Open house at the airport = Very excited boys!

"Ready for lift-off, Huddy?"

"Cheese!"

Yes, they are scratched already. But still really cool.

Ethan is getting a quick briefing from the de-icing guy
before going 36 feet up in the air

Our fearless little lad

Ethan - proud holder of a de-icing cherrypicker diploma

Captain

Co-Captain

Ethan was in helicopter heaven!

A funky old veteran airplane

Ethan in the luggage tractor thingy

Radio silence from Camp H-H

It’s been a busy month to say the least, hence the lack of updates. Seems like the weeks have just flown by and we’ve had long days and kept ourselves more than busy with work and activities!

Shaena is doing great in her fulltime Swedish class and has taken up swimming and the boys are in full-on nitro-mode both at dagis and at home. Ethan is getting used to his new glasses as well as getting used to a brother who is now competing for the best toys. Hudson is walking more and more and he is very proud of himself! For me, it’s been a few weeks of lots and lots of work as I am involved in another sizeable website project on top of being back to working for the man, but I guess being kept busy is better than not having anything at all to do, right?

Tomorrow should be a pretty wicked day out with the kids though. There’s an open house both at the local fire station as well as one of the airports so we’ll be checking out some more fire engines and hopefully the boys will get to sit in the cockpit of a jet plane. Need I say that Ethan is thrilled? "Go see fire trucks? Go see airplanes?"

We'll also be sure to pay those five bucks to upgrade this blog finally and will get some pictures posted from tomorrow's adventures. Stay tuned...

"Bada?"

Ever since we installed the bath tub, the boys have been going crazy for bath time. "Bada" (to bath) is Hudson's new fave word and he'll ask for a bath at any given time of the day!

A nice surprise

A few weeks back we joined in the celebration of two of our boys best friends birthdays. While there, a great friend had her super awesome camera with her and took some candid shots. Wilma has talent doesn't she?! If you are ever looking to get some family portraits, maternity, little ones, or bridal shots in Stockholm...please do check out www.wilmahowells.com Keep up the good work Wilma! Here's a few shots she took of our little crazy gang!

Ethan shoots a fire hose!

Fire extinguisher fun!

Fire truck driving

Walkity walkity

Summer - Check!

This is it. It’s over. Three and a half months of awesome paternity leave and an awesome long summer officially ends today. Tomorrow I am back to the grind so the business clothes have been dusted off and ironed. We’ve had a brilliant summer though and when you sum it all up, we’ve managed to squeeze in quite a lot from May until now.

Let’s see, we have…

…flown to Greece for a family holiday
…driven up north for another couple of weeks of fun in the sun
…choo-choo’ed on a steam train
…sailed away on a wicked cruise to Estonia
…had family and friends come visit from near and far
…had the pleasure of spending a weekend with friends at their summer house
…hosted a huge Thomas-themed birthday bash
…been amazed at a monster truck show (this could very well be Ethan’s highlight of the summer!)
…splashed and played with our pool and slip n slide
...hit up (nearly) every playground in the Greater Stockholm area
…and the boys have started a new, fantastic dagis!

...and we couldn’t have asked for more!

Lock 'n' Loll!

Ethan's new specs

After several doctors appointments and eye tests over the past few weeks, our little buddy finally got a prescription for glasses. Today was the big day when we went and picked them out at the optician. Ethan got to pick his the frames and he was dead set on these cool blue frames. He's been such a trooper throughout this whole thing and we are so proud of him!

Now, let's cross our fingers and hope he'll keep them on his nose once they are ready!