Thursday, June 28, 2012

Birthday party galore

Dagen innan jag borjade jobba igen hade vi tva kalas att ga pa
The day before I went back to work we had two birthday party to go to 
 De har fina honorna var ocksa pa kalas
These pretty hens were also there
 Greia, fodelsedags barnets storasyster tyckte djuren var kul
Greia, the birthday boy's sister liked the animals
 Layla och Lewis hogg in i godsakerna pa en gang
Layla and Lewis enjoyed the goodies straight away
 Tartorna
The cakes
 Kul att halla i en sot liten kyckling
Fun holding a cute chicken
 De ar sa sota och fluffiga
They are so cute and fluffy
 Jag och barnen i hagen
Me and the kids in the pen
 Fodelsedags barnet Eli med mamma Kerry
Birthday boy Eli with his mum Kerry
 Matningsdags
Time for afternoon tea for some
 Sot Layla
Cutie pie Layla
 Kul med djur...fast Lewis tyckte inte om getterna nar de buffades
Fun with animals but Lewis was really scared of the goats
 Eli och farmor
Eli and grandmum
 Estelle ska fa sin tredje i augusti
Estelle will have her third in August
 Hela familjen Phillips
The whole Phillips family
 Sa har fint blev det nar plattorna var lagda
This is how nice it looks now that Greg finished the paving
 Greg gjorde ett jattebra jobb
Greg did a great job
 Layla pustar ut med sin partybag innan nasta party...
Layla takes some time to chill out with her party bag before the next one...
 ...som var pa ett lekcenter
...that was in a playcentre
 Fodelsedags princessan Lily pa gang
The birthday princess on the go
 Det har lekcentret har bara varit oppet i nagon manad
This playcentre has only been open for a month or so
 Den har kunde man snurra runt
This one you could turn around
 Dags for mat
Time for food
 Nastan alla barn var livradda for jatte ekorren
Almost all the kids were petrified of the big chipmunk
 Regnbagstarta
Rainbow cake
 Lily var i alla fall inte radd och det var ju det som var viktigast
Lily was not scared and that is what was most important
 Nya klader fran moster Anette
New clothes from auntie Anette
 Midsommar dags
Time to celebrate Midsummer
 Linnea och Layla i sina fina Rusta klanningar
Linnea and Layla in their cute Swedish traditional dresses
 Isas lilla tjej var sa fin i sin midsommar krans
Isa's girl was cute in her midsummer hairpiece
 Vissa hade "riktiga" folkdrakter pa sig
Some had genuine traditional dresses on
 Fiskdamm
Fishing for goodie bags
 Layla, Lewis och midsommarstangen
Layla and Lewis under the midsummer pole
 Det var lite halvkyligt vader som det ju brukar vara pa midsommar
It was a bit cool but that is often the weather in Sweden even if it is summer
 Jag var ocksa dar
I was there too
 Lewis ser lite somnig ut pa det har kortet
Lewis looks a bit tired in this photo
 Layla och Linnea hade sa roligt ihop
Layla and Linnea enjoying themselves
 Forst var det de som kunde dansa som dansade
Firstly the people who know what they are doing were dancing
 Tjoho
Fun, fun, fun

Lewis fokuserade min nar han dansade
Lewis focused face when he was dancing

Sunday, June 17, 2012

En tur till kusten
A trip to the coast

 I onsdags var vi och halsade pa Anna och Alexander
On Wednesday we went to see Anna and Alexander
 Layla far halla koll pa de har killarna i framtiden
Layla better keep an eye on these boys in the future
 Alexander hade blivit sa stor och han sa sot
Alexander had grown lots since last time and he is such a cutie
 Vi var ut och gick och hittade en trevlig lekplats
We went for a walk and found a nice playground
 Gungeligung
On the seesaw 
 Anna och jag provade ut linbanan. Layla tyckte den var lite laskig. 
Anna and I tried out the flying fox. Layla didn't like it.
 Mer gung
The boys on the seesaw
 Lite kul
A bit of fun
 Nej, det har var ju riktigt kul
No, this is great fun
 Layla satte fart pa killarna
Layla pushing the boys
 Vi var till baby goes Retro och dar hittade vi den har coola trojan och glasogon
We went to the Swedish kids clothing store up the coast and bought this outfit
 Layla valde den har trojan
Layla picked this top
 Har ar jag!
Here I am!
 Tightsen Anette kopte for ett tag sedan passar perfekt till trojan
My sister bought these leggings and they match perfectly
 Layla ritade sin pappa haromdagen. Likt va?
Layla drew Greg the other day. I thought it really looks like him
 State of origin
 I fredags traffade vi Renee som har flyttat tillbaka till Brisbane. Vi hade en jattetrevlig dag.
On Friday we met up with Renee who has moved back to Brisbane. We had a great day in town.
 De hade en festival inne i stan for barn men Layla var inte sa sugen pa att gora nagot av aktiviteterna. 
They had a festival in town but Layla was not in the mood to do any of the activities.
 Sa vi gick till Stats biblioteket och lekte istallet. 
So we went to the state library to play instead.

 Lewis gillade den har pinn tavlan
Lewis liked this stick wall
 Sedan kom Mr Tim och sjong
Then Mr Tim came to sing some nursery rhymes
 Lewis jazzade med 
Lewis was doing his swaying dance to the music
 Vi fyndade ett par solglasogon pa stan
We found some sunglasses for Layla in town
 Igar var vi till lekparken en svang
Yesterday we went to the playground for a bit
 Allvarliga miner
Serious business
 Bast att halla i sig ordentligt
I better hold on tight
Sot kille...fortfarande allvarlig
Cute boy...still looking very serious