Easter at Home

My Easter Corner. Bright and yellow.

An ocean of candle holders with an assortment of candle rings.

My kind of Easter!

Daffodils... Yes, they are faux... but still very pretty and perfect for Easter

Lots and lots of bright and colourful Easter eggs. They originally came from my maternal grandmother and my paternal grandfather. A lovely family mix.

Up on the shelf... A selection of vintage and antique Easter chickens. The oldest ones belonged to my paternal grandfather. They are really old. He dies in 1980 at the age of 90. The brighter chickens I had in my childhood home. Some of them have unfortunately lost their legs. 

My Swedish candle holder which has decorations for each season - and more!

Three witches in a row

My Swedish Easter witch which used to hang in my parents kitchen window during Easter. Somehow she ended up in the land down under a few years ago. She stays out all year around keeping an eye on my family.

A simple, yet pretty Easter vignette on our rustic dining room table.

Thanks for visiting♥

See you soon!

An unexpected sighting

The other day we saw a hot air balloon in the sky. 

It was 0545am and hubby was on his way out the door to drive off to work.

Pretty spectacular as this doesn't happen every day around here!

Swedish Waffle Day 2016

Last Friday we celebrated The Swedish Waffle Day.

So scrumptious.

Waffles, cream and Swedish cloudberry jam.

Yum

Such an awesome way to celebrate the beginning of the school holidays.

The only downside was that I should have made more waffles... ☺

Easter Feast at IKEA 2106

A week ago,  we took the kids to IKEA for an Easter Feast. It was a perfect way to welcome the Easter Holidays. Both kids had worked really hard this first term, Lily in Yr 1 and Jonah in Yr 4. 

Endless amount of traditional Swedish Easter foods!

♥ Lily and I ♥

Even the Easter Bunny came for a visit!

♥ The boys cheering in the Easter Holiday ♥

Easter Holidays

We are in the middle of the Easter holidays here in Queensland, Australia. The weather has been beautiful and still is. It doesn't even feel like Autumn.

I thought I'd try and post at least one blog post during my free time. Free time? Who am I kidding, I've got two kids at home. My only free time is when they are sleeping. Right now, however... Jonah is driving fast cars on his Xbox One and Lily is painting.

All of you who follow me on Instagram, know that I have been more active there than here on Blogger. Instagram is so fast and instant... I post photos when I'm out and about or at home. Blogging feels more like a chore now.. and also, sometimes I don't even get to my computer. I'm busy with the kids, homework, cooking, laundry, baking and everything else... like life itself!

Hope you all have had a fantastic start of 2016... and an awesome Easter!
Thank you for still following me... and a huge welcome to all my new followers ♥

New Year's Eve 2015

We spent the afternoon on the beach.

It was pretty windy and the waves were pretty high,

but the kids had fun! 

Princess Lily

Prince Jonah

My family ♥

When we got home I whipped up a scrumptious NYE feast - saffron salmon with carrots and rosemary... on a bed of basmati rice. 

... and something I prepared earlier was our NYE dessert - saffron panna cotta with crumbled gingerbread cookies on top. Yum yum ☺

Happy last day of 2015!

See you next year ♥

Christmas 2015 - Part 3

On Boxing Day we had our first Swedish Christmas Feast called Julbord. Normally we have it on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but I felt a bit lazy on Christmas Eve and only had the Christmas ham on freshly baked rye bread instead of the whole Christmas feast with jellied veal, meatballs, egg halves, pickled herring, potatoes and Christmas ham. It was a scrumptious meal worth waiting for!

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve... I have planned another scrumptious meal, but I'll tell you all about it another day. Stay tuned for the last blog post in 2015! ☺

Christmas 2015 - Part 2

Our Aussie Christmas at my sis-in law's new place on Christmas Day was an afternoon filled with Christmas food - I can't even describe the opulence of food and desserts... It was a lovely afternoon with friends and family.

The Christmas table.

Merry Christmas!

God Jul!

Our Christmas princess

It's not Christmas without the Swedish Christmas drink, Julmust!

Our handsome prince

Merry Christmas from us two!

Christmas 2015

The third Sunday of Advent was celebrated on the 13th of December, the same day as we celebrate Lucia (Saint Lucy).

Our princess - a non traditional Lucia this year. She's a fun and colourful mix between a Santa girl and Lucia ☺

The kids posing in front of the xmas trees at Hyperdome Plaza. We had a day at the shops with the rest of Logan City... lol

Our tree is glowing... ♥ 

The fourth candle was lit on the fourth Sunday of Advent. The kids were excited that all the candles finally had been lit as that means that Christmas is around the corner!

Pretty and Christmassy on the dining room table

Out and about checking out the Christmas lights in a nearby suburb.

Our Christmas ham ready to be eaten - at 03:30am on Christmas Eve! Note to self: Cooking should be done at daytime and not in the middle of the night lol

Out traditional Swedish Christmas rice porridge with sugar and cinnamon on top. Unfortunately I forgot the blanched almonds this year. Ah well, there's always next year ☺

We had a very relaxing Christmas Eve at home. The kids opened their presents quite early and they've been pretty happy ever since... Yay! In the afternoon, we got rain and thunder so it was very cozy. 

Two happy kids: ♥ Thank you Mormor (maternal grandmother) for all our Christmas gifts! ♥

A relaxing moment in front of the Christmas tree and in front of the TV - Nigella's Christmas Special... Bliss ♥

My Monster High girl... ♥

Merry Christmas to all my followers! Hope you have a fantastic Christmas with your loved ones♥

If you feel like checking out some more Christmas posts, feel free to visit my Christmas blog, Swe-Aussie X-mas!

Prep Graduation 2015

Our princess has graduated from Prep.

She is now ready for Year 1☺

Lily with her Prep Diploma

A Christmas present to take home..

...Lily's Learning Portfolio!

The students received Christmas presents too.

The best teaching team ever; Mr J with his fantastic aides