I don’t know if Tage’s having a growth spurt or if the cold he’s got is just wearing him down, but he is a sleeping fool right now. Yesterday evening he fell asleep around 5:30, which is a bit late for a nap, but there’s no keeping him awake when he decides it’s naptime. As… Read More Tuesday

It’s been a pretty low-key weekend. It rained a fair amount on Friday, and the kids and I stayed in and dyed Easter eggs. Lydia is such a creative, artistic kid — she put all my best egg-dyeing efforts to shame. Tage helped out this year for the first time, but I think he was… Read More Sunday

Voilà, even! Behold the ravioli! We gave it another go this evening, and this time it turned out pretty well (thanks in large part to my husband’s pasta-rolling skills). So maybe Ted isn’t such a rat bastard after all. Today being Maundy Thursday, all the little Easter witches were out in full force in Sweden,… Read More Viola! Wallah!

Tage has lately developed a love of the outdoors and he wants to spend nearly every waking minute out there. He throws a hysterical, screaming fit whenever we make him come inside, no matter how long he’s been out or how cold it is out there. I’m reminded of why I sometimes hated taking Lydia… Read More Wednesday

Yesterday I bought a tea that I hadn’t tried before, Lapsang Souchong Tea, mostly because the name intrigued me. It was described on the package as “a smoky flavoured tea from the Fujian province of China,” and that didn’t sound too bad, so I thought it was worth a try. Last night I brewed up… Read More “Smoky” is right.

Earlier today we went to town and, among other things, I went to Aqua Spa to use the gift certificate for a body scrub and kurbad (no idea how to translate that — it’s a bath) that my sisters-in-law gave me for the birthday last year. It was very relaxing and my skin is silky-smooth… Read More This and That