Easter in Uppsala with my mother and brother.

It was just a day trip so the kids didn’t pack much in the way of books and toys, and by late afternoon they were quite bored. After complaining for some while, they ended up playing a version of rock, paper, scissors that somehow also involved a duster and a mixing bowl, and howls of laughter.

There are aspects of my parenting that I wish I could have done better – but I am so happy that I’ve managed to raise kids who enjoy being with each other.

I decided to ignore Easter and all its traditions and musts as much as possible. So we’re not painting eggs today, or cooking fancy Easter food. Instead we went for an Easter walk in Tyresta.

It’s Easter and the last day of March and the springtime sun can be warm, but the weather is still really cold. We were all wearing our winter gear, padded trousers and warm jackets. The paths were still covered with a thick and really slippery layer of ice. Eric and I often chose to walk next to the path when it got really bad. The kids didn’t even consider icy paths “bad”: they happily crawled and slid on the icy patches and even actively sought out the most slippery places. I guess the risk of falling doesn’t bother them. For me, the ground is too far away and my body is too heavy and breakable for such risks.

A few hours of walking took us to the Bylsjön campfire site where we had lunch. It was in a very nice and sunny spot by the lakeside, and thus quite popular. Families and groups were coming and going all the time, locals as well as tourists, and grilling sausages. Ingrid and Adrian were disappointed that there was a fire already going when we got there and we didn’t get to build our own, but again we adults had a different view and found this quite convenient.

Adrian climbing a tree in a nearby park.

Adrian beading a Snorlax.

Kids with iPad and some sort of two-player game.

Minecraft has become Adrian’s favourite pastime. Legos are out, and so are beads, PlusPlus and all the other things that he used to spend so much time on. Oh, he still does those to some extent when Minecraft is not an option, but they just cannot compare. We’re actually packing away all his Lego models and bricks because all they do is take up space and gather dust.

When he watches videos on YouTube, half the time it’s about Minecraft. When he reads a book or a magazine, there’s a good chance it’s about Minecraft.

• Favourite dinner: pasta with a pea and goat’s cheese “pesto”
• Favourite sweet: Singoalla biscuits with mango and passion fruit flavour
• A few favourite books: Captain Underpants. Upptäckare och äventyrare by Sarah Sheppard.
• Favourite songs from Melodifestivalen: In my cabana by Margaret, Everyday by Mendez.
• Looking forward to: cycling season

Bath. Boy. Boat.

Adrian gets his first professional haircut, at the barbershop on the corner of Spånga Torg.