Today was Matildas birthday. Because you never reveal a ladys true age I won’t write how much, but I will say that her age is now an even number of years, a number sometimes associated with a feeling of “grown-up-ness”.
We tried to make the most of the day. Breakfast in bed was followed by a picnic-basket and trip to Amundön, a favourite spot of ours by the sea.
So, what about the evening? Matildas sister Malena and her daughter Alicia came to watch the kids, so for the first time in quite a while we had the evening to ourselves. I had (somewhat late) tried to make reservations at a nice, “serious” restaurant, but being friday and with wonderful weather for the past week it was fully booked wherever I called. Instead, to counterbalance our newly aquired age, we decided to do the typical teenager thing in Göteborg – to visit the local amusementpark Liseberg.
As we passed the entrance-gates we were surprised to see a few guys from our teenage group of friends – Magnus, Pål, Mats and Viktor were there to compete in the “Liseberg pentathlon”. Hanging out with them for a few minutes reinforced our “teenage-theme” and were it not for some receding hairlines and a few extra kilograms it was just like fiveteen years ago!
There were a lot of new attractions to try. The biggest and baddest is supposetly Balder – a gigantic rollercoaster build all out of wood. Here is evidence that we rode and enjoyed it. Most of you know Matilda can sing – I can now attest that she also can scream really loud and for a very long time…
It was so nice to feel young and free again – at least for a few hours. But as we stopped to pick up some Häägen-Dazs icecream on our way home we concluded that though we do enjoy an evening by ourselves, nothing really beats familylife in the long run.
As we walked in the door, Gustav greeted us with a laughter, and the day ended perfect! Happy birthday Matilda – I love you – you are the best!
Vilka läckra killar på bilden. Speciellt han den där tunnhårige långt bak
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Hälsa Matilda och barnen…
Hej Mats! Brukar iofs inte referera till killer som läckra, men håller med om att det är ett härligt gäng. Nästa gång får jag hänga med gänget och visa hur en riktig femkamp skall utkämpas
/CJ