First Visit to the Hair Salon!

Dear Elzora,

Yesterday you had your hair cut for the first time. As you can see from the pictures it was not a joy-filled experience for you despite our best efforts. Luckily Ulla had a delicious ice cream treat waiting for you and that seemed to raise your spirits tremendously.

Of course I am proud of you and I know how scary new experiences can be. I also know that one day you will love getting your hair done as much as mommy does.

You are gorgeous!


Love,
Mommy

Gingerbread, Man!!

Dear Elzora,

This week began with baking gingerbread cookies (peppar kakor) at Siri's and ended with a celebration at school where you were dressed as a little gingerbread girl and you danced around the christmas tree, ate the cookies that you baked at school and sang traditional Swedish holiday songs.

Tomorrow we will have our annual holiday breakfast with our friends and then we will go to a Christmas market. I am looking forward to a fun day with you and papa and Starla.

Right now papa is on his way home from work and the two of you are going to the swim house!
Starla and mama are staying home to clean the house.
I think you and papa are going to have a lot more fun then mama and Starla.

Love you so much.

Love,
Mommy

Happy Belated Birthday, Farmor!

Dear Elzora,

Mommy has been falling behind in the blog department, but I didn't want to miss reporting a very special recent event. Farmor Bojan celebrated her 60th birthday on November 11th. We gave her a silver necklace with the names of her 3 favorite girls engraved into the pendant. I think that she really, really liked it. Farmor made us an awesome dinner and we had a really good time just being together.

Quincy Stirling celebrated her first birthday on November 11th as well. Hopefully we will get to go to Michigan very soon so that we can meet Quincy and her family.

Happy Belated Birthday to Farmor and Quincy!

Love,
Mommy

PS Farmor and Farfar are taking us to Turkey next year so that we can celebrate their 60th year on the planet in style!! Thank you Farmor and Farfar!!!

A Dress With Cars

Dear Elzora,

Mama and papa bought you this dress for Valentine's Day 2008. We were on a trip to Stockholm to get your American passport. I took this picture of you when you were just 4 months old. The other picture is of Starla Grace at 8 months taken just the other day. You are both so adorable. Do you think that you look like one another? When we meet people they always say that you are very much the same, but it is hard for me to tell because you are both so unique and so different when it comes to your personalities. I love it. You are both the most gorgeous beauties I have ever seen.

Soon Santa comes! I am sure that he will bring you Pippi's papa's boat!!

Love,
Mommy