Wednesday, January 25
Saturday, January 21
Boys weekend at home
When the cat's away...
Whilst Shaena is off to Edinburgh for a rendevous with her girls, me and the boys have literally set up camp in the livingroom. A tent to me more precise.
As soon as the tent was set up; Ethan kindly contributed to the interior by bringing my laptop in there and proceeded to request one Youtube clip after the other! In no particular order: planes, trucks, roary, monster trucks, the happy birthday song, cars, garbage trucks and tractors. He then refused to let us out. King of the castle!
Funny enough; Ethan is usually quite stubborn when it comes to bedtime but in the tent, he somehow just falls asleep straight away! It might just become a permanent fixture in the livingroom...
Friday, January 20
Weekend away!
This is how I wish we could pack all the time! Sure does make traveling easier and a lot lighter! You think people overpack for most flights?...I do!
Thursday, January 19
Wednesday, January 18
'An Ethan by any other name...'
Ok, how weird is this! Right below the listing with the Hudson-article, there is an article about the name Ethan; basically saying that Ethan is one of the most popular names in Canada and North America right now. Who knows; if we keep looking we might just stumble upon an article saying that Harrison-Helin is the most awesome double barreled last name right now?!
'An Ethan by any other name...'
Tuesday, January 17
'Who names their kid Hudson?'
When we first announced Hudson’s name to friends and family, a few eyebrows were slightly elevated and comments like ”Hudson? To me that’s a car or a river!” were dropped. In all fairness though; Hudson is not the most common name for a baby boy, especially not here in Sweden. Funny enough; there was an article published in the Winnipeg Free Press recently (thanks Great Grandma for spotting it) where other parents have had similar reactions to the name Hudson:
'Who names their kid Hudson?'
Needless to say we agree with the lady at church who thought the name was "strong and sturdy but warm and inviting."! ;)
Thursday, January 12
Saturday, January 7
Friday, January 6
Photos are coming in thick and fast!
We promised to post photos from our trip once we were back home and had better access to good internet, so here we go! Photos from the trip will be added below so go ahead and scroll down and check out some of the previous blog posts that have been updated with photos. Enjoy!
Wednesday, January 4
Come fly with me
New Years celebrations have come and gone and the time has come for the Harrison-Helins to head back home but before we do, I thought I'd share one more thing with you.
Yesterday we got the opportunity to go visit the airforce base up here to have a look at the jet fighters and also to try their state of the art flight simulator; which in my geeky opinion is probably one of the coolest things since Michael J Fox's garbage-fuelled DeLorean!
Imagine that an imax cinema and a jet fighter simulator would make a baby and you get to be the cinematographer-top gun-pilot. That's pretty much what it was like sitting in that cockpit; surrounded by a detailed aerial photo of Sweden that you are flying over whilst controlling 'one of the world's most advanced weapons systems'. Can you tell I am excited about these things? ;) Both Shaena and I got to take it for a spin and we both managed to take off, fly and land safely again; thank G*d!
Anyway; after our flying sessions we each got a diploma and got to go out to the actual airplanes in one of the hangars with our guide Micke. I pretty much grew up on the base and have been running around the hangars countless times but I still get excited about these machines and the whole vibe of this environment.
Ethan on the other hand instantly spotted the trucks that pull the planes out of the hangar and was mostly interested in sitting in the driver's seat, pushing buttons and honking the horn! Micke let Ethan loose on one of the trucks and at one point everything from the headlights to the wipers to the blinkers and the rotating light on the roof were going at the same time!
Tomorrow morning we have a 6.35am flight to catch from the same runway we took off from in the simulator, so it'll be a 4am start to the day for all of us. Wish us luck!
* = (trying to keep our J*sus-rating on the Next-button under control!) ;)
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