Beautiful spring weather today! Frida had a play date with two friends from kindergarten at a playground about half an hour walk from where we live. The sun, the swings, the slides, the other kids, and everything else that was going on must have worn her out because she fell asleep on our way home. She just got really quiet, hiding behind her sunglasses…
One of her friends was kind enough to share her orange with Frida.
Frida enjoyed our little excursion to the neighborhood playground last weekend, and I hope we’ll return this weekend. Frida enjoyed the slide, and got more excited each time.
Frida has always enjoyed the swing. The difference from last year is that she can now sit, the smile is equal!
Easter for me is family, skiing, oranges, hot chocolate, the sun in the sky, white snow… I’m happy that Frida enjoys being outside and doesn’t complain about having to put on two layers of wool, a winter overall, a pair of shoes, two hats, mittens – and even sunglasses!
Easter was not just spent outdoors in great weather, we were also inside Frida’s grandparents’ cottage. Frida enjoyed the traditional easter mystery novel. Not as much reading it, but drawing. Thanks to grandpa who donated a few pages!
We enjoyed long breakfasts in good company. 
Frida enjoyed sitting on someone else’s lap more than her own chair. Aunt M and grandma were very helpful, letting us parents eat without a one-year-old in our lap.
This Easter we spent three days at Nerskogen with two of Frida’s grandparents, her aunt , uncle, the uncle’s mom, and Frida’s cousin Nanok, the giant dog. Even though snow was fun, we’re happy spring is here – the sun is warming and the snow is melting! Be aware of reappearing dog poop, though, I fell in some yesterday…
Frida is using her rocking rabbit more and more. Yes, it’s a rocking rabbit, not a rocking horse. Apparently they were sold out all over town when Frida’s grandparents were looking for a Christmas present last year, so they ended up buying a rabbit at Kirsebærlunden (not much of a web page, but I like stopping by when I’m in town). I don’t mind the rabbit, though, I think it’s cute!
Lately, Saturdays have become a day when we stop by the public library. I usually borrow three books for toddlers, and we read those at night before Frida goes to sleep. She gets bored if we read the same books every night.
Frida likes to read books at home, but not at the library. She can’t sit still with all the kids playing and reading, and with colorful birds hanging from the ceiling (pointing at one in the picture below). I hope that she’ll continue to enjoy the library, I know I did when I was little.
For the third time this year, Frida and I are left alone for a week. While Frida was talking to her dad on Skype today I showed her the picture below so it would be more clear to her who she was talking to. Or, rather, her dad was talking to her, she mostly pointed at the laptop screen!
I showed her this picture because it was the first one I found, but I didn’t find it very interesting. The more I looked at the picture, however, the more it grew on me. I like the way they both look at whatever he’s pointing at. Also, I like how it reminds me of the birthday party we were at, how he carried her in his arms most of the time because she was lost in a room full of people and because she wasn’t feeling very well (she became sick the following day). Also, the way that she holds her fingers against the back of her ear is something she does from time to time. The expression on her face is a typical mixture of curiosity and skepticism, pointing at whatever her dad’s showing her. And finally, you can see how much they still look alike!
The following picture from the same party has some of the same “I feel lost among all these people, save me”-feeling.
Frida’s walking! For a month or two she’s been courageous enough to take a few steps here and there, but these past couple of days she’s walked long distances – as long as they can get within our living room. You should see the smile on her face when she proudly walks between the two of us, it looks something like the picture below left. The picture on the right shows how much she still concentrates while executing her new skill!
The other member of my family usually prefers sitting to walking. I recently sold my first item on finn.no (a desk), so that we could fit in an enormous chair that I got on sale a few months ago. I love the chair, but E … well, let’s just say that I paid for the chair myself 
That’s why I was so amused when the first one to sit down and enjoy the new part of our living room was him! Looking at the picture below, I’d say he looks quite comfy.
For my niece’s birthday I made a red cat from three knitted squares. The pattern is in Swedish, and I found a lot of help in a Swedish-English knitting translation. I also knitted a larger white cat, but finished it at about 1 am so I never got to take a picture before I gave it away to my friend’s newborn baby boy.
I let Frida play with the red cat to see if it was any good as a toy, and I must say it wasn’t an immediate hit… My niece has two beautiful cats, and I was hoping this red cat would give them some rest from a one-year-old’s curious hands!
As I mentioned, Frida wasn’t too keen on the red cat, but she has a red hat that she loves to put on. It’s a hand-me-down from a friend who gave us bags of clothes that her two daughters have used. Who needs a new hat when she can have this one?
Turnes out somebody looooves butter! During this Saturday’s breakfast Frida got full access to butter, and I think this may have made her day!
