Fall is here

Last weekend we went up to my dad. On Saturday we headed out to the woods and had a pick-nick. We saw plenty of mushrooms, but only a few that we recognized as edible. We picked apples and made the first apple cake for the fall. The temperatures were below free at night and the leaves are turning. Fall is here.

Now we are back from another relaxing fall weekend with good friends, tasty food and great weather. For three years now, we; three families with kids in the same age, have spent a weekend in a cabin in the woods by a lake just outside of Västerås. Friday night when we got there, we ate and then pretty much just crashed after a full week at school and work. Saturday, the sun was shining and after a hardy breakfast we headed out in the woods with our baskets to find some chanterelles.

Just behind the cabin we started to find mushrooms. We left a few there and headed further into the woods. It was great fun to see everybody, especially the kids, get excited when they found sooooo many mushrooms. Of course we also had some fika in the woods. If you have been visiting us, you know what fika is. We were heading back with full baskets but could not stop picking since we saw mushrooms everywhere. Then we spent the afternoon cleaning mushrooms while talking and discussing various topics. The kids were running around playing hide-and-seek or trying to catch some fish.

Our inflatable kayak got some use as the sun was setting.

Picking corn

Newly picked corn, so hot so the butter melts with a pinch of salt….that has become one of our traditions. In the beginning of September, every year since Jesper was born; we go out to a local farm and pick corn. Then we go directly home and cook and eat them. It tastes great!

Back to daily routines

The kids are clean, the beds are clean, the clothes are clean and I think we are ready for yet another whirlwind week of our weekday routines. The speed is picking up, this week Malin will start gymnastics and swimming, but it is not until the ice-hockey starts for real that we are up to hurricane strength in our whirlwind.

We have spent our weekends doing some projects at home. You will have to come and visit in order to see our progress. Otherwise, the weekends has been filled with soccer games and hockey practices. One Saturday, Malin got to try to sew, she made a pillow, and she liked it. This is the first year in school that she will have ”slöjd”, that is one semester with carpentry classes and the next with sewing classes.