I just realised that I have a hard time for opinions. No, not opinions told to my adult face, ready for an open discussion. Where you are prepared to stand for your opinion and argue for it. Revealing if you have all of your facts straight, or, if it just happened to be a spur…
Category: Parenting
Hat off
My and the Mr just finished watching the excellent documentary “The Interrupters“. Following three violence interrupters on the streets of Chicago. I love watching documentaries with the Mr since we always meet in the dicussion of the topic. And it is good to do that – discuss. Brings us closer. Thereto as a mother, I…
Revelation
If you know me, you know that I am an honest person. Sometimes just a little bit naive and too honest for my own good. I strongly dislike lies and especially liars. I have become better over the years. Not better in telling lies, but better in choosing what truths to tell. However, today I…
Life at its best
No words are needed. I am life.
Christmas celebration continues
Me and the Mr decided, long before we had children, to let Christmas Eve (the culmination of Christmas in Swedish households) be holy and free from stress. This meant that we would NOT go from parents to parents, divorced or not, as a rockband on tour. Christmas Eve would be spent at home in our…
Oh, those kids
Kids, kids, kids. Yepp, they are the topic again. My favourite thing! Today was Sam’s second swim competition. His first was about a year ago. We r serious athletes in this family… First time was more a mom and dad initiative, but this time he wanted to take part so… There was nothing else for…
Fabulous Fabian
Went through some “old”pictures. What a tragedy that I do not shoot more for personal purposes. I really need to start doing it again. Found this of our little one. The natural entertainer, although soooo shy, but he loves to be in the lime-light (like his mother excl. the shyness). And he loves to fika,…
Sweet Friday
Yesterday it was Friday, and with Fridays comes fredagsmys. There is no really good translation for fredagsmys. I guess it would be hygge fredag in Norwegian, but if you don’t know Norweigan that translation won’t help you either… Anyway, it is when the members of a family get together celebrating that the working week is over. I…
Darlings
These photos were taken som weeks ago, when a friend came visiting. They are lovely. Meaning the kids (one is mine :)) are lovely. The look in the eyes of my friend’s daughter when Fabian entertains her are pure joy.
Hard core advertinsing
I am not a big fan of advertising. As you know I am quite bad at it and forcing myself to become better at it. But I do know myself, and I can go on forever with things I really, REALLY like. Like my fave magazine (that is no longer with us…). Today a colleague…
Kids -the opinion maker is back
Our municipality invited parents to a lecture how to put loving boundaries. As usual it is not rocket-science these things, but it is good to be reminded at times. The lecture was a (young!) father of four. He was a good speaker and very pedagogic, Micke Gunnardo. The first thing is to give time to…
Babies
Watching one of these fertility shows (no, not the delivery show) and realise how thankful I am over my two boys. Heathy, happy (well somewhat) boys. Sending a thought to those who are struggling.
I just love Swedish public service television
The public service television, which up to twenty or so years ago actually was the only Swedish TV there was to get, must be the best television E-V-E-R. During summer we put parental control over the trash kids channels since we thought they were the worst thing the offsprings could pass time with, closely followed…
Autumn pics
I was not about to do this. I was only gonna sit on the sofa (I am so tired and need to go to work tomorrow – again!) ;). Here are some pics from this morning’s dog walking tour. No dogs just kids. They are my favourite objects. Especially together.
Watch this (it helps if you know Swedish)
An emotional 5 minute film about cancer. Look at it (only in Swedish at the moment) and pass it on to make people aware about cancer and that it is not dangerous to talk about. To remeber that it is not dangerous to talk about anything connected to feelings.
Bad parenting
Not only do I physically feel like crap. I also feel that I (once again?) is really screwing up this parent thing. I really hate when our children behave badly. And I react to this. And I do believe one should. However, I do believe I sometimes react to strong. I get too loud and…
Better late than never
Yesterday, in-between thunderstorms and crayfish party no. II we had Fabian’s birthday party. As we as parents are kind of lazy we agreed or suggested (can’t remember which) to have it with a friend of Fabian’s. This resulted in a 17 kids (incl. sibbling) running around. Fortunately enough to live in the country side we…
Soccer
I might have mentioned to you that the Mr was quite good at soccer when being younger. Our first son doesn’t seem to have inherited that gene, actually he doesn’t seem to have inherit any sports gene. Which of course doesn’t matter, we love him to death anyway. (And don’t we all regret that we…
Do I got things to tell you
During my trip to Lisbon I have read some and do I have some truths to tell you. It won’t be today though. Instead I share some pictures from last week-end and the most awful day out for this family. We might look pretty happy on the pictures, but I can tell you – we…
Gender
I can’t help my self. I need to return to this discussion about equality between the sexes. It is still so, generally, that more women in Sweden take, consiously or not, more responsibilty for the home, family and children. Generally. Generally, or straight facts I would say, more women than men work part-time. Is it…
Mummy
Someone is calling “Mummy, Mummy!”. But it is not me who they are calling for. My kids are away with there fabolous father. I, I am home alone drinking wine. Life is good.
Norway
I pray that I never will be in the situation many Norwegian parents are in today. I notice that yesterday’s attacs in Norway have a hard time to sink into my consiousness. Love and respect one another.
For crying out loud
I am amazed (and not in a good way) over today’s parents total lameness (yes, this is a word, from now on if nothing else). How is it possible that our generation consists of this universe’s worst leaders? Of people that can’t decide over their children. That can’t understand that it is primarely you, as…
In Stockholm
My sister and I took the boys to Stockholm. We had three very intense days. In hind-sight they boys (and their mum) did well. I have always claimed that you can go on city vacations with children. As long as you do the city with activities that are fun for the kids, which excludes all kind…
Time flies
At this time, exactly 5 years ago, I had 50 minutes until my bearing-down contrations started. I was 16 days overdue. And believe you me, that boy has never ever stressed. Today we celebrated our darling. With Beyblade Nintedo DS game, Beyblade water-bottle, LEGO Nijago, dragon book, Ben10 towel and skateboard strawberry cake and more….
How do folks think
I listened (yes, listened and heard their message) to a radio commercial this afternoon. It was about those children’s club one have at vacation resorts. We have used it once. But I don’t think I will again. It seems so strange, that when we have kids we do not want them to be around, because…
The greatness of parenting
A colleague once said that parenting seemed so boring. Nedless to say, my colleauge had no children. Returned after from 3 days of Legoland and watersplashing at Lalandia in Billund, Denmark, I know for a fact, there is much parenting is, but boring is not one of them. To see your 7.5 year old hitting…
The small stuff
It is important to celebrate, or at least appreciate, the moments that you cherish. So I do that today. My little one got the opportunity to go home with a friend after daycare today – that is huge! And Sam had a friend with him after school (which is a regular). But still, not all…
The most lonely person in the world
It is at times like now, I feel as the most lonely person in the world. The boys are being boys at their fullest and there is NO room for me. Or really, I do not want to be in that room – watching WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment).
Evening fun
Landed infront of the computer this evening.
Upset (again)
In the latest issue of my favourite magazine, yepp Your life, I read about this absurd, almost appalling (in my eyes) ritual – purity balls! Fathers/parents who indirectly forces their daughters to pledge not to have sex before marriage. I do not know what upsets me the most? The fact that they do it at…
By the way
Today, at breakfast, Sam was telling his first joke. It was a Swedish classic “Bellman joke”. Oh, he laughed so hard! Life at its best!
Candy hunt
Bought some chocolates to hide in the garden. I have two easter eggs filled with candy as well, but we take them another day. It is fun to see how your kids develop (in some areas…). Samuel tackled it better than before when his brother found his chocolate Easter bunny before him. This would earlier…
One less
Went to see my parents today and get some help from my sister with the taxes. When leaving for them, Fabian said he wanted to stay over. What the heck! We packed his bags in less then 3 minutes and crossed our fingers that my parents didn’t have any other plans for the next days….
Getting tired
I am seriously getting fed up with constantly being questioned and misinterpreted. It really sucks all energy out of me. If I say: “Please go wash yourself.” The reply becomes something like “But you said, we were going to watch a movie.” Or really the reply is ” BUT YOU SAID WE WERE GOING TO…
Good citizen
Two seconds ago I took my responsibility as a citizen of a democratic society and mother, even if more reactive than proactive, to demand answers from the local authorities. Our school district will be reorganized and the responsibility of “our” school and kindergarten/pre-school will divided between two persons instead of one. Today, we have a…
Sucker
I am a sucker for these delivery shows. Especially the European ones, where there are more natural births. Approximately 98% of the people I tell this to, say I am crazy. If one wouldn’t get that big (I get huge) and if it wouldn’t be such a long process, the hole pregnacy thing. I think…
2 shrimp sandwiches and a bottle of wine later
So, the circle is closed and all back to normal. I love normal. Me and the Mr had our child free week-end, while the kiddos where off to grandparent retreat. We don’t do it very often. We don’t want to do it very often. But we do it a couple of times each a year….
Gearing up
Yesterday I ended a project (even though it for technical reasons can’t be called project internally… yes, it is important to focus on the real business critical things… ) that I have been running since mid December. It has been great fun with great people. On Monday I’ll start in a new one. Not running…
Spring
Today our long-haired family greeted spring with a 2 k walk in the forrest. Celebrating that spring is officially here. How fantastic it is! Sun! And to some extent heat. During the 2 K walk we had Fabian gone missing (but luckily Kinchie found him). Only once and that was quite surprising that it only…
Come and fly with me
In a couple of hours I am on my way to the airport. Again. Usually my work do not require me to travel much (at least not for the time being), this week is an exception. Leaving on Sunday’s are not my favourite thing to do. It just feels a little harder in my mummy…
Home
Soon home. It is not so that I have been away for ages, we are talking two nights… But I miss them. My little ones. Good thing with technology. I have pictures, still and moving ones, of them with me all the time.
Exhausted
If my brain was a city it would be Shanghai, Mumbai and Karachi all at once. Gotten myself (or through networking) some new photo assignments and there is a lot of work to do. Better go to bed. Grateful over the oppertunities I get Grateful over seizing them And grateful for the presious gift we…
Life returned on a Tuesday
Today I got my old life back. Or back and back, I already have a life, a quite good one to. And old and old, that life will never, thank God, return. But today Fabian is on a play date at a friends house and Samuel has a friend over. This gives me an unhealthy…
What did I just say?
I have understood that hockey is a tough sport. Then I am not thinking about the physical ordeals one has as player. No I am thinking of the tough life as a hockey mum/parent. Early (and I mean EARLY) starts on Sunday mornings. Cold hockey arenas etc etc. ( I think it is the early…
Breast feeding
I should be working but I need to get of the breast feeding thing off my chest (ha ha). When I gave birth to our oldest, back in 2003, the breast feeding discussion was huge here in Sweden. When I say huge, I mean Titanic huge. Back then, you were screwed if you did not…
Darn it is hard…
…to be a parent. I am not talking about the non sleep, which apparently is the worst thing in the beginning, or the terrible outbursts they get once in a while. No, I am talking about teaching or guiding your child to be a good person. Especially when you realize that very few other parents…
Louise Dock 