Christopher is in the midst of speech therapy, and most of it has been focused on pronunciation. He can say “s”, but tends to drop it when it is combined with another consonant. Thus snow becomes no, spider is pider, and school is cool. (He has other anomolies, like “outkide” for outside, but we haven’t…

and they won! Yes, they played again and won 1-0! The goalie (Ellen) was exceptional, and didn’t even cry once. Annika and I have started soccer drills at home to get better… we’ll keep you posted.

Annika had her first football match… The team started strong, with Emma as goalie, but then Täby kicked their first goal to lead 1-0. Emma almost saved the second goal, but the ball bounced off her knees, straight back to the kicker who had another go. The ball bounced off Emma again, buth this time…

What else is there to do on a rainy day? Well, we decided to try bowling. Here are links to the kids’ techniques – Annika races for the line, stops short, then rolls the ball. Benjamin throws his whole body into it, managing to end up on his knees after every turn. Christopher just wants…

Yes, I do come from Texas. And no, I don’t ride. However, the Texas genes may have skipped a generation. You see, Annika loves horses and riding, and I just – well – don’t. But that doesn’t excuse me from having to help her rein and saddle a horse, which is a frightening prospect for…

I have always joked about the birthday presents I get from the Swedish government. When I turned 40, I got a mammogram. 41 was a pap smear, and 42 – though a bit belated – was another mammogram. For anyone who has had one, it’s not such a great present, giving someone the opportunity to…

Of course, the last hour of the last day of the ski holiday, Annika managed to fall – hard – on her arm. We had to pick her up and take her in for x-rays, to make sure nothing was broken. The doctor studied the x-rays, took more, and then pronounced her arm as “écrasée”,…

I guess the Chinese stick to animals when it comes to years – Year of the Pig, Year of the Cat, stuff like that. However, I will remember the winter of 2007/8 as the Year of the Mud. I’m not actually sure winter came this year, and it certainly didn’t spend a lot of time…

As a small internet business owner, I am innundated with junk e-mail. Lately, I have received a couple of bloggers inviting me to “allow” them to write reviews of my products on their well-read blog. Sure, go ahead – write an independent review. But it isn’t, is it? Because somewhere in the gist of their…