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Happy birthday, grandpa! Hope next year will be as eventful as this one:

We drove very far and then took the boat in order to get to Tallinn, Estonia and babysit Stella. You ended up carrying both me and Stella at the same time.

At our favorite coffee shop you always drank coffee, while I got half of your bun – sometimes even more.

You often had me over for dinner, and sometimes I even got to spend the night!

We went to Oslo to eat some of Stella’s birthday cake.

We went to your summer house and I fell off the hammock.

You helped me get into the swing at the playground.

The best part of it all is that you retired, so now we can do all of the above even more often! Hope you have a great birthday in Oslo!!

A friend of mine is getting married this summer, and a couple of weeks ago we surprised her a Saturday morning. I took some pictures – that probably aren’t interesting to anyone but the ones that know the bride!

As a summer vacation rehearsal, we spent the past weekend with some friends that live nearby Oslo. The first thing Frida did when we arrived at their house, was to pull out her iPad and show her little friend how to play angry birds.

The next morning Frida got up earlier than usual to attend a tea party.

We also had time to visit Frida’s little cousin.

They wanted to drive off to the closest playground, but didn’t get very far.

I hope you all had a great weekend too

This evening we were looking at some pictures from last year, and I figured it was about time I posted a couple of pictures from May 17 before these pictures also become last year’s memories. Even though it was a cold and windy day, we managed to have a good time with family and friends. A big thanks to aunt M who let me use her national costume so the whole family could match. I really apreciate that!

Talking about old pictures… A while ago I found a picture of E with long blond hair, mullet style. Anybody interested in me posting that picture?

Frida and I had a good weekend. She spent the night at her grandparents on Friday, which freed up time for me to go to the gym – for the first time in half a year!! At the very cold and wintry May Day we spent a couple of hours (inside!) at our regular coffee shop, with Frida’s grandparents, my cousin, her husband and their two kids. Today we had a play date with three of Frida’s little friends.

Frida sitting in Edvin’s walker wagon. She really had to fight to keep her toys today!

Peeking out from the stairs leading up to the slide at the playground. All the kids loved the slide.

Thanks to Edvin and his mom for having us over! As you can see, the moms also enjoyed the slide

PS! Tomorrow daddy returns from his business travel. I’m not sure if I’m more excited to see him or the iPad that he WON!!!

With contributions from a large part of our family, Frida is ready for a festive May month (including the Norwegian national day). The cell phone is of course part of the national costume.

Daddy’s away again, this time for two whole weeks. (Admittedly he stopped by for a couple of hours after a week, but he was dead tired and had to get ready for his next trip so it doesn’t really feel like it should count!) As usual I try to send him pictures almost every day. Nothing out of the ordinary, but things he would see if he were here with us. These are some of daddy’s pictures.

The most interesting object in the office is an old keyboard sitting on top of a computer case. Just the right height for a little girl!

Bathing is fun, even though the baby bathtub is definitely getting too small. We’re considering getting a real bathtub, but we might have to get something else before that. History shows that things take time in this house…

At the time, yogurt is the favorite food. Eating with a spoon is ok, but also boring, so sometimes a spoon is deliberately dropped on to the table and the yogurt eaten with the fingers.

Sometimes the baby sleeps – here in the car.

Sometimes the dad sleeps… First 10 minutes under the table while playing with Frida.

Then about 15 minutes at the table while Frida was eating. This was the same day as sleeping under the table. Snoring loudly, waking up with a “was I sleeping”? Did anybody say OVERWORKED?!!