Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Jul igen...

Nu ar glada julen slut, slut, slut
Another Christmas has come to an end...

Fast vi firade i dagarna tre. Svenskt pa julafton med sill, lax, janssons, kottbullar och potatis och julklappar fran Sverige. Pa juldags morgonen oppnade jag och Greg julklapparna under granen med barnen, badade i poolen och pa eftermiddagen var det julmiddag hos Ken och Silvia. Imorse, annandagen oppnade vi julklapparna under Ken och Silvias gran med dem och Kostecki familjen. Lite mellandags rea hann vi med idag ocksa. Fast det allra roligaste ar att vi bokat biljett till Sverige. Den 12:e juni aker jag med barnen till Svedala. Greg far stanna hemma den har gangen men han tranar ju hart infor en halv "jarnman" vilket kravs en massa traning sa det passar bra att vi ar borta. God fortsattning. Kram

 Pa julaftons kvallen var vi och kollade pa de som vann i juldekorations tavlingen i Brisbane
On Xmas eve, we checked out the winner in the Xmas lights competition
 Strike a pose
 De hade till och med en maskin som sprutade ut nagot som liknade sno
They even had a machine that shot out something that looked a bit like snow
 Tomten hann ocksa med att vara dar
Santa even had time to drop in
 Manga fina lampor
So many amazing lights
 Fint va?
So nice

 Layla och Lewis pustar ut
Layla and Lewis taking a break
 Det fanns hur mycket som helst att se och gora. Tank att nagon bor har och orkar halla pa. 
There was lots to see and do. Can you believe that these people live her and can be bothered to set it all up.
 Somnigt pa juldags morgonen
Someone was very tired on Christmas day morning
 Efter lang vantan sa vackte Layla till slut Lewis
After a long wait, Layla finally woke Lewis up
 Nojda miner efter att oppnat paketen i julstrumpan
Happy after finding some good presents in the xmas stocking
 Nyvaket
Sleepy faces
 Kul med Duplo
Fun with Duplo
 Det fanns manga julklappar att oppna
There were lots of presents to open
 DVD spelare till bilen
DVD player for the car
 Layla hade sagt till tomten att hon ville ha en Barbie bil och som tur var hade han kommit ihag det
Layla told santa she wanted a Barbie car. Luckily he remembered.
 Lewis fick pussel av Brett och Jess. 
Lewis got a jigsaw from Brett and Jess
 Brett och Jess hade ocksa kopt skojiga mustascher
Brett and Jess had also bought these fun mustaches

 Hi, hi. Sa sota. 
Funny looking kids
 Inte sa jul aktigt men gott med pannkakor till morgon fikat
Not very Christmassy but yummy with pancakes for morning tea
 Layla ville ha sin fina roda klanning pa juldagen. Lewis maste ha tyckt att hon sag ut som en prinsessa for plotsligt ville han ha prinsess utkladnings klader pa sig. Sot som en liten prinsessa blev han. 
Layla chose to wear her nice red dress my sister bought her a while back. Lewis must have thought she looked like a princess as all of a sudden he wanted the princess dress up dress on. Very cute.
 Layla och Francesca ar sa lyckliga tillsammans
Layla and Francesca was so excited to see each other again
 Lewis &  Ken
 Scott & Lachlan
 Tjejerna drog i small karamellerna tills de small
The girls got stuck into the Christmas
 Greg & Lewis
 Mark & Jodie
 Scott med sin mamma, mormor och moster
Scott with his mum, auntie and grandma
 Tomten Sean
Santa Sean
 Nonno & Silvia
 Layla
 Gabriella och sma tjejorna
Gabriella and the girls
 De fick fina ryggsackar av Claude och Rae
They got some really nice backpacks from Claude and Rae
 Lewis
 Nonno med alla sina barn barns barn
Nonno with all his great grand children
 Sedan var det bad dags for vissa
 Some wanted a swim

 Layla fick bada i sina trosor for vi hade inte tankt bada
Layla had to swim in her undies
 Kusilinerna nu i morse
The cousins this morning
Sott gang 
What a cute bunch!
 Lewis fick lite hjalp pa vagen
Lewis got some help
Barnen hittade sina stovlar pa kvallen och joggade runt darute
The kids found their wellington boots and were runnning around the back this afternoon

Sunday, December 23, 2012

Nu ar det jul igen...
I am dreaming of a white Christmas...

 Sa har sot var lilla Alice pa svenska skolans julfest. 10 minuter senare kraktes Layla sa vi fick aka hem. 
Cute little Alice at the Swedish school's xmas party. Soon after Layla threw up and we had to go home :(
 Kul att aka till stan med Luca
Fun going on the train with Luca
 Jag fyndade nya badklader till Layla for ett tag sedan
I bought some new togs for Layla
 Lewis hade samma gamla...cheese anda
Lewis had his old swimmers on...cheese!
 Vi var en svang och halsade pa Anna och Alexander forra veckan
We went to see Anna and Alexander last week
 Alexander ska ju bli storebror i mars
Alexander is going to be a big brother in March
 Sota sma troll
Cute trio
 Layla hade kul och susade nerfor sanddynorna
Layla had fun sliding down the sand dunes
 Det var for blasigt sa barnen fick halla sig pa stranden
It was too windy to swim so the kids had fun playing in the sand

 Harligt och folktomt
So nice and no people anywhere
 Mathias kom hem. Det var kul att fa traffa honom en stund. 
Mathias got home and it was great to catch up
 Kira pa  svenska mamma traffen i onsdags
Kira at the Swedish mother's group on Wednesday
 Hurra for Ellen som fyllde 25 ar!
We celebrated Ellen who turned 25
 Lewis tyckte choklad tartan var god
Lewis enjoyed the chocolate cake
 Ronjas present var lika stor som henne sjalv
Ronja's present was as big as she is
 Kul med julklapps byte
Fun with Secret Santa
 Lilla Max fyllde 1 ar dagen efter
Cute Max turned 1 the next day
 I fredags var det dags for julfest med min Australiensiska mamma grupp
On Friday we had the Xmas party with my Aussie mother's group
 Estelle, Mel & Cath
 Oliver
 Samling infor julklappsbyte
All ready for Secret Santa
 Idag hade vi julfest med Gregs barndoms kompisar
Today we had a Christmas gathering with Greg's childhood friends
 Liam, Evie & Layla
 Oscar 4 manader
Oscar at 4 months
 Rob med William som ar Christines lilla pojke
Rob with William who is Christine's little boy
 Renee & Chris
 Oscar & jag/me
Christine, Andy, Josie & Kirsten