Szilvi, day and night!

Error of judgement. Or rather, call it a miscalculation.

I thought I could handle it, but instead of eating a couple of pieces as planned, I ate the whole thing. That's how good it was!

My day went by in a jiffy. At nine I had to get the car out of the garage (cleaning day), so I took Oli to kindergarten then. After that I went straight to our car mechanic in Vallentuna. I borrowed another car from him and left for Täby center where Gusti and I had lunch and found Erik the perfect gift, hurried back to get my car and went to get Oli. The boys and I then went to Brunnsvikens trädgårdscafé and had coffee, much to Oli's joy. When Erik came home he made us a nice dinner and we shared a bottle of wine, ate some more (cheese and chocolate, what else?!) and watched a movie. A good day!

Alex turns one and has his first birthday party! 2013-02-10

The birthday boy.

Seven children went sledding
with their parents...

Oliver forgot all about his
conventional sled when he saw
Manfred's Snowracer. Manny was
kind enough to let Oli ride with him
and both boys loved it!

Manny, Oli and I.

The dashing B-day boy..

Cake, there was a lot of it and SO tasty! Good job Frida!

Fishing for candy...

Nothing else mattered when Oli found the candy. There is a
very good reason for why we don't allow him to eat that normally.
I have a terrible sweet tooth and with those genes he is better off
without the sugar highs and downs. Not to mention all the
health benefits. But with that said he really enjoyed the little
box of candy that he got and that has to be ok from time to time.
Everything in moderation, right?

Happy sleeper!

Gusti is such a good little boy. And did I mention cute? And lovely? And that wonderful baby scent.. Hehe I am a quite fond of him as you can see. Ok back to what I wanted to say. Almost since he was born he has been sleeping between four and eight hours in one stretch per night! I was prepared to nurse him every other hour during the night as I did with Oliver, so I am pleasantly surprised that I can get so much sleep at this early stage! Ok I function best if I get eight or nine hours sleep per night, but this is still much better than expected.

Never again, I swore. 2013-02-06.

The 25 minute walk from kindergarten to home took close to two hours. Why? Because I had been in the city during the day and therefore took the single stroller with me. Not a wise move as it turned out later. On our way home we tried to take the bus but all four of them that we tried to get on were full of people and strollers. I tried to get on one anyway but were rudely thrown off! On top of that Oliver didn't want to walk, be carried or stand on the stroller. All he wanted to do was laying around in the snow. There was begging and crying going on on both sides and a lot of kicking and screaming from Oli's side. When we finally arrived home, I was utterly exhausted and swore to never do this again.