Spring has come!

It's very sunny and nice today. Pingu, Pinga and Momo-chan went down to town to get Pinga's new bike as her bike was stolen the other day.

Momo-chan's noodle skills

Momo-chan likes noodles and he is also really good at slurping them up.

Chair workout

Momo-chan is quite strong these days and here he is training his muscles further.

Spring!

Lund weather was warm and nice on Saturday while Gothenburg weather was cloudy and not that warm. Even so the spring flowers are coming up in Gothenburg as well.

Sharing an umbrella

Before returning home to Lund, Pingu, Pinga and Momo-chan was walking along the river and saw these cute kids sharing an umbrella.

Ma Cuisine

Saturday dinner in Gothenburg was at a french restaurant called Ma Cuisine. It was good and Momo-chan enjoyed chicken and potato from Pingu and Pinga plates. The menu was quite entertaining too.

Theater poster

A theater scene in Gothenburg is playing a play called "Penguins can not bake cheesecake". How ridiculous, Pinga makes quite a tasty cheesecake!

Tranquilo lunch

Saturday lunch in Gothenburg was at a nice south american themed restaurant called Tranquilo. The decoration was much to Momo-chan's liking and he almost tore it down.

Pinga haircut

Pinga was not happy about her LA hair cut so when in Gothenburg Pinga went to a Japanese hair dresser. It became much better. The damage from the last cut could not be completely fixed but hopefully next time.

In Gothenburg

I'm at the cat hotel as Pingu, Pinga and Momo-chan are in Gothenburg. Pinga thinks tram is very typical of Gothenburg.

Hand puppets!

Momo-chan received many nice presents for his birthday. From Pinga's parents he got three hand puppets. The one in the photo is a lion. Momo-chan enjoys them and reacts to them as if they are alive.

Crooked rail in Tokyo

Pinga's friend took this photo of this crooked railway. You can see what kind of impact the earthquake had... We are hoping for the best for the people in north east Japan.

Presents from Stockholm

Momo-chan received birthday presents from Pingu's father, his wife and Pingu's sister today. As usual, he was very interested in ribbons and wrapping papers.

Throwing...

And then a minute later, he started to throw them. He is in a stage that is fun to throw everything.

Momo-chan crawling!

After a couple of days trying Momo-chan can now crawl forward! Just a few days after his 1-year birthday! Now it is time for me to be scared and hide since Momo-chan is more mobile.

Happy birthday Momo-chan

Momo-Chan became one year old today. He got his fourth tooth today too. He was happy hiding behind the curtain but if you are there I cannot come to sharpen my crows.

6 gets eaten

Momo-chan ate this playing card while Pingu was in the shower. 6 nimmt is the game name and he ate card number 6, is this a sign?
/Klas

Ribbon and Momo-chan

I like ribbons and strings and so is Momo-chan. He got a present from Pinga's friend who came for an afternoon tea. He was enjoying the ribbon and the wrapping paper almost more than t present itself. The present was a picture book with Dumbo.

Juggler's balls

Momo-chan went to friends' place for afternoon tea. While Pingu and Pinga were happy with tasty carrot cake Momo-chan was happy with those balls. He was throwing them in many directions. Good that I was not there.

From stomach to sitting up

Momo-chan is learning new things. Here he shows off his move where he gets off his stomach and gets up into a sitting pose. Well done!

Momo-chan reading

Momo-chan was inspired by Pingu and wanted to read a book. It seems he reads in the Japanese (at the back of the book from a western standpoint).

Another bath

Momo-chan usually gets a bath every three days or so. The bath basin from IKEA is somewhat small but Momo-chan does not complain. He usually enjoys it even if Pinga is being a paparazzi.

Third tooth on its way!

Momo-chan is getting his third tooth. Still he seems in good mood and not much drooling. This pose must not be comfortable but it is so hard to get the tooth on camera. Sorry Momo-chan!

Spinning and gliding

Momo-chan is moving around quite a bit these days. This is a how it can be. Momo-chan turns a lot and then oushes himself across the floor. Since he is moving backwards he sometimes gets stuck and needs help.

I have the garlic!

Momo-chan is making a speech and it seems that the garlic is of great importance. I wish I could understand.

Empty shelves in Tokyo 空っぽの棚

Pinga received this photo of the empty bread shelf from her friend in Tokyo. People are stocking up on rice, bread, meat, tofu, water, etc. after the earthquake and there is nothing on the shelves at supermarkets. Pinga's friend also mentioned that there will be electricity cut for about 7 hours tomorrow. Less trains are running because of the electricity shortage. We are worried about the situation in Japan.
これはピンガの親友が送ってくれた写真です。地震の後人々は米、パン、豆腐、肉、水などを買いだめに走ったためスーパーの棚は空っぽという状態です。更に彼女の住んでいる地区では明日7時間に渡り停電があるとのこと。電車の運行も停電時には滞るとのこと。日本の状況から目が離せません。

Kinect sports

Pinga played this game with her colleagues after work. There are many kinds of sports such as soccer, table tennis, beach volleyball and bowling. These guys are doing boxing.

Isak the rabbit

Momo-chan met a rabbit for his first time. This Isak is a special kind of rabbit which is called lion rabbit. If was very curious about this rabbit just like he is interested in me. I wonder if he could tell cats from rabbits.

Momo-chan in good mood

Momo-chan is in a good mood and is laughing at the dancing tiger that Pingu is moving around.

Momo-chan's second tooth!

Pingu heard a strange sound from Momo-chan. It sounded like teeth grinding. Aha, then there must be more than one tooth and there it was!

11 months old Momo-chan

Momo-chan with another baby. He became 11 months old today. He was on his stomach and moving around the room a bit.

Baby gathering

There was mothers and babies afternoon tea at one of the Pinga's friends place. Momo-chan met 4 other babies there. This baby girl was very curious about Momo-chan's hair and patting his head.

Small, smaller smallest

While out walking Pingu and Momo-chan came across these horses and ponies. Those ponies sure are small!

Watching the day go by

Pingu was out walking with Momo-chan when he saw this cat in a window. It was quite cold and windy outside so this must be a nice position to be in.

Screaming a bit louder

Momo-chan is getting louder these days. He is also enjoying to lay on his stomach and practice pushing himself backwards.

Digging in the drawers

Momo-chan was sitting on the hallway rug and opened the bottom drawer. Maybe it is not so safe for me any longer. It is good that I have some spots up high where I can sleep and hide.

Rockstar Momo-chan

Pingu found a pair of sunglasses for kids today. Momo-chan tried them on and posed nicely.

Watching the oven

Momo-chan was practicing standing up while watching Lasagna being cooked in the oven. He even tasted it later and liked it.

Cold and snowy

Pinga went back to bike commute since this Monday and the weather has been not suitable for biking. Very cold, -5C degrees or so, and snowy. Hope the spring comes soon!

Walking in the nature 散歩

It's cold these days. When Pinga and Momo-han went out this morning, it was minus 6C degrees. They went out with Pinga's friend and her daughter. Although it was cold, it was sunny and not so windy so quite an ok weather for a walk. They walked together about 2,5 hours.

今朝ピンガとももちゃんが出かけた時の気温はマイナス6度でした。彼らはピンガの友達とその娘さんと散歩しました。寒いけれども日が差して風がそんなに無かったので散歩には良い天気でした。彼女達は２時間半一緒に散歩しました。

Pinga tonkatsu dinner

Pingu and Pinga finished off the evening with some nice tonkatsu dinner. It was very tasty, thank you Pinga!

Pingu semla project part 2

Here is the finished semla with powdered sugar on top and with almond paste and whipped cream in between. Pinga liked them a lot. Success!

Pingu semla project part 1

Pingu and Pinga had some friends over today for coffee and cake so Pingu decided to bake semlor. This photo is of the buns just out of the oven.

Garlic marinated ribs

Pinga did her nice garlic ribs tonight. Sometimes ribs can be rather skimpy on the meat but these were generous on the meat and at a good price too.

Crawling backwards?

Momo-chan has a strong will to move around now. I am scared and even peed on Momo-chan's blanket. Pingu and Pinga was not happy about that. In the video you can see how Momo-chan is actually crawling or pushing himself backwards.

Almost crawling

Momo-chan is getting q bit frustrated by not being able to move around. He can spin around and he is also moving forward by rocking back and forth. He is also getting in a crawl like position. Maybe soon he will start to hunt me, scary!

From Pingu: Happy Valentine's day!

Pingu made a special smell with a heart and got Pinga heart shaped chocolates for Valentine's day. Momo-chan wanted to have some as well or at least play with the boxes.

IKEA toy

Momo-chan likes this wooden toy from IKEA quite a lot. He can even move the wooden pieces along the wire. Even more fun is to rock it back and forth and bang it on the floor.

From Pinga: Happy Valentine's day!

Pinga got Pingu this cute card and these nice cupcakes. The cupcakes were bought from a macaroon bakery here in Lund.

Taking a walk

As Pingu was vacuum cleaning the apartment, Pinga took momo-chan for a walk. There were horses with their coats. I wish Pinga could take me out as well as the vacuum cleaner made scary noise and I was running away from it.

Ice cream in minus degrees

As it was nice and sunny Pingu and Pinga went to have ice cream in town. They noticed that they got more ice cream than in summer time. As Momo-chan was restless, they started walking with the ice cream. It was tasty but Pinga became very cold and almost lost senses for her fingers.

Pizza

Momo-chan is curious about almost anything. Today he was reaching out for a pizza so Pingu gave him a little piece of pizza but it seemed like he didn't like it much. He also ate some beans from their salad.

My usual day

As I haven't peed on their bed for a while, Pingu and Pinga let me go into their bedroom even in the day time. So I usually lie on their bed or lie on the cushion in Momo-chan's room.

Bathing Momo-chan

Semla!

Momo-chan was quite interested in trying out the Nordic pastry: semla. He can not try it because it is too sweet but he did not mind reaching for it.

Pulling Pinga's scarf

Momo-chan likes to reach for everything. The other day Momo-chan caught hold of Pinga's scarf. Nice catch!

Morrissey and Momo-chan

Here is Momo-chan and Morrissey lying close together. Momo-chan likes to pinch people these days so Pinga made sure he didn't do that to Morrissey.

Cat knit hat

Pingu, Pinga and Momo-chan went to visit their friend with this gift for their baby girl. They have two cats and thought it would be perfect for them. She looks very cute in it. One of the cats, Morrissey, is very baby friendly and when the baby cried he ran to her to check how she was. Hmm I would run to the other direction from Momo-chan when he cries...

Close encounter

Momo-chan was visiting one of the homes that are in the parents group and they have two cats and a dog. Here is a dog that is very curious of Momo-chan.

Orient grill

Pingu, Pinga and Momo-chan visited Malmö this weekend together with a friend. They went to do some shopping and bought 10 kilo Japanese rice among other things. They had a late lunch at Orient Grill which has some very tasty chicken dishes which they ate with lots of garlic. They were all so full they felt they could roll all the way back to Lund. No dinner needed that day.

Reading Momo-chan

Momo-chan got a book from the mom of the Dinosaurus kid. Momo-chan likes it and started by tearing off the cover which was also lots of fun.

Momo-chan drumming

Momo-chan likes to play with these wooden kitchen tools.He enjoys the sound of banging them together. As long as he does not try to hit me i guess I am OK with it.