LindahlBlog.com http://lindahlblog.com A shameless shrine to an amazing kid. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:56:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Quotes http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1485 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1485#comments Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:56:07 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1485 Continue reading →]]> “I’m going to coop (grocery store) by myself to get some strawberry ice cream.  See you later mommy.”

Shoes on, door open…

“Can you get my guldpengar (gold coins) mommy?”

Act 2

“Mattias.. .you know you only have 2 more home days and then you start school.”

“I know mommy, then I have a really important meeting with all of my friends.”

]]> http://lindahlblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=1485 1 Police Museum http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1477 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1477#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:22:03 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1477 Here are some pictures from our second trip to the Police Museum… one of Mattias’ current favorites.

Driving a police motorcycle Building with police lego Police Car Driving the Police Car ]]> http://lindahlblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=1477 0 Mini road trip day 3 – Astrid Lindgren’s World http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1462 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1462#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:01:45 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1462 Continue reading →]]> After our fun at Kolmården we were off to Astrid Lindgren’s World.  The first stop was Pippi’s house and her father’s pirate ship.  Every hour or so actors suddenly appear and act out part of Astrid Lindgren’s stories.  Mattias really enjoyed the different shows – particularly Carlsson on the roof and Pippi.  I have to admit that I was a bit lost amongst all of the Swedish children’s characters… but Mattias seemed to enjoy himself.

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After a full day of Pippi we set off for our final destination Leos Lekland in Borås.

]]> http://lindahlblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=1462 0 Mini road trip day 2 – Kolmården cont. http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1444 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1444#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:54:57 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1444 Continue reading →]]> One day at Kolmården just wasn’t enough.  We still had a safari to go on and Mattias was determined to pet one of the baby pigs – who were equally as determined to be left alone.

We started off our day by taking the gondola around the park.  Mattias had been asking about it since the roller coaster was such a disappointment.  How is it that kids seek out that which costs extra??  Below is a video of Mattias talking on the gondola.

Interview on the gondola.

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And lastly a video of Mattias trying to catch a piglet.

Off to Astrid Lindgren’s World tomorrow.

]]> http://lindahlblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=1444 0 Mini road trip day 1 – Kolmården http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1437 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1437#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:40:32 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1437 Continue reading →]]> On July 21 we started our mini road trip in our rented car.  Our first stop was Kolmården an even larger zoo than the one we visited last week.  Kolmården is filled with exotic animals but Mattias was most interested in the roller coaster.  For the small price of 10$ you can enjoy 20 seconds of amusement park fun…. except Mattias didn’t enjoy it  – he thought it was scary.  It was the best 10$ we ever spent.  No more whining about the roller coaster! A video of his thoughts on the roller coaster is coming as soon as I figure the new blog out.  In the mean time… some pictures. Most expensive 20 seconds of his life The monkey exhibit Mamma and baby monkey My favorite - the rhinos ]]> http://lindahlblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=1437 0 Beach Bound http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1431 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1431#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:31:29 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1431 Continue reading →]]> With our new bikes, getting to the beach was no sweat.  The summer in Stockholm has been amazingly (and unusually) warm.  Most can’t complain about the weather – I don’t seem to have a problem… where is air conditioning when you need it??

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA ]]> http://lindahlblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=1431 0 Parken Zoo http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1423 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1423#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:28:32 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1423 Continue reading →]]> Finally it is my turn for some vacation and for the kick off we visited Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna with Farmor and Hans.  Mattias had a great time and despite the promise of thunder storms we only had to endure a bit of rain.  I’m thankful the weather report kept more people from visiting.  It felt like we had the park to ourselves.

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The highlights of the trip were a boat trip with Hans and a train ride with Mom (at least according to Mattias anyway).

After we had our fill of animals we left Fredrik at the park so that he could enjoy a Kent concert later that night with friends Jocke and Mikaela.

]]> http://lindahlblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=1423 0 Vacation! http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1415 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1415#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:23:42 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1415 Continue reading →]]> Mattias and Fredrik started their vacation on July 12 (I still had a week of work to go).  Unfortunately Mattias was still sick for the first couple of days but by mid-week he had regained his strength just in time for a boat trip with his cousins Max and Ella.

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He got to play in their helicopter, jump on the trampoline, swim at the beach and go for a boat ride… finally vacation!

]]> http://lindahlblog.com/?feed=rss2&p=1415 0 Sick Again http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1410 http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1410#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:20:24 +0000 admin http://lindahlblog.com/?p=1410 On the way out to Ingarö Mattias was really car sick (on a hot bus) and we didn’t think too much of it until the next day… sick again… yuck!  As you can see, he wasn’t his usual energetic self…

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