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\nI’m not even going to write about Legos but of course that is still his main interest.<\/p>\n
\nI’m not even going to write about Legos but of course that is still his main interest.<\/p>\n
Every few weeks he stays at home on a Wednesday to rest and play with his Legos. Wednesdays are his least favourite days at preschool because they spend extra time outside in the morning. He doesn’t like the rain clothes he has to wear in the current weather.<\/p>\n
Lego Chima, his favourite line of Lego models, has been “retired” and replaced with Lego Nexo Knights. Those are also cool. Coolest of all is Star Wars, though. He hasn’t seen any of the real Star Wars movies, but he liked both the Clone Wars<\/i> animated series and Lego Star Wars<\/i>. He doesn’t always find those movies very interesting but they are somehow important to him anyway.<\/p>\n
We bought a Lego Yoda figure and that one is now his favourite and gets to join in when he plays with the Chima and Ninjago figures, even though Yoda doesn’t fit the theme. And when the figures all go crazy and swap helmets or legs with each other, Yoda gets to keep his. Yoda is special.<\/p>\n
Next after Star Wars and Legos come dinosaurs and sharks. When he needed new socks, ideally he wanted Star Wars socks, or dinosaurs. And his swim trunks have sharks on them of course.<\/p>\n
When he tires of Legos and I still have work to do, he listens to music. He can put a song on repeat and listen to it for half an hour. He now has his own Sonos playlist so he has easy access to his favourite songs, which include Samir and Victor and their immortal tunes Bada nakna<\/i>, Saxo-fucking-fon<\/i> and Success<\/i>. Also on the list are last year’s Melodifestivalen winner Heroes<\/i> and this year’s finalist Kizunguzungu<\/i>. <\/p>\n
The next best thing after that is going out. “We haven’t had any fresh air today,” he tells me, and I cannot but agree. So we take a walk to the supermarket and run a few errands, and come home with renewed energy.
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\nAfter pre-school of course the iPad beckons, and YouTube. He still plays quite a lot of Best Fiends<\/i> but not so much Dragon City<\/i> any more.<\/p>\n
Random stuff:
\nHe gets really dry, scaly skin on the backs of his hands this time of the year. It is warm enough outside that he can be without gloves or mittens, but cold enough so the air is dry and no good for the hands, especially when you’re playing with wet cold stuff. And I suspect he wipes his nose with the back of his hands, which makes it even worse. I slather on thick creams and salves every evening and they barely hold the dryness in check, but his skin probably heal fully until spring is here for real.<\/p>\n
He really loves apples. “Apple boats” (apples cut into eights, core removed) is his favourite snack between meals. Our supermarket still sells Swedish apples (in March!) which is awesome, and we buy a lot of them.<\/p>\n
Swim school is going well. As a side effect he has actually learned to like showers, which is pretty convenient, and he doesn’t even mind getting his hair wet any more.
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