Nicke is away in Finland for the entire week and this leaves me home alone with the kids.

The stressful part is to drive them to and from school in the busy peak hour traffic and also parallel park on the narrow street where we live. (Yes, I am still bad at parallel parking after 20 years of driving). The Swedes are very very courteous drivers. It’s amazing that they immediately slow down and let you in when you signal that you want to switch lanes. I try to stay focus by staying on the right side of the road. However, parking is not cheap in Stockholm. It costs SGD 3 per hour between 9 to 5 pm. That is why I insisted that Nicke takes the car to work and pick up the kids instead of leaving the car with me. 🙂

The kids are happily picking sniglar (snails) from their outdoor trips with the school. They show and give them to me everyday when I picked them up from school. I can’t help but think of escargots when they put them in my hands.

Today, while driving the kids home from school, I commented to Linn that her friend’s mom is very pretty. Her surprising answer is that ‘I don’t think so. I am pretty too…just like you!!!’.

My dear Linn, all that sweet talk will not earn you more sweets.