Welcome to our blogg.

We thought this would be a nice way to keep our friends and family updated about what we are up to! And for us to have some kind of diary, to save for the future when we move back home to Sweden. We choose to write in English so all our friend could read it=) (and it's also good practice for me)

About us

Dubai
We are a family of four, and one dog and six guinea pigs (and one cat that lives in Blentarp, Sweden) We moved to Dubai a year ago, Henrik is working here and Ingela is a housewife and both children are in school. Victoria is 7 years old and Cornelia is 5 years old. They are in grade 1 and 2. When they started school here, Victoria just started school in Sweden and didn't speak any English and Cornelia where still in kindergarten in Sweden and didn't speak any English either. Now a year later they speak English and writes and read English as well. They also learn Arabic in school. After some difficulties it seams like they enjoy school and our life here, and that feels very good. If they like it here it's easier for us to also relax and enjoy our stay here in Dubai. And now we have one more member of our family, a streetcat named Stripy, Findus, Nisse, Tiger and Findus=), and also one more guinea pig has died, so 5 guinea pigs left.

måndag 26 april 2010

26 april



Nu går jag över till Svenska, orkar inte mer på engelska och har ju ändå aldrig tid att skriva här. Mycket upptagen hemma mamma,haha.
I natt åkte lill brossan och Lina hem, saknar dem redan. Har varit jätte mysigt att ha dem här och dom har fått ta hand om oss=)=). Dom kom ner den 14 mars och vi har haft väldigt trevligt ihop.
Den 23 mitt i natten kom Marcus och Jessica och stannar till den 1 Maj.
I går lastad vi in alla 8 i min Tahoe + Enja och körde ner till stranden så Enja fick bada. Det tyckte hon var kanon.
I morse tog Henrik & Marcus barnen till skolan och egentligen skulle jag ha gått på bodypump, men jag sov istället till 8.20, det var längesedan så det var skönt.

onsdag 14 april 2010

Busy busy

I hardly have time to write here I notice. It's a full time job to take care of everything now when Henrik is in his wheelchair.

This Saturday me and Enja started a obedience course here in Meadows 9. There where us and Jenny and Yellow, Kaise and her Beagle (I don't remember the name) and 3 other dogs. After the training session we let the dogs play in Johanna (the trainer) garden and Enja just loved it.

On Sunday morning I left the girls in school and then Enja and I drove outside Meadows 9 for a walk in the dessert (or construction site dessert) with some of the dogs from the course, very nice and Enja got realy tired.

Monday morning I filled in for Melissa at school, reading with the children. That was interesting, I noticed then that despite Cornelia hasn't learned English for so long ( only a year) she is more or less as good as the other children. Cornelia was sick that day, both she and Victoria has cough and a bad cold. But now they are in school again.
Melissa was going to a school in Sharja, she and Cate has been to Nepal and done some charity work there on a school for a project that Cate is very much involved with (www.childrenofthemountain.com), and this school in Sharja had donated some computers and 13 boys from that school was also traveling to Nepal with them.

Tomorrow Cornelia is dressing up like a clown for school, will take a photo and put it here.

torsdag 8 april 2010

Nimlins visiting.


Yesterday I left family Nimlin on the airport, and we miss them a lot already. We spent the whole day at The Lakes club swimming and relaxing, all of us but Henrik, who still can`t walk. And in the evening me and Jessica, Mathias and Clara went to Dubai mall, to watch the fountain's and eat. We ate at Scoozi right beside the Fountain's, and as always our guests loved the Fountain's as much as I do.


During those ten days we have had guests we have done a lot, we have been swimming in the pool and in the sea, we have been shopping and Jessica and Mathias also went to Burj al Arab for a drink and some food.


Last Friday we celebrated Easter and we went to Ras al Khaimah, we had seen some lovely pictures from the marina there and thought that would be a nice place. But it was al under construction and we ended up at the http://www.alhamrafort.com/ , I don`t know about the other restaurant there but the one we eat at was a disaster. But we will for sure remember this Easter dinner.


And Mathias and Jessica also got the opportunity to visit the American hospital. Mathias was out running one evening and twisted his foot. And the morning after he fainted when he got to the breakfast table, so then we took him to the hospital. And he got a pair of crutches! So after that Villa 33 in Springs 1 Street 1 appeared to be a hospital=).

fredag 2 april 2010

Nimlins visiting

So, now Jessica and Mathias and Clara has been here for a couple of days. We have already been at Lakes club, the beach and today me, Jessica and the children went to the Springs 8 pool. And now Jessica and Mathias took Henrik to the tailor in Satwa to pic up the girls dresses (witch I should have done a long time ago) , so I'm very curious about how they look.