Well it is a late blog this week isn't it, and just when everything is getting exciting. Sara is well and truly on her way to being a Mum. She is glowing, looking fantastic and trying to keep herself busy, but for a girl who has two jobs and is used to training 2 hours a day, she is struggling to do this. However, I do sense that she may get used to it.
An insane idea struck us last week, that we should go to Ikea on the weekend. People have had similar ideas before and never been seen again, such is the chaos which ensues around Ikeas all around Sweden every weekend. We were in effect, doing a smash and grab. With Rich in tow we were there by 11.00 and hit the 'barn' section straight away, green sheets and duvet with white hippopotamus dancing across was the choice of bed linen we decided upon. Before you get the idea we had bought an enormous duvet set big enough for a hippo print, they were reduced somewhat. Actually it was a very nice experience buying bed linen, a baby changing positioner, duvet and towels...only in miniature size. It felt like I was about to get out my Action Man and start dressing him and putting him to bed in this mini world. Strange feeling, but also illuminating. We were all done by 13.30 as Liverpool vs Man United had to be watched. Luckily Liverpool won in a dominant and mesmerising fashion as always. So mesmerising infact that we spent the rest of the day just relaxing and resting.
Sunday brought us back to Hotorget for some 2nd hand wheeling and dealing, where we bought an antique side table, an antique stool, 2 antique jewellery boxes and an enormous old eraser. Sounds strange but the pleasure I get from brousing through others goods is extremely satisfying and brings me closer to my father in some strange way. I always hear his voice when I'm there haggling for goods. Like father...
Sara is presently in bed sleeping which is a good sign as she's been up the past two nights for an hour each night only to go back to sleep again. Then when I go to work, which admittedly isn't early, she wriggles and struggles onto my side the softer side and sleeps some more. She has been stone cold snoozing the past two mornings as I have left. A good sign!
You will never believe it but the weather is now good enough to go to parks and enjoy outside as well. Sara, Cathy, Benji and I took a trip to Djurgården yesterday and went for a lovely walk and threw a frisbee round. Mind you later on it started raining but that's another story!
Images like this have been few and far between for the Wilkinson Clan recently. Benjamin has had a cold for the past 3 weeks which has meant... a blocked nose; which sounds something like Darth Vader when he is sleeping, coughing and interrupted sleep; tired Mum and Dad, not much eating; back on the boob. All in all he is still a pretty happy chappy but after surviving his "3 day fever" this week with high fevers and a rash, we are hoping for the best and a return to the healthy, happy little Benji normally seen here.
We have the great fortune of living next to an enormous forest which seemingly goes on forever. Our new apartment is on the edge of town and a 5 minute walk from home is this dense pine forest with trails galore and lakes a plenty. Now the sun is back, the three of us can finally enjoy the fruits of this forest, Yes!
His hair's growing too, look at this little blonde wave! If I didn't know better I'd be trying to surf that little sucker all the way into the beach.
Hi everyone...well after what seemed like an endless dark winter, we officially have sun. Yep that's right! Benji and I had a photo taken just to commemorate the special occasion. In this photo you can see a very, very cute young man, and his son Benjamin basking in the morning sun at the kitchen table. After this photo was taken, Benji did a few Easter Egg spins, it's a break dance move I've taught him from the 80's.
Following in his father's footsteps, Benjamin has gone all vegetarian and decided to eat toefu. Admittedly he has to be quite flexible for this diet but as he insists on it, who are we to stand in his way?
After a good work out most shadowboxers like to lie on the floor and rest, and smile!
Shadow boxing is an exercise used in the training for combat sports, especially as its name implies, in boxing. It is used to mainly prepare the muscles before the person training engages in stronger physical activity.
We have had all sorts of problems with Graffiti in our area. It seems as if every 2 days someone comes along with a spray can and tries to out do the last one with sloppy scribble that shows no artistic integrity at all. Random public doodling is all I would call it. So on any given day there is a whole street emblazoned with unreadable orange spray paint down walls, doors, rubbish bins, power meters etc. 
ng position and any month now he will be crawling into the record books for some crawling activity.
The Swedish Family Wilkinson, 2/3 absolutely gorgeous, 1/3 primeval homo erectus cave man!
"It only took me 3 months to look better than my Daddy!"
When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. 
Benjamin looks like he's about to do a mean WWF pose down for the crowd! 
After winning the cage match and impressing the crowd, Benjamin relaxes at home on his sheepskin rug.
