Jakob was so happy to have Moa here and they played together really well. They even invented their own games when we were in a different room.
Jakob and Moa got an Easter egg each filled with little toys and sultanas.
Jakob really looks up to Moa who is nearly 6 months older and he was so happy when Moa read him a book.
Tuesday evening Maria gave birth to a healty baby boy and it all went really well. Last night we went to the hospital to meet them and Maria looked great, hard to believe she gave birth only 2 days ago.
It was great for me and Adam to have a night and a morning to ourselves but it also feels so nice to have Jakob home again. After a day in the snow Jakob helped Adam to put together a new bookcase, and afterJakob helped me to fill it up. 
Jakob cuddling up in an armchair before bedtime
Adam and I picked up Jakob from mormor and morfars around 11.30 today and went straight out to see Maria, Andreas and Alice at Maria's parents holiday house only 15 min drive outside Lulea. The cabin is in a beautiful spot right by the ocean, which is of course frozen over at the moment. In this picture you can see (apart from Jakob and Maria's dad) a small deer running on the ice in the distance and also the little wind shelter that Andreas has built up on the ice.
At first Jakob was a bit upset and tired I think but it didn't take long before him and Alice were playing together happily. A couple of small spades to play with and a bit (I mean a lot) of snow could keep at least Jakob happy for a long time.
Maria who only slept a few hours last night because of back pain battled along really well but took it quite easy. She is now probably only days away from giving birth. Very exciting!!
Andreas took care of the fire and he also cooked sausages for as all. Yummy!
Adam had another go on his new cross contry skiis and he is looking more and more comfortable on them.
After playing outside for a couple of hours we all went inside Maria's parents cabin. Jakob and Alice started playing with some Easter decorations.
After some playtime we all had some left over birthday cake.
And then Alice and Jakob went in to the bedroom. As we all know they both love spending time together in bed.
This is our house! the photo was taken today when the sun was shining and it was quite warm. We still have lots of snow around the house and it is hard to imagine that it will all be gone in only about a month.
Yesterday I had invited the rest of the family over for cake. Birthdays are always a nice opportunity to get people together.
Since Adam is now so in to skiing he decided to go again this morning. Today him and Andreas went to Måttsund, the bigger slope here in Luleå and Jakob and I went to see Maria and Alice instead.
This is how I found Jakob and Alice when they both had run upstairs and suddenly got really quiet. I am starting to get a bit worried... Jakob is only 2 and Alice not even 3...
Yesterday afternoon Sigrid and Elvin came to visit. Jakob really likes and looks up to Elvin who is 2 years older than him. He wants to do everything Elvin does.
Yesterday the weather was really amazing, warm sunny and no wind at all. We went to see Maria, Andreas and Alice and brought our new ski's and also Moa's ski's for Jakob to try. Both Jakob and Adam did really really well even though Jakob gave up after about 5 min.
Maria is 38 weeks pregnant so she took it easy and so did I. We just took care of the kids and played in the snow when the boys went out in the forest for a bit of cross country skiing.
After a few hours in the snow we had home made pizza at Maria's place and the kids played for a bit before we left to let Jakob have a sleep in the car. 
Today was a really beautiful sunny spring day here in Luleå. The temperature was around 0 degrees with a lot warmer in the sun. We spent most of the day in Ale by the Ale river together with mormor and morfar, Anders, Helena, Moa and Lucas, Åsa and Mikael and Åke. Mormor and morfar got there before everyone else to start the fire and get everything ready and they also brought the food for the day, sausages and hamburgers that we cooked on the open fire and the bbq. Åsa and Mikael also brought some home made dough so that we could make "stick bread" that you grill yourself in the fire. So good!
The place where we were looked stunning with the blue sky and the white snow. When we first got there Jakob was in a pretty bad mood but luckily it turned around after he had some yummy sausages to eat.
Cooking sausages on a wooden stick is a very Swedish thing and here Jakob tries it for the first time ever.
Since I am the one almost always behind the camera we don't have many photos of the 3 of us. Here is one with Jakob screaming and wanting to get down.
After being a bit scared in the beginning Jakob gained some more confidence and decided to have a go on the pulka with Moa. Adam carried them up and off they went!
You can really tell that Jakob is getting older. He is starting to play with other kids and today him and Moa walked of to the side and started playing on their own.
Jakob tried to pull Moa in the pulka but he didn't get very far.
Jakob did a great job helping morfar cover all the hot coles from the bbq with some snow.
Lucas slept the whole time we were together. He looked so comfortable sleeping in the pram out in the beautiful spring weather.
Living in snow for the first time in his life, Adam is learning new things every day, that for us Swedish people is something we grew up with. In the photo Maggi is showing Adam how to use the "spark". He did really well!
