Sunday, December 26, 2010

CHRISTMAS ON KIGAMBONI

We spent Christmas Eve on Kigamboni with grandma Rose and granddad Peter (bibi and babu). My cousins Jed and Jef were also there with their parents auntie Hilda and uncle Sisty.
Jed and I got a small Santa each who could dance!
Here Jed and I get presents from Santa.
Bibi Rose also got a present from Santa.
So did Charlotte but she was afraid of the real Santa and only wanted to play with little Santa.
Here I am showing my Buckle gun present to babu.
Charlotte sitting with bibi Rose.Auntie Hilda with Charlotte.
Charlotte and I relaxing in bibi's chair.

WEDDING!

On the 31st of July, 2010, my parents got married in the Town Hall of Östersund, Sweden. It was a small, very nice wedding and I got to wear new traininers and a blazer!
Here my dad and mum are listening to some wise words by the officiator Monika Lindam. You can also see my friend Hugo's parents Stefan (also Charlotte's godfather) and Malin who were among the guests.
Wedding ceremony over and I get to pose in my blazer with the officiator Monika Lindau, mum, dad and Charlotte.
More posing. Here with grandpa Lasse, grandma Maggan, me, mum, dad, Charlotte and grandma Rose.
Grandma Rose and grandpa Lasse.
Grandma Maggan and Charlotte.
Grandma Rose outside the Town Hall carrying the wedding gift from Östersund's Municipality.
Photo shoot in action. Uncle Danne was the wedding photographer and took excellent wedding pictures!
Time for more photos at Jamtli, an open air museum with beautiful old houses...
.... and even an old petrol station with a cool car from "the good old days", as grandpa said.
After the wedding ceremony and the photo shoot, we all went to the restaurant "Innefickan" for the wedding dinner.
Auntie Jessica and grandma Rose towards the end of the wedding dinner. For me, the evening ended here but mum, dad, Stefan and Malin continued the party at "Storsjöyran" ("The Great Lake Festival") where there were fireworks, lots of music and a speach by the president of Jamtland!

MY SISTER CHARLOTTE'S BAPTISM

On the 24th of July, 2010, my little sister Charlotte was baptised in Frösö Church, Sweden. It was a beautiful day and many of our relatives and friends joined us for the big occasion.
Here, auntie Jessica, Maja, Maja's and Theo's grandma Åsa, uncle Danne, dad, Theo and I are waiting outside the church.
Charlotte on the way into church with Godfather Stefan and Godmother Åsa.
Charlotte was baptised by the priest Göran Modén. Charlotte was very good, didn't cry at all!
Here I am outside the church in my cool sunglasses together with dad, Charlotte and mom.
Both our grandmothers outside the church: Maggan and Rose. Bibi Rose had come all the way from Tanzania!
After church, we all went to grandma's and granddad's house for a BIG garden party with super nice food prepared by grandma and auntie Jessica!
Charlotte and I playing in the sandpit.
Grandpa Lasse with Inger, Gudrun, Maggan and Malin in the party tent.

Monday, June 7, 2010

CIRCUS BADUTSKI

On the 4th of June, we had a circus performance at our school - Circus Badutski. There were clowns, acrobats, dogs, wizards, line dancers etc. I was an acrobat - watch me in action!
Here I have just finished a set of somersaults.
Here we go again...
We were all wearing a white t-shirt with the Nordic school logo on the front and the Circus Badutski logo on the back.
Both mum and dad were there watching our circus, and they really enjoyed it! After the circus, there was a BBQ party with all children and parents. Lot's of fun!

WEEKEND ON KIGAMBONI

A few weeks ago, we went to visit grandma (bibi Rose) and granddad (babu Peter) on Kigamboni, across the ferry from Dar es Salaam. They invited us for lunch on the beach at a new, very beautiful place, called Kijiji Resort.
Here is auntie Hilda, uncle Sisty, cousin Jed, Juliana's daughter Joana, dada Anna, bibi Rose, Juliana, Charlotte and I. We had very nice BBQ fish, chicken and chips!
Here, mum is also in the picture.
Bibi with Charlotte, waiting for their lunch.
Babu with Charlotte. You can see the Indian Ocean in the background.
I played with Jed the whole day!
Here is bibi with my little cousin Jef, trying to make him sleep in his pushchair but he was too excited to sleep - many new things to look at!
Charlotte, singing loudly to Juliana and bibi.

MY BIRTHDAY PARTY!

I turned 3 years old on the 28th of April and we had a big birthday party on the Nordic school compound with all my friends and their parents. I had been waiting for a good occation to wear my tie to look like president Obama and today was the day!
Here is Charlotte, mum and I, just before the party begun. It was raining a lot but we were lucky because when the first guests started to arrive, the rain stopped.
One, two, three candles! I blew them all out and made a wish ( I'm not telling, it's a secret...).
Here is my litte sister Charlotte with auntie Emily who is mum's friend. Charlotte missed most of the party because she was sleeping.
Finally Charlotte woke up. Here she is with dada Maria.
My cousin Jed came to the party with his baby brother Jef, two months old.
Here is dada Juliana with cousin Jef.
Party time! Soda and cinnamon twist - yummie!
I got so many birthday presents! My friend Joana helped me to unwrap some of them, but the rest had to wait until next day.
There was a jumping castle at my birthday party - so much fun!
Here I am showing my new green motorbike to my friends Joana, Malaika, Matteo, Ayla and Tariq.
When the party was almost over, it was time for the "fishing pond". You go fishing and if you are lucky, you catch a goodiebag!

EASTER HOLIDAY

We celebrated Easter in Sweden this year. We ALL got the flu (me, Charlotte, mum, grandma, granddad, Theo, Maja, Danne and Jessica...) but it was nice to see family and friends again and since everybody had the flu, it didn't really matter...
It has become tradition that my friend Moses comes to visit me at Arlanda airport when we are on transit. We watch airplanes and eat at McDonalds and have lots of fun! Like me, Moses is now a big brother so soon his baby brother Stig Munga will also spot airplanes together with my little sister Charlotte.
I had been missing my cousin Theo a lot so we played almost everyday. Here we are checking out our new Rory cars which we got from grandma and granddad because it was very close to my birthday.
Another birthday present was this police uniform pyjama. Here I am sitting with granddad who had put the present parcel on his head!
Here is my little sister Charlotte with our cousin Maja, both eight months. Here they are practicing how to sit without support.
A Swedish Easter tradition is to dress up as Easter witches and give away Easter cards to the neighbours. In return, the Easter witches get sweets!
One day we went to the mountains and had lunch in the Sami cottage by Ann-Sofie's and Kalle's winter cottage. Åsa ("Mama B") came along and many of mum's cousins were also there. In this picture you can see Charlotte, mum and Åsa.
There was a lot of snow. The first few days I hesitated to go out though because I had to wear so many bulky clothes. But after a while I started to love the snow, especially when my cousin Theo and I could go out and play together!
This day it was snowing a lot. I could even catch snowflakes with my tongue!
One of my favourite winter activities is to go on a snow-racer.
It is also fun to ski. Here granddad is teaching me how to ski for the first time.
Another day, we went to grandma's and granddad's cottage. Here grandma is sitting with Charlotte on the veranda.
Mum, Charlotte, auntie Jessica and Maja on the cottage veranda.
Uncle Danne and Maja.