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Waterfun

By on 1-Aug-2011 in Alexander-2011, Filip-2011

Today was the first day with just us and Dad these Summer Holidays; needless to say we spent a lot of time down by the water. Swimming, jumping, filming (with the GoPro), and having a blast in general.

There’s a pile of rocks some 50-75m out in the water that Alexander wants to swim out to. Dad told him it was OK only if we did some practice runs in more shallow water. So Alexander practiced like a madman (!); he did eleven laps of 25m for a total of 275m. Not bad at all.

Filip continued to improve on his swimming, both on and below the surface. We spent a total of four hours by the water. It’s a tough job, but someone’s got to do it, right? :-)

You can find three of today’s videos below:
youtu.be/B5f5ZCDrDjU
youtu.be/_j1WMRCJdQM
youtu.be/OYceBKZEtvc

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Visit from Aunt Katja

By on 30-Jul-2011 in Filip-2011

Aunt Katja turned up on thursday. Dad went to pick her up at the Boda bus stop. She had a lot of gifts with her, and not just for me! For the first time in a long while, she spent more than a couple of hours here :-) Today Dad dropped her off at the Archipelago boat taking her to Stockholm. We had several awesome days; swimming in the Baltic, boat rides, and more! Awesome visit!

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Archipelago bath!

By on 2-Jul-2011 in Alexander-2011, Filip-2011


It’s a done deal; our formal vacation is on and we’ve had our first archipelago bath of the season – whoa!

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Long Archipelago Weekend

By on 8-Jun-2011 in Alexander-2011, Filip-2011

This last weekend we finally got a long weekend at the cottage; there were no football matches, no birthday parties, and no other scheduled activities. Whoa! We were very fortunate with the weather and spent a lot of time playing with water balloons. Dad and Alexander played several games of Pentago, something which they both enjoy a lot.

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2010 is out, 2011 is in!

By on 2-Jan-2011 in Filip & Alexander

And so it has come to pass, 2010 has rolled over into 2011! We spent all of the Christmas holidays in the archipelago (is there any other place?) with a lot of fun in the snow, lazy days, and tons of wonderful food and (of course) a lot of candy.

From our Christmas wishlists, we got more than we could have hoped for. Alexander got his long awaited Call of Duty 7 (“Black Ops”) and FIFA 11 for the Wii, along with some other things he’d wished for. Filip got Smurf “stuff”, Kappla sticks, MagStix, Photo album, and Donkey Kong Country 2 for the Wii.

All in all, it was another great stay in the archipelago.

Oh yes, on New Year’s Eve, we had promised ourselves that we’d stay awake until midnight. At around 23:15, we fell asleep and couldn’t quite be bothered to properly wake up at midnight. Oh well, maybe this coming New Year’s Eve we’ll finally make it :-)

Rock on!

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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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Filip the diver

By on 13-Jul-2010 in Filip-2010

The Diver

From the Filip goes swimming development department, we can now report that the soon-to-be 7-year old is swimming (albeit under water), snorkling, and making skilled jumps into the water from the docks.

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