Kraftskiva (Crayfish Party)

August is crayfish month. It's the season to eat lots of crayfish and drink lots of snapps.

I don't really know so much about the tradition behind it, but we eat, drink, and of course sing. Swedes love to sing and drink. It's tradition to go to one of our friend's house, and this year they served really nice Swedish crayfish. They were huge and super tasty. Think almost like mini-lobsters.

Since I moved here, I am now addicted to these little suckers. I even learned to eat the whole thing (not the shell or brain part, but everything in between) thanks to my mother-in-law. I didn't, however, master her fancy way of lining up the shells in a pretty round circle. Give me another 5 years. haha.

Here are some pics of the yummy yummy food. I am drooling just thinking about it.

Daniel the Godfather.

Daniel is Morgan's Godfather and Kim's best friend.
We met him at a park in Södermalm over the summer when he was visiting. We got some great shots with the kids, drank coffee and had a good time.

I was really nervous that the kids might not have a good time, but in the end they enjoyed playing with the sand and ants. However, they didn't like walking aimlessly in the city, since we didn't know where to go or do.

Poor Daniel had to carry Elliot on his shoulders in the end. But I guess that is what Godfathers are for???? :-)

Fell off the face of the Earth.

Well, I didn't really but it feels like I did.
This summer was all work and not much play. Now that it settled down, I am doing so many different projects, and feel kinda lost.

All the boys are either in school or in daycare now, so I have to figure out what to do with myself. Of course I would love to be at home and take care of the house...but being poor is not an option.

Do you know that it takes me 2 freaking days to do laundry??? I work on the weekends so I missed doing laundry on Friday-Sunday. Monday and Tuesday was strictly laundry with 8 loads. Doesn't sound like much, but the machines here take over an hour to wash cold. Imagine trying to do a warm or hot load.

I am going to try to go over all the things I missed over the summer and post it up gradually. There is so much to show, and so much to tell, but right now my mind is so frazzled since it has passed 8pm.