Today was daylight savings in Sweden which means loosing an hour. For us it worked out really well since both kids woke up extremly early (Adam got up with them) and were very tired tonight. So no problems putting them to bed at 6. It felt just right. We have had a pretty quiet day today catching up on some cleaning, Adam working a bit on the bathroom, Jakob and Adam skating, Jakob's gympa etc. I spent two nights in Södertälje for work earlier in the week so it is nice to be home again. The trip was really good, we got to see 3 of Scanias plants and talked ot many interesting people. Also had dinner in Stockholm one night with an old uni friend.
Yesterday Adam, Jakob and I spent the day at the local ski slope Måttsund. It was a really great day but it is so hard teaching Jakob to ski! He is doing well and trying hard but I don't have much patience... We did a few runs with the harness and the good thing is that he is getting more and more control of the skiis every time. The negative is that he is not scared at all. I took the harness off once (he refused to do it anymore if I didn't take it off) and on the way down when I tried to get him to practice turns he just pointed the skiis stright down the hill and took off laughing! I had to ski up next to him and pull him over to stop him. And he was still laughing. After that I put the harness on again... 
Jakob has had gymnastics every Sunday for the last 8 weeks. He loves it! it is really his thing with lots of running and jumping and playing. His best friends from dagis Linus and Noel also goes and they don't leave each others side. It is great to sit and watch them have fun together but it is hard at times to not interrupt. At times Jakob doesn't see any other children than himself and Linus and Noel and just run over kids and ignore the line ups to some of the activities. 
Isak is growing up fast. Still not walking, doesn't look like he will for a long time. He is so fast at crawling so I guess he doesn't see a reason for trying to walk. He is trying to talk a lot more and even though he still only says mamma and daddy he is communicating in lots of different ways. He is not shy at all and if he is like this at the end of summer there will be no problem leaving him at child care. 
A few weeks ago Lucas turned two. We went to his kids birthday party and also to the party for relatives. Lucas is really cute and a happy little boy who loves cars. 
Last Saturday Zara and the kids came over early in the morning to play. Micke needed a sleep in and Adam was working on our bathroom so we looked after the children. The dads joined us at lunch time. 
A few weekends ago we had Maria, Mattias and Felix over for dinner. The boys had fun playing all night until they crashed on the couch... 
A few weekends ago we went for a drive on the ice to one of the islands outside Luleå that has a cafe/restaurant. 
The ice road is about 25 lanes wide... 
On the island... 
Some people get there by snow mobile... 
Mormor also came with us and we met up with Zara and the family on the island. 
Adam has a boys afternoon/night tonight and I decided to have a quiet night at home. I asked mum to come over for dinner and some company. 
When I wasn't in the living room Isak had climbed up on the couch and was sitting next to Jakob watching tv. It just looked so cute and just shows how much he wants to be like his big brother. When Jakob laughs Isak laughs, when Jakob shakes his head Isak does too etc etc. 
I had decided that I was going to spend the day outside today. After not seeing the sun from work all week I really needed some time outside! the sun was luckily shinging this morning and it was quite warm so we packed a bag with hot chocolate, sandwhiches and sausague and headed in to the city to watch the snow ball fight competition on the ice. What we didn't realise when we left was how windy it was. After meeting up with Zara, Micke, Finn, Lykke and Jakob (yes, he came with them since he stayed at their place last night) in the city and spending about 15 min on the ice we had give up the idea of staying there and went to our place for a bbq at the back of our house. Very successful day in the end with lots of time in the sun!
Isak is now 13 months old. He is still not walking but he is learning to climb a lot more.
Isak sleeps once a day between 1-3 hours and 11-12 hours a night. He loves his white wrap that he sleeps with, just like Jakob did. When he gets tired during the day he crawls around looking for something that looks like his wrap. In the photo he has found a tea towel that he is trying to go to sleep with on the floor. He is still a baby that likes sleeping but in the last week he has started waking up earlier and earlier in the morning...
This is how beautiful winter can be up here in the north of Sweden. And it is just our backyard. The photo was taken through the window because it was -25 degrees outside.
