By Zenaida, on October 3, 2011
Last year, I capped off our Swedish blog posts with a roundup of random photos. So I thought I'd do it again. And a big thank you to all who followed us throughout our trip!
 Farfar and Farmor have the sweetest dog, Fanny, who our 4-year-old absolutely adores. One morning we saw our daughter reading a story to her. It was cute.  Racing around a park on her cousin's pedal-powered car.  Waiting for lunch at the Universeum. You can see that it was rainy outside. The nature and science center was a great place to spend a cloudy day.  I love reading all sorts of magazines. Here's a sampling of some Swedish ones.  I was happy to see they have Cheerios in Sweden.  Nordstan is a big mall in Gothenburg. It reminded me of Pearlridge Center.  One of my favorite purchases in Sweden: A blush-colored bag from H&M. Love!  When I returned to work after our vacation, I made sure to bring back some Swedish cookies in three yummy flavors: blueberry/vanilla, lemon/lime and chocolate. P.S. You can check out all our Swedish posts, including last year's entries, in our blog's "Sweden" category. 
By Zenaida, on September 28, 2011
 On our final full day in Sweden, Andreas and I decided to spend the morning once again exploring Sannegårdshamnen, the area where his parents recently moved in Gothenborg. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Serenity in Sannegårdshamnen
By Zenaida, on September 26, 2011
 A visit to Gothenburg would not be complete without a stop at IKEA — founded in Sweden in 1943. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Return to IKEA
By Zenaida, on September 7, 2011
 We decided to spend a recent rainy day in Gothenburg's Universeum, a seven-story nature and science museum that's great for kids of all ages. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Snakes, sharks, monkeys and more at Universeum
By Zenaida, on September 6, 2011
 The other day when we visited Andreas' brother and his family, we took advantage of the fine weather — sunshiney but very cool — and went to a nearby playground. The girls got to spend quality time with their cousin, a sweet blonde-haired and blue-eyed preschooler, and together they whiled away the morning in their own little world. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Playground playdate
By Zenaida, on September 5, 2011
 On Sunday, we rode a train from Gothenburg to a town called Vänersborg to visit the girls' great-grandmother and to celebrate her 94th birthday. Vänersborg, an hour north of Gothenburg, is the town where Andreas grew up. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Train ride to Vänersborg
By Zenaida, on September 2, 2011
 Andreas' parents hosted a birthday party today for our youngest daughter, who (unfortunately) had to celebrate her actual 3rd birthday a few days ago in three different airplanes because we spent that entire day travelling from Hawaii to Sweden. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: A Swedish birthday party
By Zenaida, on September 1, 2011
 Summering in Sweden has become an annual tradition for our family. For the past four years, we've spent a couple weeks with Andreas' parents in Gothenburg. It's always a wonderful experience, an opportunity for our two girls to reconnect with their Swedish family and heritage, and a chance for me to satisfy my wanderlust. [more]
» See full post: Summer in Sweden: Our home away from home
By Zenaida, on July 4, 2011
 On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country.
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» See full post: Fun Fourth of July facts and figures
By Zenaida, on July 1, 2011
 I recently decided to tend to the chaos that was our refrigerator door, the face of our fridge. I'd say for almost a year, our poor door was a mish-mash of photos, magnets, lists and artwork. It seemed like every day, our two little ones would (proudly) add a new drawing to display on the refrigerator. It's not that I don't like my girls' creations, but a dozen drawings haphazardly displayed on one relatively small surface isn't the best way to highlight art. [more]
» See full post: Conquering clutter: Fridge door face lift
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