Marstrand

Yesterday,  we went to visit Marstrand. It is a beautiful seaside town on the west coast of Sweden and where they have an old fort from the 1600's, lovely walks by the water and boat racing.... :) It was a great day and, again, if you are ever looking for things to do in Sweden, I would totally recommend it! The boys (all of them) give their seal of approval ;)

Today, Andreas and I are heading to Copenhagen.... (insert BIG smiley face here)... More pictures to come!

Here is a bit of Marstrand:

A few hours of quiet...

Even though we are on holiday, I still have to catch up on a bit of writing for work. Andreas and I are putting a paper together (which I am kind of in charge of) so he didn't mind taking the boys crabbing for a few hours. Pretty fair... he gets a paper and I get a few hours of quiet ;)

Bonus was that I had a great "office" view :) Not bad, huh?

Liseberg

Yesterday, we took the boys to Liseberg. For the non-Scandinavians ;), Liseberg is an amusement park, located in Gothenburg (second largest city in Sweden, on the west coast). I seriously had to turn off my mental Swedish kroner to Canadian dollar currency converter ;) Mind you, nothing beats Copenhagen's Tivoli for most expensive day ever ;) Anyway, it was worth it: great weather, fun rides, lots of treats, sausages that actually tasted like something... the list goes on...
We had expected to stay until mid afternoon but ended up staying past 6pm. Of course, the boys fell asleep on the way home... happy and coming down from their amusement park high... Liseberg is definitely worth a visit, if you are in the neighbourhood :)

Now be prepared for photo spam!

On our way to Liseberg

We're finally here!

Like father, like son ;)

Another joker in the family

Kaninland

Ready to go

Oliver at the wheel in Farfar's bil

Waiting in line

Nothing like bumper cars to bring out sibling rivalry ;)

Getting even.... ;)

On the boat ride... thankfully, only once ;)

Skaal!

They must be tired... they are actually not fighting ;)

In the teacup....

Eating a Piggelin... a Swedish tradition since 1942 ;)

More Piggelin :)

This is the biggest thing on a Monday night... this is enough for another post ;)

Boys at the park

Even if the weather is not the best, having a park nearby always ends up being a total  life saver! There is nothing  better than being able to burn off some energy, kick a ball, throw some sand and get dirty... well, not for me because I can never have a holiday from laundry ;)

Wishing you all a great rest of the day.... xox

Rainy holiday

Today was rainy but, honestly, I was fine with it (OK.. not so much the boys). We had the chance to be cosy at my inlaws', without the need to rush around. In the morning, Alexander, Andreas and I went to a local mall. Andreas and Alexander got to check out Swedish candies while I had 45 minutes of shopping. I ended up buying some clothes from a Swedish brand that I like (Lindex) and got some good deals (pictures to come). That was a real treat :) Bigger treat was that I fit into some kids' pants that I really liked ;) Nothing like that to boost my 45 year old ego ;)
Later in the day, my sister in law came by with her husband and 2 children. Oliver is in total bro-mance mode with his cousin Isak because, finally, he has a family member who is his size ;) My sister's boys are closer in age to Alexander and Nicklas so he feels a bit left out, I guess. They are so cute together because they have absolutely no idea what the other is saying but it doesn't matter at all- they figure it out :) The older boys thought that it would be fun to entertain the little kids by drawing mustaches on their faces with pen. Part of me hopes that the mustaches will come off while the other part of me hopes that they will not- serves them right after I told them not to do it ;) Mean mother ;)
Alexander is now doing a sun-dance so that the weather is nicer tomorrow. He is on a mission to go crabbing again. I think that he is out of luck but I won't tell him because the dance is pretty good!

Good evening to all! xox

Cheesy mustache

Nicklas with his pensive look

Cosy time (yes, I am bugging his tablet watching)

Boys and fish

We took the boys fishing today at the same lake that Andreas used to fish in when he was a young boy. There is nothing like water, mud and dead fish to activate their imaginations. It was a blast: BEST day ever... except for crabbing yesterday... and the cake that farmor (grandmother) gave them... and the candies on the airplane ;)
Ahh... what a life!

Wishing you all a great evening xox

In Sweden

Our first full day in Sweden started off quietly: we managed to sleep in a bit (OK... maybe not Alexander..... he woke me up at 4am because he was bored) and get in the rhythm of Swedish time. After our breakfast/lunch, we went crab fishing in the sea.... don't worry, we returned them at the end so no crabs were harmed in the making of this post ;) We had fika with Andreas' sister and her children and are now back, taking it easy before dinner... ahhhhh! I think that I can get used to this vacation routine (or lack of) :)

Happy upcoming weekend to all! xox