great pumpkin patch (bake-n-spam exclusive!)

Dad and the boys and cousin Jon planted & sprouted pumpkin seeds. They are now in the garden and we are hoping to have pumpkins to share with our friends by fall.

road trip play

Even more uses for Mooses.

On a road trip with mormor.

A cool 'basket' swing.

Teeter totter that even Daddy liked.

tics me off

Every night we have tic check. Count: Sam 12, Jakob 11, John 8, Mon 4. Jake swears it's not a race but he is proud of every tic that gets him closer to Sam's count.

swan song

The other day there was a mother swan and her chicks down by our beach. Daddy wouldn't let us throw rocks so they'd come back again.

knodden

We go and feed a little pony almost every day. He likes carrots, apples and knäckebröd (that is hard bread, kind of like crackers). The pony's name is Knodden.

junibacken

Pippi Sam Stockings.

We went to Junibacken -- a museum on Stockholm bay devoted to the stories of Astrid Lingren, a famous Swedish kid book writer. It is a whimisical world where kids can play and see many characters from the books.

Interestingly in the stories, the kids are the good guys(even when they are mischievous) and the adults are often the antagonists. In other words, it's similar to the premise of Peter Pan.

Jakob as Karlsson, the boy who flies

The boys outside the museum.

Emil!!!!