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Haven't updated for a long time.  We are selling our lovely big house in rävlanda.  The reasons for selling are that we don't want the kids to be forced in to a government "education",  we have had enough of being taxed at around 70% and we want to travel and give our kids lots of experiences and knowledge. 

Henry

Stood on a step and weed like a man in the toilet

Henry peeling the carrots

Winston juicing oranges

Winterthrowupdiseasequaranteen and fun with water

Today the kids are not going to kindergarden as we have had some pukeparties this weekend with endless amounts of laundry. They are feeling better today. Winston and Henry are playing with Grainne and Oisin that are staying with us. They are all enjoying the new boat track we found on the kids market this weekend, and Henry is enjoying pouring water on everything, like the tent and table.

Winston reading age

Winston read aloud from start to finish this

http://www.amazon.com/Sullivan-Street-Hello-Reader-Level/dp/0590308769

the reading level is 2.5.

I looked in to this and this relates to the grade in an american school.

http://community.babycenter.com/post/a29518541/ar_book_levels_-_what_do_they_mean

so for this one book he can read at the level of a 7.5year old

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education_in_the_United_States

Winston reading and maths

Winston read from start to finish out loud "512 Ants from Sullivan Street"  about 3 days ago.

Today at the table he way playing with multiplication blocks going through every one and checking the answer and the sum.

And he learnt to build a tower carefully with wooden blocks - Thanks to Mary.

We have Mary, Gronja and Osheen staying with us through airBnB this month. Couldn't wish for better guests.

Winston learnt to ride his bike today

Caroline bought a stick to attach to Winston's bike  so we could take off the stabilisers,  but it didn't fit so I took him to the play park without stabilisers. For the first two or three times I held him from behind under the arms. After 3 goes,  he went a few meters on his own. Then he went a few more and crashed and hurt his keg a bit, but he was straight back on to have another go. A few more first and he could stop safely. A few more goes and he could start without help if it was slightly downhill .  On the way back, he rode the last 100meters completely on his own, including going over a speed bump and turning in to the gravel drive and stopping safely. Amazing to see learning at high speed like that.

Recent news

Today Winston and Henry went to hindAS montessori from 8:30 to 1:30.

Yesterday I went to have a chat with Anna-karin about Henry. He is getting along fine.  She said he likes building stuff, he likes watching the older children,  he stores food in his cheeks when they eat,  he is not very interested in drawing,  he is reasonable,  he likes the songs and tries to do the actions or watched the older kids. 

Today after Davis,  I took them to oppnaforskolan,  I stayed for about 10 minutes  then Caroline came and I went home.  After I went to meet them and Caroline tried to go home,  but Henry got upset,  so she took him with her.  I pushed Winston in the pram while running the other way.  When we got back,  we couldn't persuade Henry to go to tempo.  In the end Winston played angry birds in the office and I pushed Henry on the garden swing a few hundred times.  He thought it was really funny to crash in to me and when I said ow,  he said sorry,  or sorry didn't mean it. 

Then Winston and me played a little bit of what a performance.,  good counting and reading practice.  We have started showing the word carfax to Henry again.

Thursday

Henry was wide awake at 6am, so we went downstairs. I worked with some new product pictures, and Henry sat next to me and watched Pingu, some train crashes and the wheels on the bus on you tube.

After breakfast Caroline took them to Hindås Montessori at around 8:30. 

When I went to collect them at 1:30, they were both at the gate. Annika (a teacher) said they must have an internal clock because they go and play near the gate exactly on time.. (better not be late then!) Annika said that Winston had been playing the plus-minus game all morning, 3 games with her and 3 with Suzanna (another teacher).. and Winston just told me that Hilma was playing too. 

Henry fell asleep in the car on the way back, and Winston played racing games on my phone. Henry stayed asleep for about an hour and a half and Winston carried on playing games. me and Linka watched TV for 45 minutes.

When Henry woke up, I took them both to the Library to pick up some tickets for a play tomorrow. It took about 2 hours to get there and back via Tempo.

Helping mummy with flatpack

Both keen to help...

Monday

Winston and Henry went to Hindås Montessori today from about 8:30 to 1:30.

After that Caroline took them to Ikea to get some stuff for the house.

Winston went in the play area there for about 30 minutes.

Henry shouted E'O Daddy when they got home. 

Winston was on the tricycle and Henry wanted it. Winston wouldn't give it to him, Henry accepted that pretty quickly.  I played Marbutopia with Henry in the library.

Winston threw some of his food on the floor at dinner, so we told him to get down from the table. 

Henry went to boob to bed with Caroline after dinner, and WInston came downstairs with me. He sat on the potty for ages playing a racing game, and then got in the bath. He washed his hair a bit, but without any shampoo. After that we played a chef memory card game for about 15 minutes before he brushed his teeth himself and went to bed.

Winston can put his own trousers no now.

Henry Boudhanath

According to Henry, everything that even slightly resembles a tower or a dome is Boudhanath now... This morning on the back of a kronor is a crown,

The dome light in the bedroom was Big Boudhanath, the little light was Swayam Boudhanath. Even the teet on his bottle was boudhanath, and he made a boudhanath shape with his fingers.....

This morning, I drew some teeth and some little bugs coming to get them and pooing acid on to them. Winston brushed his own teeth with the electric toothbrush, and Henry volutarily let me brush his teeth after he asked to watch 'train crash' on you tube and I said he could after having his teeth brushed.

Shade, Joni ,Adrian (2.5) and Veda(3m) were here today. 

I took Henry and Winston to the park, Winston on his balance bike and henry in the pram. Henry fell asleep. Winstno and me played restaurants for a while under the slide.. then he went to play by the stream, but I couldn't go with him because I had to stay within earshot of Henry. It was cold and windy and after about 10 minutes Winston wanted to go home to do Code Academy, which we had fun making a picture of winston ordbit a picture of Henry with CSS, then we played angry birds space, whicle Henry was still asleep.  then we made ginger bread men... but Winston just wanted to eat sugar, and Henry joined in towards the end.

I said to Winston that i wouldn't give him a gingerbread man before dinner because it is mainly sugar and butter, but if he ate his dinner and he was still hungry he could have one afterwards. he ate almost nothing, and after dinner he asked once for a gingerbread man and i said no, and he was fine with it. W & H are both very reasonable if the explanations have been done in advance.

Winston playing angry birds

On my messy desk.......

Socks on his hands

Henry is being especially cute today.. Socks on his hands... He is trying to say all words now, but only up to 2 words together. Caroline has got some xylotol sweets to bribe Henry to brush his teeth. They are going to landvetter lekland this afternoon with shade join Adrian and Vera.

Winston was saying how bad it was that there was rubbish on the ground when we went to the shops. I asked him what he would do if someone dropped rubbish in his room, and he preferred to pick it up himself than to try and get the perpetrator to pick it up.

Winston put his own trousers on

Winston just put his own trousers on.....

Watch "Winston and henry playing with play doh" on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB_oqvK1jUw&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Happy after the morning at hindas montessori.

All helping tidy the Lego...

Computer games

Winston has been downloading and playing a few racing games on my phone and tablet.

He's got better at controlling the cars, has been interested in if he has enough coins to buy an upgrade, and was asking if he could make a racing game.

He is very good about giving the phone back when I need it. He doesn't just give way immediately, but he makes his argument and accepts mine. I think it's a case of him respecting the property rights of others because his are well respected.

Viola

Cousin Viola came to visit. W and H were very gentle with her and both excited to spend time with a baby. She is 7 months old.

Since we got back

Winston and Henry wanted to play with their cars first... And they have played with them nearly all the time since.

First morning, we woke up at 3. Then 4. On Sunday we woke at 4:30 and decided to drive to Oslo for a home schooling conference. We got there at 11 for the start.

Winston was making loud comments all the time.. Just pointing things out and asking questions.. But he couldn't stop and couldn't whisper, so we had to go out. While links was listening to a talk we were racing about the faculty on the cars, and going up and down in the lifts. At one left stop a man left the lift and Winston thought it was me so he almost rugby tackled him to hold him back. Very funny. Winston thought so too.. He was only a tiny bit embarrassed.

We stayed in the Radisson in Oslo. Nice hotel, and a great breakfast on Linkas birthday 33.

Stopped at McDonalds on the way back home.

Last few holidays and flight.

We flew back to Singapore and stayed at 475 river Valley Road. The first afternoon, we went to a technology mall, which was great. Winston was very excited and wanted everything. Winston chose and paid for some sushi on his own. The staff were a bit too paternal.. I didn't think they gave him the opportunity to take control of the situation when he was capable enough.

After the shopping Winston and Henry enjoyed buying bottled water from a vending machine.

When we got back to the flat, me and Henry went to get some nappies and pizza while Linka put Winston to sleep. Me and Henry sat down on the escalators, and he carried the nappies himself from the shelf to the Checkout.

We spent the next morning in the pool and jacuzzi. We went to sentosa beach and giant sweet shop at universal studios.

Winston and Henry handled being up late and the long flight amazingly well... As usual....

Langkawi

I had to catch up on emails, so most of Friday, I was in the hotel lobby answering emails. Links was in the pool with the kids. I spent about an hour and a half with the kids in the pool in the afternoon. Neither wanted to leave when it was time to get dinner.

On Saturday, we checked out of the hotel and moved to an airbnb place, which is much nicer. They have a little pool and laundry facilities, and gave us a beer on arrival. Winston and Henry love the pool, so most of the time here is spent in the pool. Henry harasses the cats. In the afternoon we drove about 20km to a beach at the North East of the island. Henry fell asleep in the car, so we laid him on a table of a beachside restaurant while we had cold drinks. We played in the sea and built some sandcastles and holes. We saw lots of fish jump out of the water.
On the way back we had a late dinner.

Sunday morning, we swam in the pool and chatted with an older Dutch couple who live in penang. In the afternoon we went on a boat trip. About 12 people on a really fast boat. We stopped at an island where there were lots of Monkeys and a monitor lizard. On that I shall and was a freshwater Lake with pontoons and a kids pool built in. Nice warm water. Then we went on the boat to feed some Eagles. They chucked scraps in the water next to the boat and the Eagles swooped down to gather them up. Next stop was an island with soft sand on a beautiful beach. Me and Winston collected small bits of coral and made a pile. A 7 year old girl came to help. Winston thought that was nice. Links and Henry went to find some shade and looked at hermit crabs and shells. When we got back there were monkeys sitting in our car and a giant wasps nest in a nearby tree. We went to Macdonald for dinner, followed by a trip to the McDonald's ice cream shop. We got back at around 8:30, we played I the pool a bit, chatted with the house owners and played some maths computer games.

Has Winston started writing again...

He just decided to write proton... He asked for a pen and just did it

Maybe it's the end of the writing strike...?

We are renting a proton car.

Langkawi

We drove to a town and walked along the beach and found somewhere crop and overpriced for breakfast. Henry enjoyed grabbing at some local cats. We were worried the cat might scratch him in return. Winston was concerned that the cats were hungry.

Then we took the cable car up 700m. Excellent view. Winston weed on me a bit. Henry enjoyed going in my shoulders. They both loved it when the cable car went over the wheels that make it rumble around.

Then we went on the boat-bus. Henry loved blowing his life jacket whistle. Winston wanted to know if the wheels were still turning while we were on the water. (they were a tiny bit, we could see over the edge). Both liked the big expensive yachts mored around.

We drove across the island to a shopping centre. Winston turned down the opportunity for a wee, then weed in his pants 5 minutes later. Henry enjoyed chips which Winston gave him, and Winston enjoyed fish and chips.

Back at the hotel, while waiting for links to be given the correct room key, Winston pood on the floor. He just couldn't hold it. I cleared up with a plastic bag and a couple of nappies.

The boys loved jumping on the beds, and Winston was scared of Henry because Henry bit home twice... Lots of fun and tickling.

Me and Henry watched a few wheels on the bus videos before he slept too.

Busy day in malaysia

We got up for 9 which was early give that we flew from Nepal yesterday, and got in the hotel late.

We had breakfast on the fast train to Kuala Lumpur. We failed to go up the petronas towers, because we found out when we got there that we had to book a time. The boys weren't bothered though, they were more excited by the full size model f1 cars hanging from the ceiling of the lobby. Winston was trying to reach them..but he could only get a few cm closer when he needed about 5meters.

McDonalds for lunch.

Then back to the hotel for a nice swim in the pool.

Then we got a transfer to the other airport (Linka had accidentally booked a hotel joined on to the wrong airport), and flew to langkawi.

We had fish at a restaurant where you choose a live fish and they cook it for you. Winston threw his cutlery twice and pulled a tablecloth off an adjacent table. He was quite naughty. Maybe tired and excited.

Hotel seems mediocre compared to sama sama and Hyatt.

W and H had a bubble bath, then a shower. Winston showered himself well including hair, then he carefully showered the bubbles off henry. I had asked Winston not to put water on the floor, so when he did, I took him out of the bath immediately as promised. He didn't complain.

Choosing fish for dinner

Just arrived in langkawi. Henry weed on Linka on the plane. We have a hire car. Now we are having fish for dinner.

Tonga and leaving

We went for Tonga with Sudarson in lazimpat.

Room with a view

Winston and Henry put all the pillows and duvets in the floor and opened the balcony doors to look at bouddhanath this morning.

The monkey temple

20kg of gold was uses to replate the shiny bits.

When we got there we bought a pile of coins for Winston and Henry so they could throw them in a pond with Buddha in the middle. There were macaque monkeys everywhere.

Winston was trying to buy things with his coins, but they were only worth cents when dollars were necessary. He said he wanted to work so he could get lots of money and a wallet.

Everyone wanted to touch Henry face as usual.

Winston drew a kid

Came out of nowhere...

The guys Dancing at the party

We went to kakani for the pashmina staff party.. Nice view of the himalayas, everyone had a dance.

At the pashmina party

Winston and Henry found some see through stone cat gold in Swedish.

In kathmandap restaurant in Durbar Square

750rs to get in to Durbar marg if you are foreign.

Kathmandu

We went swimming in the hotel pool, and went to bouddhanath.

Henry took a while to find his confidence in the water, and then had loads of fun.

Winston was happy to jump in and even more happy to swim around in his rubber ring.

At bouddhanath, there was a child monk who looked around 12 Years old. Lots of people were going and bowing to him and he was touching their heads.
On the 2nd we went to the factory. Winston and Henry were building piles out of cushions.

Then we went to bouddhanath again. Henry loves it and it is convenient for the hotel.