Happy Holidays
&
All the best for 2013
warm wishes from
Sara Mats Alice Poppy Nils
My intentions to keep a blog about our life in Sweden were good, but I have not lived up to my goal to post something at least once a week. I will make it my new year's resolution and I'll try to work on better routines next year.
Moving back to Sweden has most of the time been a very good experience for the whole family. The adjustment is still under process, but we feel more and more at home again. Even Nils, who was not particularly looking forward to moving back, likes his life here now. Both Alice and Nils have had a good fall at Tunaskolan. It takes time to understand the differences in teaching and grading here, but they were both happy with the grades they got at the end of the semester. Changes in the Swedish school system made this year the first with a new grading system and also the first year to be graded already in 6th grade.
Mats is happy running Mobile Heights. It is a cluster organization working to promote the region to attract companies with focus on mobile- and telecombusiness. He is working both with the private companies, the universities and the politicians and tries to make more connections between the three areas. A big task, but fun and rewarding when it works.
Finally a few words about life with Poppy. She is now four and a half months old and the little sunshine in our family. She is smiling a lot and loves to be around her older siblings. As long as she is nursed every 4th hour and gets her long naps in the stroller outside the kitchen window she is lovely. Otherwise she lets you know. She is giggling a lot, but Alice and Nils are longing for her to say her first proper words. I really enjoy my days with her and it feels both very natural and very strange (sometimes) to be a mother of a baby again. But mostly it is just wonderful!
We wish you a good ending on 2012 and a happy start on 2013!
