Happy Snappy

I had doubts that this day would actually come...
SCHOOL HAS STARTED AGAIN!!!

And i am not sure who was most excited - me or the girls...
Aren't they sweet, posing outside school!??! Here with Esmee who is in Maja's class



The school grounds were abs chaos for both drop off and pick up - as it is every year for the first week. So we just hanged around, kids so excited they did their homework there and then



Meanwhile, in another part of Mgarr, Milla spent the day dreaming about being big. Much bigger than 3. So big she woudl actually go to school.



Which she actually will, this Thursday. And boy will she regret wishing leaving her mama, when the school gates close behind her and forever closes the first chapter of her life: innocent childhood spent carefree with your parents...

Am trying to get my photos out of my hard disc and up on my walls. So have bought frames, now need to sort out pics for them. This one is sooo cute: Milla is 10 months old, Maja is 7.


Please note dresses - they are the same!! How coordinated am I???

We have an old abandoned railway behind the forest, near our house in Sweden. Perfect place to take photos. But difficult with the light as it is filtered through the trees. And full of mosquitos.. Had to bribe the kids in the end as they got fed up with looking scenic and natural and just wanted to go home to Bullibumpa...

This is beyond cool - it's just amazing! Crank up the volume on your speakers, makes it even better!

What a great idea! Wish i had done something similar from all places i've been to!

... her name is Christina. Or Kicki as i know her. She's been my best friend since 1989, quite a long time. We went to university together, lived together, went to Denmark together to study. We've had highs and lows, met someone, started families. And inevitably we hit middle life together... So now we can share the ups and downs of that together... For her big day, I wanted to make her an art photo. I got the opportunity when she and Livia zoomed down to see me in Lyrestad this summer (she loves taking that train: from Stockholm C, she has a couple of changes until she is on the tiniest train ever which actually stops on our godforsaken platform in the middle of nowhere...) .



The photos came out nice, but i got really blocked of what to do of them. Which one would she like?! But then she called today, and just put it all in the right context. You do it as you want it, i trust you, she said. And i've been thinking about that tonight when i've been going through them again. And slowly it came to me: exactly how i wanted it! But that's going to be a surprise for her, so will not put it up here!



Grattis vannen - e sa glad att jag har dig!

How cute is he! Niklas is from Norway, but lives for now in Swieqi, Malta. His mum Ingunn wanted to make a memory card for his first birthday, and I put together this funky collage for her! 

Today Maja looked abs fab! Really funky, in cool 3/4 pants, bright turquoise shirt and very funky sunglasses. Her hair was up in a very flattering, scruffy pony tail, and those eyes... I looked at her and said:
-But how come, Maja, is is possible that I got such a beautiful daughter? It's funny, don't you think, esp since I am not that good looking??
Maja thought for a second, then answered:
- Maybe you were good looking when you were young?

Gotto love 'em...