saying goodbye to the ducks at the lake in Småland after a wonderful week.
having a little lunch with Pappa in Ystad.
having a little swim in the feed bucket! perfect! at Mattias' Uncle Roger & Jenny's home!
Belle & her Godmother: Auntie Malin
Isabelle having so much fun with her cousins!!!
big family dinner night! lots of wine, food, & laughter!
we stayed over at Mattias' Aunt & Uncle's home. They have 2 boy cousins for Isabelle which she adores! Here we are having a little breakfast in their backyard.
We surprised Mattias' Grandparents at their little beach house. They were having a birthday party for Mattias' Great Aunt & Uncle. perfect timing! a little coffee & cakes & cookies.... always a good plan!
First time at the beach here this summer. This Baltic is a bit chilly.... brrrrrrr
two SWANS at the beach! so beautiful but so meannnnn! yikes!
Belle & Simba in their secret hiding spot peeking at the neighbor's kittycat!
a new skirt I bought for Isabelle. Thought it was so perfect for her! Underneath are some new legwarmers!!! ha! she seriously does the FAME dance in legwarmers.... so funny!
we visited Mattias' close friend Tom & his wife Petra one afternoon. They have a little boy named Fredrik which is 6 months older than Belle. Wow did they have a fun day! Here they are after collecting raspberries from the forest nearby. snacktime.
at the beach with Farmor & Farfar (beach is PACKED with this kind of sunshine!!!)
it's been quite a busy week. Very fun but very busy. We have been visiting Aunts & Uncles, Cousins, Grandparents, friends, horses.... It's so great traveling in Europe because things are so close even though it takes quite some time to get somewhere that in the states would take 1/2 an hour here takes 2. You would think that wouldn't be so great with a 2 year old but seriously you will see why. You start out leaving our little village of Ystad then you start to see fields of wheat & wraps.... then they bend off and you start winding on two lane roads where hopefully you won't be behind a tractor. You pass by these amazing farms where the long roads leading to the front doors of these sweet farm houses is lined with huuuuuuge walnut trees or pil trees planted hundreds of years ago so perfectly. You see cows and sheep ... horses and geese. Our daughter moos at all of them. Our windows are down to let the breezes in and the sunroof lets the SUN (yes it's sunny) in! Then you may pass a spooky looking farm house which you see TON of down in Tuscany. I remember while there calling them Skeleton Houses. I thought that was a good name. It's when the farm has been abandoned for hundreds of years and vines are twisting in the windows, boards are missing, no furniture, no curtains, no flowers, just spooky bones of a home and lots of memories.
Then we hear a sweet little voice from the backseat say... pee pee Mamma, pee pee Pappa.... yessssss! we get to stop! There are pull over points ever few meters with beautiful views and garbages bins for picnics. We stop, take a walk, have some juice, maybe a sandwich, take a deep countryside breath and are on our way again.
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