Monday, March 31, 2014

Lego

One of the presents he received was Lego mining car. It's normal size Lego and not Duplo. He is really into it. Other presents are fun as well. Books, flashlight, mustasch, bubble sword, etc.

Sunday, March 30, 2014

What is in your treasure bag?

Here they are checking out their treasure.

Treasure fishing

Here they are using their key to retrieve the treasure. Mmm exiting!

Find the key and...

Each kid received a map of where to search for the key. They found the key and they used this key to get to the treasure.

Treasure hunt

Pingu became a captain and he gave them assignment to find the treasure. As you can see he got full attention from all the kids.

Sunny day

It was warm and sunny so they could be out in the garden.

Birthday party

They did birthday party for Momo-chan with his daycare friends and neighbor kids. Very lively with 8 kids in a house!

Saturday, March 29, 2014

Tired Momo-chan

On the way back home, Momo-chan asked Pinga to have her knit hat. Then he put it on like this and fell asleep after 10 seconds or so. He was very tired.

Bicycling downhill

Momo-chan enjoyed biking down the hill. It was such a nice sunny day today. The temperature went up to 15c degrees.

Windows hill?

After lunch they went to a playground near by and there were these small hills. It looked like the desktop of Windows.

Peruvian lunch

They went to have late lunch at This temporally Peruvian restaurant again this afternoon. Pinga ordered the same dish as last time to share with Momo-chan. It was good but maybe a bit better last time.

Ladybug under cleaning

Momo-chan was serious about cleaning. Pinga said to him there's no need to clean the ladybug but he said it needs cleaving and continued to do so.

Little helper

Pingu was vacuum cleaning and Momo-chan wanted to help as usual.

Friday, March 28, 2014

Little captain hook

Pinga borrowed this eye patch from her colleague. Pingu will be captain hook on Sunday. Momo-chan wanted to try it on. So here he is.

Locomotive

Monocacy received souther birthday gift. It's a locomotive that makes nice noise as if it's running. He also received for roses in different colors. Very nice!

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Ramen Momo-chan

Momo-chan enjoyed his ramen noodle. He liked yakibuta and menma a lot. He still is not fond of egg yellow though.

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

More baking

Pinga is good at baking cookies and Momo-chan likes to help.

Pinga birthday cookies

Since it is Momo-chan's birthday, Pinga baked these cookies on the theme of 4. Momo-chan and Pingu-Pinga friend came by to help decorate them.

Book on popular theme

Momo-chan got a gift from his Japanese friend's who attend the same group at daycare. It is a book about poo! Momo-chan loves it and he has already had it read to him twice!

Globe birthday gift

Momo-chan's grand parents in Tokyo got Momo-chan this very nice globe. Now Momo-chan can explore the world at home as well.

Birthday waffles at daycare

Today is Momo-chan's 4th birthday and he got celebrated at daycare with ice cream and singing among other things. As added bonus there was waffles for children and parents since today it is waffle day in Sweden. It was tasty and fun to see everyone at daycare.

Cookies

Here's the result of Momo-chan and Pinga's cookie project.

Cake and cookies

Dinner was gyoza according to Momo-chan's request but he didn't eat much. Then it's cake time. Momo-chan got excited about those vehicle candles.

Cookie making

As usual, Momo-chan helped Pinga's baking project. Helping was nice but Pinga had to keep close eye on Momo-chan as he rtried to eat cookie dough all the time.

Globe

It was a globe! Here's Momo-chan trying to find where Tokyo is.

Present from Tokyo

Momo-chan got a present from Pinga's parents in Tokyo. Exciting! What's inside?

Waffle day

It's waffle day in Sweden. So Momo-chan's daycare invited kids avd family for waffles. Very nice!

Monday, March 24, 2014

Assembling bike

While Pinga was baking birthday cake for Momo-chan, Pingu was assembling his bike. It was almost done but not completely as he needed some special oil and tool.

Summer chair

Momo-chan found this sun chair for kids at the same store that they bought his bike. He sat down immediately and tensed like this. It has his new favorite color, light blue.

Bike shopping

They went to buy a bike and a helmet for Momo-chan as he will turn for tomorrow. He was having tough time deciding between light blue and red but as there was not light blue bike, he decided on a red one. Here he is helping Pingu carry it.

Sunday, March 23, 2014

Pool party?

After a lot of playing upstairs the kids came down with much less clothes than before. They had decided to play pool games and even put on goggles. They had a lot of fun.

A visit to a Hansa town?

No this is not an old German type of town but an area of the nearby Hjärup called Jakriborg. Today they all went there to visit friends.

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Train car exhibition

Two old train cars have been converted by Brio and there you see Märklin train models,  some old game consoles and Barbie dolls.

Santa Claus toy factory

The basement of the Brio Lekoseum is filled with Santa Claus toy factory where you can watch Santa and his helpers make toys.

Trains everywhere!

Momo-chan and his friends enjoyed the large train play area.

The Brio Lekoseum in Osby

Pingu and Momo-chan went with some friends to visit the Brio Lekoseum in Osby, an hour away from Lund by train. Brio are a famous Swedish toy manufacturer.

Large boots

Momo-chan, those boots are too big for you. Momo-chan put them on when Pingu came to pickup him up from daycare.

Thursday, March 20, 2014

Game evening

Pinga played game with colleagues this evening. It happened to be her favorite game Carcassonne. Pinga won it.

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Bathtub haircut

Momo-chan's hair is growing longer so Pinga decided to do some cutting while Momo-chan was taking a bath. Why is Momo-chan sitting so still you wonder? Well, there is an Anpan-man animation playing.

The lightning ship

Momo-chan's daycare has a a ship-shaped play area which they have named lightning. Yesterday when Pingu went to pick up Momo-chan they ended up playing there for a while.

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Baked sweet potato 初めての焼き芋

Together with Pinga, Momo-chan ate yakiimo. He liked it a lot. He watched Pinga peeling potato skin off and he wanted to try too.

Curry udon カレーうどん

Momo-chan likes Japanese style curry. Dinner was udon noodle with curry on top. He ate well.

Sunday, March 16, 2014

Gallery M

After the lunch they went to this gallery. There was this very friendly dog Elton that liked Momo-chan. Momo-chan was a bit afraid or didn't really know how to deal with him.

Cebiche lunch

They were invited to their friends home for Peruvian lunch. He is Swedish but he lived in Peru for a long time and he knows much about Peru. Cebiche he prepared was delicious. Pinga was extra happy as there was no coriander in it. Momo-chan liked it and also the side dish cooked sweet potato. As it was very orange and the the texture was somewhat similar, he thought it's pumpkin.

Play station 3 game

They had guests for dinner. As there were two older kids and they wanted to play game, Momo-chan tried playing a game on play station 3 for the first time. At the beginning it was ok but it was a bit too difficult for him avd he started to do something else soon after.

Friday, March 14, 2014

Surprise dinner

Pingu's sister planned surprise birthday dinner for Pinga. Pinga had no idea and very much surprised. She enjoyed her time with her friends and Pingu's sister a lot.

Thursday, March 13, 2014

Swan with raspberries

Pinga made this for Momo-chan. Well, swan choux is baked by her friend. Momo-chan was happy but he was mostly interested in raspberries.

Noren from Tokyo

They got this beautiful noren from Pinga's parents in Tokyo. Pinga has been longing for it so she is happy. So as Momo-chan and Pingu!

Artist Momo-chan

They had these up on the wall at daycare. Can you find out which one is done by Momo-chan?

Answer: the pink one at the left corner!

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

I want to watch some more

It was too exciting and Momo-chan didn't want to leave for daycare. But he biked on soon after.