Miss Cool

Layla tycker det ar roligt att ha pa sig en keps som hennes moster Anette har skickat till henne for ett tag sedan. De har korten tog jag en morgon.
Layla likes wearing a cap that her auntie Anette sent to her a while ago now. I took these photos one morning.

Jag tog nagra kort for att jag tankte lagga ut en bild men hon blev sa sot pa alla.
I took some photos as I wanted one for the blog but she was so cute in all of them.

Kepsen matchar hennes pyjamas
The hat matches her pj

Tjoho!
Yee-haa

Det ar inte alltid sa latt att ta kort
It isn't always easy to take photos

Speciellt nar motivet joggar omkring. I fredags hade Layla pa sig de klader som min faster Lisbeth har sytt och jag forsokte fa det hela pa bild...
Especially when the model is running around. On Friday Layla was wearing clothes that my auntie Lisbeth has made and I was trying to take a photo of her...

Hon slet av sig sin lilla hatta hela tiden
She kept taking off the head scarf

Eller tittade inte in i kameran
Or wouldn't look at the camera

Eller helt enkelt bara joggade darifran
Or simply ran off

Internet med humorsvagningar
Internet with moodswings

Har haft en massa trassel med internet pa sistone. Ibland sa funkar det och ibland inte. Greg tror att vi behover ett nytt modem. Sjalv har jag inte en susning vad som ar fel. Vet bara att det ar mycket irriterande nar det inte fungerar. Men ska nu forsoka lagga ut lite bilder innan det bestammer sig for att lagga av igen...

Layla ar antligen frisk fran sin forkylning sa igar akte hon pa magsjuka istallet. Hon kraktes i bilen tre ganger hem fran Boonah. Jag visste att alla ombytesklader jag slapar med mig skulle komma till nytta en dag. Hon var dock pigg igen idag vilket var skont.

Ha en bra vecka. Kram, Agneta

We are having "issues" with our internet connection. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. Greg seems to think that it is the modem that is the problem. Whatever the problem is, it is really annoying! So better be quick to put some photos on the blog before the internet stops working again.

Layla finally got rid of her cold so instead she got sick with a stomach bug. She threw up three times on the way home from Boonah yesterday. I knew that one day it would be worth having all those changes of clothes in the nappybag. She is ok today though which is great.

Have a good week. Cheers, Agneta X

Layla funderar lite pa livet
Layla contemplating

Layla och jag
Layla and I

Vi var pa fest hos Ciss och Terry i lordags. Ciss ar min norska kompis. Hon hade gjort bal i en stoooor skal.
Went to a party at Ciss and Terry's on Saturday. She had made a lot of punch.

Layla och fodelsedagsflickan Ciss
Layla and Ciss, the birthday girl

Det var riktigt kallt pa kvallen. Som tur var hade jag letat fram en jacka at Layla som jag hade packat undan. Det har ju varit sa varmt har sa alla "vinterklader" ligger numera i en lada i garderoben.
It was really chilly that evening. Luckily I had brought a jacket for Layla that I dug out of the winter clothes box that I had packed away.

Pa sondags morgonen var vi pa mamma grupps fest. Vi firade att alla de sma liven fyllt ett ar. Layla tyckte partyt var jattekul...
On Sunday morning my mother's group had a party to celebrate that all the little ones had turned one. Layla was having a great time at the party...

Cath hade bakat supersmarriga muffins
Cath had made yummy cupcakes

Har ar vi...alla 10 mammorna och alla 10 barnen
Here we all are...all the 10 yummy mummies and the 10 little ones

Och har ar alla papporna
And here are all the dads

Efter mammagrupps traffen akte vi till Boonah for att fira Lachlans 3-ars dag
After the mother's group party we went to Boonah to celebrate Lachlan's 3rd birthday

Layla tar ett stadigt tag i sin kusin
Layla with her cousin in a steady grip

Som tur ar alskar Lachlan Layla aven om hon nyps
Luckily Lachlan still loves Layla despite the pinching

Horru Francesca kolla in den har...
Hey Francesca, check this out...

Vilken goding
What a cutie pie

Annu en helg forbi
Another weekend is almost over Layla sitter fint och stilla i soffan
Layla sitting still for a change in the sofa

I torsdags var vi och halsade pa hos Eva. Lily var pirat.
On Thursday we went to see Eva. Lily was a pirate.

Och Freja var bara allmant svensk.
And Freja was just being Swedish.

En lite suddig Layla
A bit of a blurry girl

Tupperware partyt var lite kaotiskt. 8 barn som alla nyss fyllt 1 pa en liten yta, plus alla vuxna. Vi behover verkligen kopa oss ett storre hus. Bara sa vi kan ha Tupperware partyn...
The Tupperware party was just a bit chaotic. 8 kids who all just recently turned 1, plus all the adults. We really need to buy ourselves a bigger place to live. Just so we can have more and bigger Tupperware parties...

Layla har redan manga skor (de ar dock inte alla i samma storlek).
Layla already has a lot of shoes (they are not all the same size).

Sa har glada var Greg och hans pappa pa Rugby league Grand final day idag.
This is how happy Greg and his dad was on Grand final day. They were even happier when Melbourne beat Paramatta.

Tupperware party

Under min mammaledighet har jag varit pa sa himla manga Tupperware partyn. Oftast gar jag mest for den sociala biten plus att ata alla godsaker som bjuds. Jag ar alltid lika fashinerad av alla dessa kvinnor som ooooar och ahhhar over en massa plastbuteljer. Kan halla med att det som saljs ar av bra kvalite men det kostar ju darefter. Naval, var aterigen pa ett Tupperware party haromveckan och tro't eller ej pa nagot vis lyckades forsaljaren overtyga mig att jag skulle ha ett hos mig. Jag gick mest med pa det for att stalla upp pa Cheryl for da far hon en massa gratis saker men suck sager jag bara. Det ar val bara att bekrafta...man ar numera den ultimata hemmafrun. Naval, det ar bara att njuta for nu har jag bara 3 veckor kvar innan jag borjar jobba.

Imorgon kommer det i alla fall en massa kompisar hit for att njuta av Tupperware forestallningen...

Kram, Agneta

During my maternity leave I have been to like a billion Tupperware parties. It always amazes me how excited these women get over these plastic items. I just go for the social aspect and for the tea and biscuits. Anyway, somehow I am now hosting a Tupperware party myself. It was mostly to do a friend a favour but I just feel like the ultimate housewife. Well, I just have to enjoy it as the fun is almost over. I only have 3 more weeks off before I start work again.

Cheers, Agneta X

Sa har roligt kommer vi att ha det...Tupperware ar sa himla kul!
This is how much fun we will have...Tupperware is just hillarious!

Pa 50-talets Tupperware partyn lekte man kasta gris med plastbunkarna...
In the 50:s Tupperware party they used to throw the Tupperware around...Ahhh, those were the days when they knew how to have fun without alcohol.

Layla Garbo?

Layla tycker det ar kul att prova glasogon. Oj vilka stooora solglasogon!
Layla thinks it is so funny to try on glasses. Such biiig sunnies these ones.

Mamma hjalper till lite
Mummy lends a hand

Layla fick uggle dekaler av Kathryn nar hon fyllde ar. De sitter uppe pa vaggen utan klister. De ar sa himla sota.
Layla got owl stickers for her room from Kathryn for her birthday. They stay up without glue (magic) and are so cute.

Layla gar pa en liten promenad
Layla going for a walkabout

Sjuk ater igen
Sick again

Layla har nu fatt sin tredje forkylning pa raken. Hon har inte ens hunnit bli helt frisk innan hon har fatt nasta forkylning. Den har tredje gangen kan det ju vara som resultat av vaccinationen som hon fick forra veckan, tander pa gang igen eller helt enkelt annu en forkylning. Sa har kommer det mer eller mindre vara fram tills de ar 3 ar sager min kara syster. Det enda som ar lite jobbigt ar att man inte far nagot gjort for Layla vill garna med mig hela tiden da hon ar krasslig. Om hon ar pa golvet sa drar hon i min kjol eller byxor och sa fort hon rakar trilla pa rumpan ar det som hela varlden raserat for hon grater sa hjartskarande. Ikvall verkar hon dock lite piggare sa jag hoppas att hon ar vanliga glada lilla Layla imorgon igen.

Annars har det val inte hant speciellt mycket. Greg har kopt sig en ny surfingbrada. Den ar special bestalld och designad av honom sjalv. Det kommer att vara ett litet handavtryck langst ner av Laylas hand och hennes namn under. Gulligt tycker jag. Det ska bli spannande att se slutresultatet om tre veckor. Forhoppningsvis blir den klar innan vi akter till Noosa. Vi ska dit och sova kvar i 3 natter veckan innan jag borjar jobba igen. For er som undrar varfor Greg behover annu en brada ar svaret...den har kan man anvanda nar vagorna ar sma. Den andra ar for storre vagor och kraver lite mer...surfvana an vad han har. Men med den har nya bradan ska han visst kunna lara sig surfa batter och da kan han anvanda den andra bradan mer.

Kramar, Agneta

P.S. Har forsokt lagga ut en video pa Layla nar hon gar men det funkar inte...argh! Har sakert forsokt 10 ganger men det vill sig inte. Skam den som ger sig. Jag fortsatter att forsoka.

Hello!

Layla is sick...again. She is has now her third cold i a row even before she actually totally got rid of the cold she had before. Perhaps she has a cold due to getting the immunisation last week or it could be teeth on its way. Or it could of course just be...another cold. She seems a bit happier this evening so fingers crossed, she will be the happy little girl that we know tomorrow.

Not much is happening otherwise. Greg has ordered a surfboard. So that is his christmas present I reckon. For those of you who wonder why he needs yet another surfboard the answer is...this one you can use when the waves are small. Also, it will help him improve his surfing ability so he can use the other board that he bought last year. He got the board custom made and designed it himself so it will be interesting to see the finished result. He will get Layla's handprint printed onto it with her name underneith it which I think is really cool.

Have tried to put a video on the blog of Layla walking but it won't work. It is so frustrating. I will keep trying.

Take care. Cheers, Agneta X

Vi var och halsade pa Gregs morforaldrar i sondags
Layla and Nonna Bianca who we saw on Sunday

Layla och hennes badleksaker
Layla and her bathtoys

I kramtagen
Lots of hugs

Dammstormen drog forbi och nar vi vaknade morgonen efter sa var himlen bla och luften kandes harlig och frisk igen. Det var sa himla skont att fa oppna ett fonster efter att inte ha kunnat oppna dem pa en hel dag och en hel natt. Lite fakta om stormen:
- Det var den varsta dammstormen pa 70 ar.
- 75 000 ton smuts/damm dumpades varje timme under stormen.
- Staten har lyft vattenrestriktionerna den har helgen (for det ar lite halvt torka har) sa man kan tvatta bilen och dyligt. Tjoho...fy vad trakigt, nu maste man ju tvatta bilen. Suck.

Vad har annars hant? Gregs glasogon gick sonder nar han tvattade av dem. De var lite gamla anda men nu ser han ut som Harry Potter for han har forsokt laga dem med tejp. Den dagen de gick sonder fick han ont i nacken for de halkade ner och for att se var han tvungen att sitta i nagon konstig vinkel (hi, hi). Han var pa ogontest i gar kvall och da visade det sig att han ocksa behover glasogon nar han kor. Eller det hade vi redan listat ut for Greg var alltid sa imponerad av att jag kan lasa skyltarna fast de ar sa langt bort. Spenderade torsdags kvallen (affarerna stanger 9 pa kvallen har da) med att leta glasogon. Nar klockan var 9 sa hade han fortfarande inte bestamt sig sa vi aker tillbaka imorgon igen. Vad svart det ar att prova glasogon, ju mer man har att valja pa, desto svarare ar det att bestamma sig.

Ha en trevlig helg. Kramar, Agneta

The duststorm passed and the morning after the storm the sky was blue and the air felt fresh and crisp again. Ahh, it was so nice to open some windows after a whole day and a whole night having to keep them closed. Some facts about the storm:
- It was the worst one in 70 years.
- 75 000 tonees of dirt was dumped every hour of the storm.
- The government has lifted the waterrestrictions this weekend so people can clean up. That means I can clean my car...bugger!

What else has happened? Greg's glasses broke when he cleaned them. So he fixed them with sticky tape and then looked like Harry Potter. He ended up with a sore neck the day they broke as they kept sliding down and therefore he had to sit in a funny angle to see anything. Poor Greg but it was a bit funny I think. He went for an eye check on Thursday night at Chermside and as we predicted he needed new glasses anyway. He will need them for driving too which wasn't really surprising. He has always been very impressed with my ability to see signs that are really far away. Spent all Thursday night watching Greg trying a billion different specs. The result...at 9pm he still hadn't decided so we are going back tomorrow morning. The problem with glasses are that the more pairs you try on the harder it is to figure out which ones that are the best ones. Well we have narrowed it down to two shops so it shouldn't take long tomorrow (I hope).

Have a great weekend. Cheers, Agneta X

Lachlan och Layla kramas...fast det ser mer ut som de brottas.
Lachlan and Layla hugging even though it looks like they are wrestling.

Layla kramar Francesca...inga tander den har gangen...det galler att ha koll (Francesca var ett av Laylas forsta offer).
Layla is giving Francesca a hug...no teeth this time around...you can't look away for a second (Francesca was one of the first kids Layla bit).

Det ar kul med sapbubblor (Layla hade en dalig hardag den har dagen. Hon vaknade med stakam sa jag satte det i en tofs men den hade hon dragit bort pa det har kortet).
It is fun with bubbles. Layla had a shocking hair day. She woke up with a mohawk so I put in a hairband but she had ripped it out in this photo.

Damm storm/Dust storm

Idag nar jag och Layla var pa svensk lekgrupp hos en tjej som heter Katarina borjade blasa en massa. Vi visste att det var en damm storm nere i Sydney sa vi gissade att det var nagot liknande pa g aven i Brisbane. Nar jag akte darifran sag det ut som nedanfor och varre blev det. Myndigheterna uppmanade alla till att stanna inomhus och stanga fonster. Jag och Layla passade dock pa att handla lite klader till henne pa Country Road som hade rea (hon har ju inga klader sedan forut). Sedan akte vi hem och da kom Kathryn och Luca over. Layla bet "bara" Luca en gang (i ryggen stackarn) de andra gangerna sa var det mestadels kramar fast vid det laget var Luca inte sa sugen pa att kramas.

Naval, akte till Gregs mamma (det var for dammigt for att ga dit) for Gabriella var dar med Lachlan och Francesca. Layla bet ingen dar...eller hon bet Lachlan lite bara i tan sa det var ju anda lovande. Hon bet forresten ingen i morse pa lekgruppen men bufflade omkull Oscar lite bara.

Stormen ska visst passera och vinden ska vanda i eftermiddag. Det vore skont att fa oppna lite fonster och fa damma av allt. Bilen ar sa himla smutsig sa det blir nog manga som tvattar sina bilar har i dagarna framover.

Ha det bra. Kramar, Agneta

Went to a Swedish playgroup this morning. Sat outside when the wind started picking up. The sky changed colour and as we suspected, the dust storm they had in Sydney were heading this way too. We headed home via the Country Road Sale at Indooroopilly shopping centre as they encouraged people to stay indoor until most of the dust had settled. Luca and Kathryn came over for a play when we got back. Layla only bit Luca badly once...in his back. Funnily enough when she later went over to cuddle him he didn't want any cuddles. Poor Luca. After that we headed to Greg's parent's place as Silvia is off this week and Gabriella was visiting with the kids. Layla did well and didn't hurt anyone. She only had a nibble at Lachlans toe which wasn't too bad. She didn't actually bite anyone at the playgroup this morning either, only pushed Oscar over once.

Anyway I hope this duststorm gets better soon as I would like to open some windows.

Cheers, Agneta X

Har kommer damm stormen
Here it comes...the dust storm

Det har kortet tog jag fran Bardon som har utsikt over Brisbane city. Nagonstans dar i dammet finns en massa skyskrapor.
This photo I took at Bardon that has a view over Brisbane city. Somewhere in the distance there are skyscrapers but obviously a bit hard to see today.

Solen forsoker titta fram
The sun

Den har bilden tog en kompis som bor i Sydney. The harbour bridge i morse.
A friend took this photo of the harbour bridge this morning in Sydney.

Layla i sina nya klader medan hon tittar pa sitt halsband som hon fick av moster Anette i fodelsdeags present.
Layla in her new outfit while looking at her necklace she received from auntie Anette on her birthday.

Emily 1 ar/year

Pa sondagen var vi pa Emilys fodelsedags fest. Hon ar ocksa fran min mammagrupp. Vi stannade inte lange for Layla var sa snorig. Melanie som ar Emilys mamma hade gjort sa himla gulliga dekorationer. Har ar ett urval. Kram, Agneta

On Sunday we went to Emily's birthday party. She is also from my mother's group. We didn't stay long as Layla wasn't well. She has managed to catch another cold just as she was getting rid of another one. Anyway, Melanie had made some amazing decorations which tasted yummy. Here is a few things she had done. Cheers, Agneta

Emily

Emilys tarta
Emily's cake

En liten kaffekopp
A very small cup of coffee

Sma nallebjornar som var nedbaddade...sa himla sota.
Tiny teddy's in bed...so cute

Busig tjej...med vassa tander
Naughty girl...with sharp teeth

Var pa Blake, som ar Laylas kompis i min mammagrupp, 1-ars fest i lordags. Hade varit dar i ca 5 minuter nar Layla tar tag i Dominics (som ar en annan pojke fran min mammagrupp) kind och nyper till. Han vralar och jag insag att Layla har en bit/grip/drag dag sa da maste man ha koll. En annan mamma kommer med sin 3-4 aring och jag varnar henne pa en gang. Men nagra minuter senare nar den mamma tror (jag satt pa en stol typ 1 meter ifran) att Layla vill kramas och pussas hinner jag bara saga...nej lat henne inte...sa borjar pojken att vrala. Han har bitmarken pa sin nasa och det var nastan sa att han borjade bloda...lite hardare sa...Suck. Sa efter det fick inte Layla leka med nagra andra barn. Istallet fick hon leka sjalv i lekhagen och sedan krypa runt utan att vara for nara nagra andra barn. Hmmm hon ar sa sot men har helt klart dolda horn.

Kram, Agneta

Went to Blake who is Layla's friend from my mother's group, party on Saturday. It was fun until Layla bit a much bigger boy (about 3 or 4 years old) in the nose. His mum thought she was going to give her boy a cuddle and kiss even though I had explained to her that she was in a biting/grabbing mood. 5 minutes prior she had grabbed and upset another boy from my mother's group. So after that she was not allowed to play with other kids. This little boy kept pointing at Layla all morning and then pointing to his nose. It was very embarassing. Luckily there was no blood but it was not far off. Layla is very cute but she clearly has hidden horns.

Love, Agneta X

Layla & Cath fran min mammagrupp/from my mother's group

Blakes tarta
Blake's cake

Fodelsdagsbarnet med sin mamma och pappa
The birthday boy with his mummy and daddy

Layla fick sapbubblor i sin party pase
Layla got soapbubbles in her party bag

Layla i tunneln vi kopte till hennes pa hennes 1 ars dag
Layla in the tunnel with bought her for her 1st birthday