Now where did we put the car?

Where did we put the car?
Originally uploaded by lundapagen.

And this was what we chose to travel in (old, worn winter tyres not visible).

Marit in the snow

Marit in the snow
Originally uploaded by lundapagen.

And here's another little lady who had a fine time...

Saskia's igloo

Saskia's igloo
Originally uploaded by lundapagen.

At least 60cm of snow have fallen in the past couple of days and there's more to come! In fact there was so much to clear away from the driveway (so that the newspaper man and postman could reach us; the former has been known to throw the paper on the snow sans plastic bag when really annoyed!) that we were able to make a cosy igloo for Saskia.

Today we tried to drive to Eslöv to have lunch with Yngve, Kaoken, Paula and Elisabeth. However after only a few km we started to feel that this exercise in skating on wheels might not turn out well. We even went straight to the nearest tyre dealer (which was up a hill, leading to some nervosity about whether we would actually get there) and bought new winter tyres, but after a second attempt to reach Eslöv, only making it a couple of km further, we gave up and came home. Naturally Saskia was disappointed in a major way.

Christmas Eve

Saskia unpacking a Christmas present or two
Originally uploaded by lundapagen.

For the first time we had to follow Swedish tradition and open the Christmas presents on the 24th. Waiting until Christmas Day had been OK when Saskia was at kindergarten, but now she's at school peer pressure has set in in a big way, and expectations were high for the 24th. However we didn't watch Kalle Anka (Donald Duck for those out of the loop), in fact no TV at all... In this particular wrapping paper could be found Cluedo Junior (no murder, just a grave case of eating cake between meals) and she also got some clothes and another game, Kids from Catan. Marit and the two elder members of the household were also well taken care of by Santa (who, Saskia will explain to all and sundry, does not exist...) In fact we had left rice pudding and a drink for Santa and his reindeer, and despite the fact that they were consumed by the morning Saskia refused to believe that You Know Who had been responsible. Shades of the tooth fairy (see earlier entries!)