Category Archives: Having fun

As you all know, I’m a major Star Wars geek. I take it a step further than most and actually dress up as the characters from the films. Geeky, yes but, when you consider that I’ve used my costumes to … Continue reading →

This week it was Chinese New Year. We walked across the lake to Johan and Anna’s to celebrate with a bunch of other people with children adopted from China.

On Saturday we are going to some friends to celebrate Chinese New Year. Everyone has to bring some food so we decided to make dumplings (which are Carl’s favourite). We thought it would be a good idea to practice first. … Continue reading →

Mum and dad were over from N Ireland to visit Carl for the first time. Since we also had Theodor for the weekend and Carl is still settling in, they have been staying with Åsa’s mum but we’ve seen them … Continue reading →

After we came home from China with Carl, Scout has felt a bit left out and neglected so we decided to give her a special treat. A visit to the doggie islands at Drottningholm Palace. Both dog and humans had … Continue reading →

The car was due for a service so I took it in today. It was pretty cool because I could wait while they did it and they offered free lunch, coffee and web access. Well I had just eaten lunch … Continue reading →

Today started off crappy. Carl didn’t sleep well during the night so was very grumpy. The horrid weather didn’t help at all. Obviously what you do on a cold rainy day is go to an open farm so that’s just … Continue reading →

We took it fairly easy for New Year’s Eve as we didn’t want to get Carl all hyped up or panicked. Thomas, Anna, Jimmy, Louise and David came round for a meal, some drinks and catching up on all the … Continue reading →

Carl is already planning a career as a footballer. He’s decided he’ll play for Barcelona at club level and Northern Ireland at international level…

Today we went for a walk to the shop to drop off and pick up some Christmas packages. Unfortunately the package from mum had been delivered to the wrong shop so we had to walk a bit further to get … Continue reading →