Busy day.

We had a very busy day today!
We started by leaving for Säffle after 08.00, so that I could give blood. I am officially a Swedish blood donor. :) Leia enjoyed the experience. :)) She would come and peek at me around the corner and stand and look at me. She was VERY good while we were there. :)









(And yes, she does always have a banana in her hand.)


Then we went to Lidl and looked around some since there is one in Säffle and we had some time to waste. We had never been in a Lidl before. It is a very, very, very cheap grocery store where most of their products are imported from Germany. They do have other products as well - and actually many products that we buy. So we will make sure we go there everynow and then.

After that we went home and Fredrik took the car for its big service check-up. Ugh. :)) Luckily today we found out how much Fredrik will get back in taxes. :)) But there was nothing major that needed to be done (like brakes or anything). Oil and spark plugs, etc..

After Leia woke up from her nap, we got all my stuff together to renew my passport. We went to the photographer and we got some pictures. Then we went to the bookstore to get a new notebook for all of Fredrik's papers. Then we went to the bank to get a money order (postväxel) to send to the Embassy for payment of the passport processing. Then to the grocery store to get some more milk and diapers.

Ugh... :)
Then to the house to drop off the milk. Then we went to the post office to mail the passport application. :) Then we went and had some dinner. :)

It was 17.00 by the time we got home.

Then we enjoyed some time outside in the VERY nice weather:





Pappa and I fixed better supports for our cherry tree. Leia had to help of course. :) We used sticks that Fredrik uses for work. And he has a neat "little" (extremely heavy) tool that he uses to knock the sticks into the ground, when he has to mark heights for the ground.







I guess we must have been pretty loud... :D because pretty soon we heard, "Leia! Leia! Leia!!!!" come running down our road. :)) Leia's daycare playmate that lives 3 doors down, My, was running towards our house, with her mother close behind. :) They were outside and had a few minutes and came over to say "hi." :) So that was really nice. :) The girls were confused and excited to see each other. But when they got next to each other, they just stood and looked at each other. Then they just started randomly running around and doing their own thing. :)) It was sweet and Fredrik and I were so happy that they came over for a few minutes. :)











It is going to be fantastic for them being so close to each other. :) We're hoping that they get to play some together this summer. My is a few months older than Leia, probably no more than 5 months or so.


While in the car today, as we were listening to Metalica as usual, Leia started "singing" along. :) I did my usual questions, "A sheep says..?" And then a "Baaahhhhhh!!" from Leia. :) And "A dog says..?," and for the first time she said, "Rooof rooof!" ... :D Leia is slowly learning her animal sounds. :) In English at least. :)