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My first e-mail

By on 11-Aug-2010 in Alexander-2010

Today I wrote my first e-mail, with my very own e-mail account! Dad has begun showing me the ropes of what he calls a new world (for me). It will be an exciting fall no doubt (not just because of e-mail of course). It was very interesting, but quite a few new things to learn.

Dad also showed me some keyboard shortcuts that made navigating the web a lot faster .. we also talked a bit about programming. There are a lot of strange words that I’m not entirely sure of yet, but I’m sure it’ll all come to me in due time.

We ended our training session by a Wikipedia lookup of “lactose” and “lactose intolerance“; something we had pledged to do since we were talking about it at the breakfast table this morning. I’m not lactose intolerant, but we were discussing “sugar” in foods.

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Catching my first Pike

By on 24-Jul-2010 in Alexander-2010

You remember how I told you I had just gotten my own fishing rod? Well, today I got my very first catch with that very same rod. Yesterday, Dad and I went to do some practice throws with it, and today I wanted to do some more of that. So Filip, Mom, and I went down to Sjöstugan (an old boat house here in Storvik). On the third throw, Filip told me I was too far into the shallow water with my throw, and I was beginning to agree when something started pulling back and forth!

After some moments of chaos and panic (Mom and Filip weren’t exactly calm), we managed to get the fish into the landing net. Unfortunately, everything including the line and lure got all tangled up in the net. Filip ran all the way back to our house to get Dad, while Mom and I carried the very lively fish – a Pike – back towards the house.

When we got to the house, Dad told us all to calm down and went about the business of first killing the Pike, and then getting it untangled from the landing net. About 10 minutes later, Dad had gutted and cleaned the fish and asked Mom to peel some potatoes!

So now I had caught my very first Pike and now I have had my very first taste of it! What I’m doing tomorrow? Do you even have to ask? :-)

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My very own fishing rod

By on 22-Jul-2010 in Alexander-2010

I’ve been intrigued by fish and fishing ever since I was really small. There’s just something about catching them that is so fun. Of course, when I was a wee bit smaller than now, Dad did catch a bigger one for me; unfortunately I wasn’t very comfortable with the fact that Dad had to break its neck to prepare it for eating. I’ve been a bit put off with that very concept until recently. I’ve made a new friend out here on Blidö, his name is Daniel, and we’ve been doing some fishing which is very cool.

When we went to Norrtälje, we went to Dogger (a store for boat and fishing equipment), and now I have my very own fishing rod! All I have to do now is to learn to actually like eating the fish too :-)

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Wood carving

By on 22-Jul-2010 in Alexander-2010, Filip-2010

After talking to Dad about it, it was decided that we were to get our very own wood carving knives! So when we went to Norrtälje today, Dad looked around the hardware store and finally found something suitable. He initially wanted the more traditional handle with protectors on both sides, but the clerk at the store said they were hard to find. It’s a lot of fun to work with wood carving, and you can make all sorts of things out of an ordinary piece of wood with just a sharp knife and some imagination.

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Two-week summary of bliss

By on 16-Jul-2010 in Alexander-2010, Filip-2010

Two weeks of pure joy in the archipelago with Dad has come to pass. It can be summarized with the following words: sun, water, BBQ, ice cream, laughter, fun, repeat! We’ve been on boat rides, we’ve been swimming and playing in the water, we’ve even managed a trip to Norrtälje.

Now we’re looking forward to another four weeks of holidays on Blidö, and Mom is going to be here too!

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Haircut, Summer 2010

By on 5-Jul-2010 in Alexander-2010, Filip-2010

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Football Academy

By on 2-Jul-2010 in Alexander-2010, Filip-2010

We’ve just completed a full week of football at the Karlbergs BK’s Football Academy! It’s been a week filled with fun, laughs, hot and awesome weather, and of course, football!

At one point, there was just a little bit too much sun to handle, but what can you do .. it’s a lot better than 12 degrees and rain :-)

This weekend, we’re heading out to the cottage .. and we’re staying for six (!) weeks! Summer Holidays, here we come!

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Last day of practice

By on 10-Jun-2010 in Alexander-2010

Today was the last day of organized football practice for Karlberg’s BK-00 (that’s my team). It’s been a fairly long first part of the season, but I’m thinking I’ll miss football in a few days anyway! Of course, the World Cup is about to start in little less than a month, so that’ll offset some of my withdrawal.. and, Week 26, it’s football camp, for a whole week!

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School’s out for Summer!

By on 9-Jun-2010 in Alexander-2010, Filip-2010

Alright .. 0-grade and 3rd grade handled, done, and over with!

We’ll now be chillin’, swimmin’, and eating tons of ice cream! In a few weeks time it’s Football Academy time for a week, which we’re both looking forward to. But for now, it’ll be a few weeks of being really lazy, and proud of it! :-)

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Helsinki

By on 25-Apr-2010 in Alexander-2010, Filip-2010

It was way overdue, Dad had been nagging about it since .. well, since Alexander was a few months old. So when it was time for Mom’s 49th birthday, we decided to kill two birds with one stone (poor birds) and decided to go to Helsinki for a 36 hour cruise. We spent a lot of the time in the Spa with Dad while we were still on the boat. When we got to Helsinki, it was morning and we went out on town. We got some Smurfs and had an awesome lunch. We also went to a few department stores, and then headed back to the boat. These things are huge (!), and there are so many things to do. Of course, we headed back to the Spa with Dad for some more water time! :-)

You can check out our photos from the trip in our album; album.homrighausen.se

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