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Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Scandinavian Festival, Brisbane 2015

It's been really busy here with school fete and Jonah's 9th birthday. Sunday the 13th of September, a couple of Sundays ago, it was time for the Scandinavian Festival again. It's the highlight of of the year in my calendar. 



Our two Swaustralian kiddies
ready to attend the annual Scandinavian Festival in Brisbane



Danish Folk dance


Lots of stalls - and even more people!
Luckily, not too hot this year.
The Weather Gods were on our side ☺



Danish Handicraft




Talented Yenny - Dirt By Earth




Talented Jenny - Thorogami



Lots of people!


Swedes Down Under - The Swedish Club in Brisbane,
The club was founded  in my Uncle's kitchen in the late 80's. 




Princess Cake - and Swedish Sandwich Cake... My kind of Heaven!


Oh, yum!


My Swaustralian Princess is enjoying a slice of scrumptious Sandwich Cake



The kids outside The Danish Club


The Swedish School's Fish Pond


My best friend Petra behind the scene/in the fish pond lol Daisy Doodle Bug, Petra's Swaustralian daughter is photo bombing my shot... Cheeky girl ♥







My family ♥
They are checking out the Floor Hockey.








The Finnish blue n white flag.
I'm 1/4 Finnish by the way... ☺



My blue n yellow Viking Princess











Saga Vikings are a Living History/Re-enactment group that focuses on researching and recreating all aspects of the Viking Era.




The flag of my first home country ♥


On the way home I was munching away on the most scrumptious cheese snack; OLW's Cheez Doodles - The cheezier snack! Yum ☺



Leaving Brisbane and heading home 
- Storey Bridge in the review mirror.


Already looking forward to next year's festival...☺




Tuesday, 15 September 2015

Jonah is turning nine - where has the time gone?

Before I post about the weekend's Scandinavian Festival, I'm squeezing in a blog post about our son's 9th birthday... Yep, Jonah is nine today - not yet, but at 1726 this afternoon. Where has the time gone? Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday to our awesome son ♥


Jonah up and about 0530 opening his first presents.
More presents to come!

Now we have to get ready for school...
and then I have to whip up a birthday cake.
- No rest for the wicked!

Monday, 14 September 2015

A busy weekend

After being at the school fete on Friday,
we continued our busy weekend with a couple of birthday parties.


First out was the birthday party at McDonald's,
Lily's friend Toby's 6th birthday.

The kids had a great time
- all dressed up as superheroes and princesses


Then later in the afternoon, 
it was time to celebrate two birthdays, 
Hayden's 6th birthday and also Jonah's 9th birthday 
- hence the 15 candles on the cake!

Sunday, 13 September 2015

School Fete 2015


This year's fete was an afternoon event. 


Our adventurous girl trying out the rock climbing wall


Jonah with his best friend Torrence


Lily with her best friend Jeianni

(Photo by J.C)


Lily's getting behind the wheels!


Jonah's favourite fete attraction!


Sunset


Lily's having fun with pappa


We stayed all night, up until the fireworks at 8.30pm.

It was a great night.

I do think I prefer to have the fete on a Saturday from 12noon to 6.30pm 
instead of an after school event. We'll see what happens next year!.






Father's Day 2015


Last Sunday we celebrated Father's Day here in Australia. Lots of other countries celebrate on the same day, but Sweden's Father's Day (Farsdag) is celebrated in November. Any excuse to celebrate again is good enough for me... ☺


I made a scrumptious meringue cake with cream and strawberries on top


Happy Father's Day!


The kids showered their dad with lots of gifts.

It was a great day for everyone involved♥