkt i den mycket annorlunda vardag som börjar nu. Inom avdelningen har de viss uppdelning i åldersgrupper, så Hugo och de största barnen är i gruppen 'Lodjuren' medans avdelningens junior Adam tillhör 'Myrorna'.

Igår var vi hemma och lekte i trädgården efter dagismorgonen, och sen åkte vi och köpte cykel till pappa. På vägen hem fikade vi i bakluckan och tittade på en skördetröska som gjorde sin grej. Det finns vissa tydliga fördelar med livet på landet.

Idag var det regnigt värre, så vi hade full galonkostym på oss alla tre. På vägen hem var höjdpunkten att springa och hoppa i vattenpölarna på perkeringen utanför dagis. Pappa var med och plaskade också... :)

Finally some new pictures

After a lot of problems getting the uploads to work, we have finally managed to get the pictures up for May through August. So surf on by the picture page and enjoy!

Life in the countryside

We haven't forgotten our blog, though it's been a while. A long long while. We know. It's just too many things and too little time. As usual.

We're trying to get our garden going and our roses have finally come into bloom since a few weeks. They're called Ingrid Bergman and they are fabulous! Grass is getting better and now we have started all over in some spots with the watering around the clock as we have moved some patches around to give space for some new plants. Elisabeth has planted some lovely yellow flowers for us by the guest house (storage house more like it at the moment... but we're staying optimistic).

Soon we will have our own tomatoes! They are starting to change into red. Sorry the focus are on the leaves and not on the tomatoes. I blame trying to focus on Adam playing in the ditch in the back of the house at the same time. He is definitely not afraid of sand like his big brother at this age.

Hugo is getting more adventurous by the day. Living next door to a six-yearold is probably one reason. They have been playing across the road at what is still a construction site, and not behaving all that well. He got told off in a very nice way by the site manager and completely lost it. Big tears and hid beneath the table. We're hoping it will stick. We might ask the manager to come again for some other issues... as he doesn't seem to bother with us at all. A good thing that came out of playing with older kids is that he has finally started to use is likebike (2-wheeler with no pedals) instead of the tricycle. It's his "motorcycle". He has almost outgrown it so it was about time. Both kids have grown like nothing else since we got back. We haven't measured them but Hugo has put on one kg and gone up 2 sizes in clothes and Adam was 1,5 kg heavier yesterday then when we left Singapore and are going through the sizes in record speed. We're digging out Hugo's oldclothes for when he was 2 years old. Pictures will come! Soon. Any day now. Promise.