Yesterday: around –20°C during the night so of course the water froze again. Got it mostly working by the afternoon, with the help of a heater under the house.

Took the train to town for some shopping. A battery charger, some origami paper and an origami book for kids, two books for Ingrid, a duvet cover, some fabric for pillowcases. (We have UK-sized pillows and it’s almost impossible to find covers for them in Sweden. The Swedish ones are too small.)

Ingrid’s friend E came to play in the afternoon, after pre-school.

The builders installed the new front door. Now they can use it to get in and out of their half of the house and don’t need to stomp over our carpets, spreading sawdust all the way.

Today: around –20°C during the night so of course the water froze again. It’s becoming routine by now. Pretty cold outside during the day, too: about 16°C when it was time to go to playgroup with Adrian.

He loved it as usual. He insists on facing the other mums and kids all the time. While we sing with the babies, during the songs where you’d normally have the baby facing you (Prästens lilla kråka, Baka, baka liten kaka) I have to either make do with him facing the wrong way or just skip the movements. He will not be turned around.