Monthly Archives: July 2010

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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … 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 … Continue reading →

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…

On July 10th we went out to visit Leif, Inger and Lann at Ingarö.  Mattias had a great time swimming and playing on the beach.  He even got a chance to pick strawberries from the garden.  Mmmm

We celebrated the 4th at a coworker’s house (she’s a fellow American).  Mattias spent several hours pretending to be a fireman – spraying the hose at the bushes. Then on Sunday we went out to Rönninge for some bbq – … Continue reading →

On June 27th I took Mattias to lill-jans forest and we had a blast getting dirty, “fishing” with sticks and climbing trees.  What a monkey.          Mattias would love camping… maybe next year.