There is so much going on in his body and mind. And he seems to have so little control over it. And it doesn’t seem to bother him at all.

Even when he is in the middle of an activity, his body has ideas of its own. His feet climb the chair next to him. His body worms around on the floor. His mouth hums or makes random noises. His arms crawl into his shirt. His fingers poke or pull at things.

His mind goes off on tangents and forgets what it was supposed to be doing. What if everything we said “what if” about became real? What if make-believe games turned into reality, and then went back into his head when he takes a break to go to the toilet, and then came out again when he is done? What if he could go back to when he was younger, but not actually become younger?

“I like asking about words and things that I hear and that I don’t understand.”

• Favourite fruit: crisp, hard apples
• Favourite outdoor activity: cycling, especially on the trailer bike with me. Adrian is happy that cycling season has begun.
• Currently reading: a lot of Bamse, and part 2 in the Örnfolket series
• Good night stories: Rasmus and the tramp with me, Winnie the Pooh with Eric
• Favourite plushie to sleep with: Yoda

We don’t have a habit of bringing back presents when we travel. But Arlanda Airport has a large Pocket Shop that sells sticker books that normal bookstores don’t have. The kids have been waiting for months for me to go on a flight so that I can buy sticker books for them.

Pokemons attacking the Qixels castle.

Adrian proudly showing off the gap after his first lost baby tooth.

An armchair, an apple and a comics magazine – what more does a child need?

 
 
A simple breakfast can take a long time when the world around you is so full of much more important things to think about. Such as all the text on each package on the kitchen table. (Learning to read definitely did not help make meals go faster.) And the ceiling. And whatever is happening outside the window. And just about everything else.

It’s spring – gardening season has started! I’ve taken the first steps in this season’s big project, which is to plant a hedge along the retaining wall that we had built last year, all the way along the two sides of the garden that face the street. Spiderman is helping me dig a ditch for the hedge.

Spring has barely arrived in the south-facing side of our garden, and here’s a dandelion already thinking it’s summer.

Adrian and I went to pick up a package from the video rental shop/DHL parcel delivery point, and even though it was past the time they should open, they were not. We hung around for ten minutes or so, me taking photos, Adrian cycling up and down the pavement. No staff turned up so we came back home without our package.