Easter – Check!

Easter long weekend was a hoot! A great combination of r’n’r, playtime and getting stuff done around the house. On Thursday afternoon pretty much everyone in Sweden had a half day as, after all, you need a bit of time off work to mentally prepare yourself for time off work. Makes perfect sense. So around noon, Shaena and Ethan came to pick me up from the office and Shaena had prepared a picnic that was had in Humlegården; a huge park in Stockholm city centre. The weather was fantastic and Ethan was running around like a madman in the park! Great way to start the long weekend!

On Good Friday we decided to go for a drive and check out the sights around Stockholm so the Harrison Ford took us out to Vaxholm, a well-known summer destination for ‘Stockholmians’. Vaxholm as a place to live is a bit on the posh side and there are lots of sizeable, gorgeous houses right by the water out there so we had look around there and then enjoyed another picnic in a park and playground. Once again, E ran around like a madman at the playground and was happier than a tornado in a trailer park!

The rest of the weekend was basically spent at IKEA, thinking about IKEA or putting stuff from IKEA together. Well, that didn’t sound too exciting did it? But actually, it was and we got a lot of stuff done and even managed to… wait for it… close off the last item on the ‘wish list’ once and for all! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the wish list; Shaena had a rider-type list of a few things she absolutely wanted when we moved to Sweden, like an iPhone, a car and a dishwasher. The iPhone and the car you already know about and now we’ve also secured a brand new dishwasher! Very exciting times and this shiny new puppy is getting installed on Monday.

Oh, and we managed to squeeze in and host a pancake breakfast for 10 on Easter Monday as well! You can’t go wrong with Canadian-style pancakes and what a great way to round off a fabulous weekend!

Next up: A visit from Winnipeggers Lauren and Art!