Pumpa.

Swedish entry word
pumpa [²p'um:pa] pumpan pumpor noun
stor grönsak ur gurkfamiljen

English translation
pumpkin, vegetable marrow

___________________________________

Leia's favorite new word to say: pumpa (poom-pA)
:)
Sometimes it comes out as "bumpa."
:)
No idea why this word is so special, but she really likes it. :)


It has been awhile since I've written something with context, so I thought that I would try to do that.

It stayed pretty warm for awhile, around 7 degC (45 degF), but yesterday it stayed at -10 degC (14 degF). No snow, and we don't think we will be getting any more snow this Winter.

For starters: Fredrik FINALLY got in good contact with the fireplace-fixer-people. They MIGHT come by this weekend just to take a look at it, we aren't sure. But they did call yesterday and they said that: they will call 1-2 weeks before they will show up. The job will take 1 week to do, and then it has to dry 3 months before we can use it. They will show up to work on it in the Spring. So we will get to use it for next Winter. Yay! Now we just need to start storing wood from the summer house, so we will have a good supply built up.

Fredrik's work:
They interviewed 2 people on Thursday, and 2 on Friday.
3 Swedish men, and 1 Eastern European woman. Fredrik wasn't in on the interviews, but he did get to meet all but the woman. He did hear, however, that her Swedish was NOT very good. Fredrik knows who the two are that are mostly competing for the job, and he definitely has his favorite. So we are holding our thumbs that that will be the one they will pick.

The guy he is hoping for lives nearby and he loves fishing as well. So it would be a good workmate for Fredrik, and maybe a personal friend as well.

A few pictures:







Leia loves her cats. She has two of them. They are exactly the same, but different sizes. She likes to lay them (both) on her wagon and pull it around the house. Right now it is one of her favorite things to do. :)

She also loves to dance. LOVES to dance. She will dance to anything, but she has a few favorite videos on MTV. :/ :) There are a few songs that she just goes crazy dancing. She even "sings" along. Yesterday in the car, while we were listening to her favorite, Metallica, of course ... she started dancing in her car seat and singing along while we were driving. :))

Daycare is still going well. They said she is very "busig" (rowdy, unruly, mischievous) and a charmer. :) Even if she doesn't nap for them, she is still in a great mood all day.

I've been taking a few easy days. Making up for all those horribly rushed days of babies and studying. It is nice to have a few days to myself.

After the new person starts working, and after the sanitation project finally comes to an end, Fredrik hopes to take some more pappa-leave from work. Maybe take Mondays again or something like that..

We've started figuring out when Mormor and Morfar will come back for a visit. Probably for all of October, so they can be here for all of our birthdays. This year I turn 30!

I've had the chance of getting in contact with ooold friends, from elementary school - and it has been a lot of fun talking to them and seeing what they've been up to for the past 10+ years.

Fredrik and I both have to renew our passports this year. (His Swedish and my American.) Shouldn't be too much work for those I don't think. I finally received my American driver's license. Renewed for 4 years, and with my married name.

Okay.. that is enough for now.. :P :)