On the plane
Visiting Captain G on the flightdeck
Calling mummy in business class
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Last night
Remind me why did we buy two beds?
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Back to school
Finally it was here, the first day of school. A in year 1 and J in FS2. This is how lovely they looked this morning.
J only spent two hours but when we picked her up she was very happy. She had enjoyed it soo much and had had "a billion fun". What a difference to the nursery last year.....
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IKEA and birthday
R was supposed to go to Tunis for two days today but when I came down this morning he was still on the sofa and it turned out that the flight changed aircraft type so he got to stay home. They gave him standby from 23 tonight until 7 tomorrow morning. With some bonus time together we decided on a trip to IKEA, kids enjoy playing there, then a cheap icecream and still home in time for lunch. Lovely! We bought a cupboard for the bathroom, finally we will try to get some order to the downstairs bathroom with sunblock, meds and shoepolish running around. The kids new beds are in use since a couple of nights by the way, we are quite happy with them (but both of them still come into our bedroom at night) Before we went away for summer A used to wake up about an hour after going to bed, crying and upset but I couldnt really communicate with him. It was like he wasnt fully awake...Nothing of that sort during summer though so I forgot about it but as soon as we got back to Dubai it started again. Tried to think about what was different to Dubai compared to Sweden and thought about the fact that its so quiet here at night. In sweden he used to sleep in the room next to the tv room and he used to ask me to switch on the tv every evening so that it wouldnt be so quiet. Here is room is far from the tv and most evenings I spend with the laptop, in bed so he wouldnt hear anything from me. Maybe he kind of wakes up (but not fully) and gets scared because he cant hear anything, worrying that he might be alone. Therefore we tried buying a small stereo that i loaded with soft, relaxing music and the two nights that he´s had it we havent heard a word. Really hope I found the solution. The "funny" thing is that I was exactly the same when I was a kid, always wanting to be able to hear my mum roam around, or the tv on so I can relate to his feelings!
The afternoon was spent with swedes, celebrating our friend the 39 year old (although her birthday really is tomorrow). Our countdown has been on for tomorrow too as the kids finally get to start school. They are both ultra excited, we´ll see how it all goes. Will update with pics as soon as I can.
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"Do you like it in Dubai?"
Just about everyone we met in Malta asked if I/we like it in Dubai and eventhough I know the maltese dont believe me (I feel they always have a tendency to think ppl are lying to cover up for making a bad decision to leave Malta cause they cant think anywhere could be better than there) I can honestly say that I am happier in Dubai than I was in Malta. It doesnt mean I wasnt happy in Malta cause I was, but what a lovely life here in Dubai! There are things that I miss about Malta but there are things I really DONT miss too. We have discussed this quite a lot during our stay in Malta.
I dont miss:
# The heat! Yeah its hot as hell in Dubai but I dont think I have sweated as much in this last year combined as I did during our 12 days in Malta. Most places are badly airconditioned, probably to save on electricity bills but come on, you have to be able to live! One of our fav restaurants is airconditioned but not in the loo! When we took the kids to the cinema they didnt switch on ac until the film started and by this time we were really sweaty AND the chocolates we had bought couldnt be eaten as they had melted! Parents in laws worry that the electric wiring was so old it couldnt cope with to units on at the same time meant that we had to sit and get soaked in the evening as we had to switch on in the bedroom when the kids went to bed. No, I definately dont miss the heat!
# The exhaust! To travel around in a car (particularly without ac so you have to keep the windows down) or walking to the bus stop and breathe in the disgusting air is no hit. :S Especially in the morning traffic, I promise I thought I got cancer and/or asthma on the spot! And all the cars that shouldnt be on the roads, fuming black smoke. Very happy kids dont have to grow up breathing that air!
# The roads! All the pot holes and bumps and add those crazy egoist drivers into the mix :S
# Toilets! I had completely forgotten how crappy the maltese public toilets are. How you always have to carry a packet of tissues around, to wipe yourself and even to clean the toilet with. One evening when we were out walking on the promenade where lots of people come for a stroll, tourists and locals alike J had to go to the toilet. All that was on offer was a portable loo, without toiletpaper, no water to wash hands and no light (could this have been a trick so that it wasnt possible to see the state of the loo?)The normal public toilets were closed last year or even the year before, I thought to refurbish them but no sign of any kind of works in progress. Disgusting I say and am very happy with the always clean, always one close by public toilets in Dubai.
I think that sums it up. There are two things I miss though:
# The language! I miss knowing that most of the time people understand me. There are too many asians here in Dubai that nod their heads saying yes and then do the opposite of what you asked them to do.
# The food! I miss going out to eat knowing that people understand what glutenfree is and that they most of the time can do small changes to a dish so that I can eat it. "No the sauce is not glutenfree, but we will do another one for you" or "No, we dont know what the ingredients are but here, let me show you the box/bag/jar and you can see for yourself"
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More playing
This morning we headed to IKEA for a bit of this and a bit of that and also to meet up with a friend and her son. While the kids played in Småland (the playarea) the mums could browse in peace and quiet. After the kids had lunch at IKEA we went home for a bit before heading out to A and K, friends of A and J, to play even more. We had a lovely afternoon (their mum is so sweet!) and now Im waiting for R to come down from having put kids to bed. He´s been away since we got back so Im looking forward to some time to catch up! Feeling a bit of a lump in my throat, guessing I can expect that sore throat/cold that I always get before I get used to the airconditioners, fingers crossed it will pass quickly though.....
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Säterdalen
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Finally home!
Regardless how lovely the "holiday" was and how much I find myself missing having my mum and dad nearby I have to say its lovely to be back home again. We have already managed a few playdates and bought shoes for school. I still have a suitcase to unpack, but who cares? Its so great to catch up with friends again <3
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This and that
At the cabin, kids cleaning the boat
Dew on the spiderwebs an early morning
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Flygfesten
On the way home from Nusnäs my dad called to see if we wanted to go to an airshow the following day. He had heard on the local radio that there was something in Dala Järna (a small village/town about 1½ hrs drive from where we live) and I thought to myself, what could be happening in Dala Järna? Quite a lot it appeared when we got home and checked it out on the website flygfesten.com. Airplane nerds as we are we thought it looked like a fun day so we managed to arrange with earprotection for the kids, quickly arrange a packed lunch and left for Dala Järna airfield in the early morning. What started out as a cloudy day turned into a sunny and lovely day!
Infront of a Junkers Ju 52, a plane from the second world war. Read more on wikipedia here
Mustang
These actually used to fly in the 1930-40´s (flying flea)
J zooming in
A enjoyed using the binoculars!
If I remember correctly this is a Saab 35 Draken (Dragon) an old swedish fighter jet
J got inspired and had her own airshow with her fork
A mustang and a Spitfire (amazingly enough we have a swedish spitfire!)
This was the kids fav part, two ladies on the wings during flight
The audience
This should be Jas 39 Gripen
F16 from the Belgian Airforce
Baltic Bees
For 160 Euros you could go for a flight with the Junkers (too much money for me, but would have been cool)
Ready for take off
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Nusnäs
The famous Dalahorse is made in my region of Sweden and J took a liking to it, exclaiming "look, my favourite horse" every time she saw one so we decided to do an excursion and go see where they are made.
Small break on the way up, it was really cold in the morning!
J riding one of the smaller dala horses
Watching the horses being painted
We also got to paint our own horse!
Cutting the horse form a piece of wood
They are still carved (and painted) by hand
The red one is the original and classic
but other colours have been made for special occations or companies here is a selection
Picnic lunch
Two big rivers, East Dalariver and West Dalariver meet here, in Gagnef and become the Dalariver
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Day at the cabin
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Daddy is here!
When daddy finally joined us in Sweden he brought these entertaining airplanes to play with!
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Sneak peak
Transfered some photos onto the computer and I just have to share this pic!
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Soon over
Soon our Sweden trip is over, for this time....R came on wed and on Sat we´ll catch the train to Arlanda to get on the flight to Malta early sunday morning. Havent been so active while away but will, with the help of all the photos in the camera, update what we´ve been doing.
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Some pics
Since Im not very active on the blog right now I thought I would at least share some photos with you...
J has made the bed
Painting my mums house
A with paint dots all over him
At a kids festival
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Westcoast trip
Since my grandmother doesnt have internet I have written my posts and saved them in word, but only in swedish so far. As I manage to translate them they will slowly be uploaded together with photos.
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School shoes
At DESS the boys uniform shoes are black but the girls are supposed to have red (wine red). For the boys you can buy any black shoes but for the girls it appears they want you to buy this startrite shoe. I think it is for the simple reason that there aren´t so many red shoes to choose between so 95% of the kids have ended up with this particular shoe however I was warned by other mums not to buy them from Dubai. Startrite is supposed to be a good quality shoe however the ones sold in Dubai seem to be lacking in quality someone had to buy two or three pairs in school year as the sole came off (and standard Dubai the shop takes no responsibilty for what they have sold). I was told the same shoe bought from the UK is much better and eventhough I have never really liked the shoe (I think it looks rather uncomfortable!) I did my re-search to try to order a pair from the UK. Found that the red shoe is out of stock from the startrite website itself as it wont be produced again until next spring/summer season. Had found a similar red shoe from a swedish shoe maker (Kavat Häger, similar but without the T-bar) that I was going to buy, only to find that they dont have J´s size (it seems in Europe many summer shoes are sold out by beginning of July, good note to self for next yearb). A couple of nights ago both me and my mum spent the whole evening trying to find a replacement but only came up with really expensive options so I asked R to call the uniform supplier in Dubai to find out how much the shoes actually cost and he was told that they had so many complaints about the startrite shoe that they decided to get a different one instead, Vivobarefoot and I think it looks great! Wont be searching too much now, but will go to uniform supplier and let her try this shoe and hopefully she likes it!
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Slow
Things are a bit slow right now...Rain and my mum working = not so much going on for us right now. Mum is working her last shift today though so we will start doing some fun stuff. We will already be leaving for the westcoast this afternoon and I look forward to meeting my grandmother, aunties and cousins. No internet at my grannys house though so expect a bit of a break here...
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Circus school
I think the best part of the circus visit was the circus school where the kids could try trapeze, tightrope walking and acrobatics etc.
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