Never drive in Karlstad without a tour guide.

This is Mr. Kitties doing the movements to "The Wheels on the Bus." :) Leia and I were bored in the car while waiting for Pappa to turn in his expensive measuring instrument, so we sang plenty of songs.

The drive to Karlstad was uneventful, but then Fredrik and I got us lost. It is a very confusing town to drive in! We found the industrial area that we needed to be in, but we were still in the very wrong area. We found the bridge we needed, but it was being rebuilt.. *sigh* so we wasted LOTS of time trying to find the right place to be! :)) But we finally got to the right place!

Then we tried to find our way BACK into the city center, and that was another headache. We were going to look at a few shops to look at baby clothes (for fun - not because we really needed to buy anything). But the driving is just ridiculous (and the traffic) - and Leia fell asleep, so we decided to go to a toy store instead. I went in and did some shopping, picking up a few things we were interested in and Fredrik waited in the car with Leia.

Then we decided to try to let her sleep a little more, so we stopped at a little mall, and I went tight-hunting for Leia at H&M, Lindex and Kapp-Ahl. (Or however it is spelled.) Fredrik again stayed in the car with Leia. :) I didn't find any tights, only leg-warmers.. *sigh* leg-warmers for 2 year old ?!?! Anywho.. But I did get her some pants. Four pairs of thick winter pants. Great for the upcoming (soon coming) Fall weather. :) I got them pretty large, so hopefully they will fit her through the entire Winter/Spring season.

Then Leia was awake and we made our way (finally) to IKEA! :)



Leia in IKEA.

After I took Leia's pictures, she said "Kaaaatt!!!" and held up Mr. Kitties to the camera. He needed his picture taken too. :))


We had a nice walk through IKEA and a nice, yummy (and cheap) lunch/dinner in their store restaurant. Leia behaved very well the entire time and we bought her some nice things! We found a bed for her. Not one of the adjustable beds like we wanted, but an inbetween sized bed. It is a good size, she'll be able to use it for a long time, and it is cheap (700 sek / 100$). And it is cute (which is most important, right??) We were going to get it, but the boxes wouldn't fit in the car. (Well it would if we took the carseat out and laid the seats down in the back....) :)) So we'll have to have that delivered some time in the near future!

After we got home yesterday, we started putting together Leia's new items. :))

Leia loves her new table and chairs!

But I think she likes rearranging furniture even more!


A new storage container for her toys, etc.. This and the table will eventually go up in her bedroom. When we clean out more of the "baby" furniture and stuff when she gets a bit older, and when she is more able to spend more time upstairs = when she can go up and down the stairs better by herself.









We had a very nice day together. :)

Today we had dinner in Säffle and we would have done a little looking in some stores, but everything closes so early on Saturdays in Sweden.. *sigh* So we ate and then went to a slightly larger than average grocery store and just looked around a little. :)

No specific plans for tomorrow, probably some cleaning and tidying around the house. And collecting plums from our plum trees!