Happy Halloween!

Do we celebrate Halloween in Australia?

Well, the stores are trying very hard to promote Halloween that's for sure.

Last year we made a haunted house from a gingerbread kit.

Take a look at our spooky pix here!

It was good fun and the kids enjoyed it.

This year we couldn't find a Halloween house at the supermarket...

A mixture of photos from our local store BigW

Cool cupcake cases

Lanterns

Trick or Treat baskets

Hope you all have a fantastic Halloween!

A bit of Christmas Spirit

Thought I'd share some Christmas spirit with you all.

Photos taken at our shopping centre.

So much sparkle...

Have a lovely week!

Our lil'ones

Jonah and Lily are friends most of the time... 

Linking to Blue Monday

Thinking of going camping...

Someone seems keen to go camping...

Lily is trying out the camping equipment at the store Kathmandu.

Linking to Pink Saturday

Christmas at the shops

I saw the first signs of Christmas decor at the shops in mid-September...

Spotlight:

Christmas mugs, anyone?

IKEA:

MYER:

If you love Christmas as much as I do and want more,

please stop by my Christmas blog,

Swe-Aussie X-mas

It's written in Swedish, 

but there is a handy translation button 

on the right-hand side.

Welcome!

A Day in mid - August...

It was a while back...

Our pergola was on its way down... and had been for quite some time.

We had been lucky it hadn't crashed down onto us...

It was a close call once,

Jonah was little and we've all just come home from the shops and

hubby had rushed off to work.

I heard a HUGE bang and thought Jonah pulled down something heavy 

onto the floor. I panicked - big time!

Nothing had happened inside, Jonah was safe. I peeked through the front door.

A part of the pergola had fallen down where we park our car 

- 40 mins earlier we had been standing there!!

Our Guardian Angels definitely looked after us that day.

Hubby spent a couple of hours removing the timber.

Say bye bye to the ugly old timber...

And this is the finished result:

So bright and airy

I don't miss it one single bit...

Now I'm looking forward to our future project of adding a beautiful deck at the front.

Stay tuned...

Pupil Free Day

Yesterday was a Pupil Free Day at our son's school.

We were able to spend some time 

in the park together as a family,

before it was time for daddy to go to work.

Scandinavian Festival in Brisbane

A few weeks ago we attended the Scandinavian Festival in Brisbane. The occasion was to celebrate The Danish Club's 140th year as a club in Brisbane. Back in the day it was a club for all Scandinavians.

A whole street was blocked off due to this festival and heaps of stands with food, craft and various small and big Scandinavian businesses. A great day in the sun! It was a really hot day...

My Swedish friend Gunilla and her daughter Anna

Jonah with his friend Anna

 Swedish Saturday School in Brisbane.

Malin, the talented teacher is dressed up as Pippi Longstocking!

Swedish Goodies

Danish craft... and a Swedish Dala horse

A historic corner with Viking items and way of life

Hopefully this will become a yearly event!

Linking to 

Blue Monday

Hmmm, wonder why my photos have been turned around??