A week free of sickness – hooray! Little O was off nursery (or förskola as it is called here) on Monday and Tuesday, just to make sure that he was fully recovered, so we had a lazy day in on Monday, and on Tuesday, just when I was despairing as the boys attacked each other for the fourteenth time (I think they had had a little too much of each other’s company…), there was a knock at the door and this beautiful bouquet arrived. It really put a smile on my face.

On Wednesday, Little O was back at förskola and ready for the weekly excursion to a local park, all dressed up in his reflective vest. And the week got even better on Thursday  when a letter arrived saying that Baby E has been offered a place at the same förskola as Little O (and, in fact, in the group that Little O has just left, so we know all the staff really well already).

Baby E was in a good mood on Friday and enjoyed scooting around with his toddler wagon. He has now become interested in trying to walk if we hold his hands, something that he hated to do until recently. It will be interesting to see when he decides to try his first steps unaided, as Little O had already started to walk about ten days before his first birthday. Just another way in which these two are so very different.

Little O demonstrated yet again how active he is – he just does not stop moving. Sometimes I feel exhausted just watching him. And so today we decided to let him run off some steam at the park, although, of course, his favourite thing to do there is swing.

How was your week? What did you get up to?

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