Events

We got some rest in this afternoon. No need to climb up and down, and came back to the room at 6pm. Though we have already made a dinner appointment, we still had something to eat before we went to upstairs to read.
We will have dinner with the teacher, who worked in the small grocery before, and the two kids.
The monastery had one tree-planting day today. We thought if there would be a tree we had planted, it would be very cool.
Luckily, we were told that we could do it.
They started to laugh at our unskillful hole digging. Some of them eventually could not stand it and came at us to give a hand.
We took pictures after it was done.
The kids from the school were asked to pick up rabbish in the whole monastery. They did it very well.

Linkoping team is said to be the first time to play the final games. The team won the first game. Luckily we watched that game.
It started earlier in the evening and we were all seated before TV to wait for it. Fredrik prepared some beer in the table and I have some tea instead.
When it started, it was difficult to control selves. We were following every pass and every shot. I was shouting whenever the two teams failed to shot or they got shot. It was no doubt that I shouted more for the local team, Linkping team.
Fredrik missed his pc game so much too and since these two teams were not his favorites, so he took the game relaxing, watching the game while reading the guide booklet on pc game. He was looking for any trick to live his game characters ‘family life.
I jumped over from the sofa and he raised his voice too when time went to the last second. Linkping won the first game.
His nephew should be excited too, because he is the big fan of Linkping team. He was there in the site watching the game. I was expecting to see him from TV. Since there were a lot of people, I cannot find him among them. The whole city seemed to move into the stadium that evening.
The game would move to Moto located city to have the second one.
The young boy was given the last game’s ticket, champion game.

With Xiaoyu, we started to have a competition on icecream, glass in Swedish.

Actually I did not get any clear idea on how much icecream we had stuffed in the stomach, till I saw the pile of icecream boxes next to the front door. Xiaoyu nodded to me,"yes, that is all so far", while I was surprised at that pile.

We normally bought the whole box of icecream, sometimes the smaller ones and the bigger ones too.

I always asked to buy icecream, but he never wanted to lose the competition.

One day, he told me,"you should take it away from me, otherwise I will eat all of it." That is 2-liter box. He said that he once got that kind of amount for one time.

I wanted to stop eating icecream, but it was filled up with my mind.

We went to the icecream shop, which is the most famous in Linkoping. As usual, the waiting line was long and wand out of the shop door to the center of the street.

When we came out with two cones of icecream at hands, I saw the people around there all eating or licking up those purple, brown, white and so on.

He is not able to control the drops from the melting icecream, and it is of course that those spots dropped on his hand, T-shirt and pants.

He likes to call me Ms. Mess, but he was Mr.Mess that day with yummy icecream.

小鱼妈妈今天打扮得很漂亮，红色的上衣和黑色的裙子，一双黑色的丝袜。
下午三点，她问大家喝茶还是咖啡。下午茶时间到了。
大家都围坐在厨房的餐桌前。
瑞贝卡把蛋糕放在小篮子里，小鱼的妈妈在一旁沏茶。
她首先把茶叶放进圆头的小夹中，再把夹子浸在茶壶里。在等待茶味散入水里的片刻，她拿出茶杯，一个个地递给我们。
茶好了，她从茶壶里取出小夹，给每个人倒满茶。
茶闻起来甜甜的。大家一边喝，一边咬着烘烤成金黄色的蛋糕，一边聊天。
杰西卡能讲很多有趣的事，吸引大家的注意力。一会儿的工夫，小篮里的蛋糕都不见了。就连最小的孩子，佛莱西娅，也丢下平时最爱的奶酪面包，抓向放在一旁的蛋糕纸。
小鱼妈妈基本充当了我的翻译，虽然小鱼经常笑话她的英语不标准，夹杂着瑞典词汇。
吃好喝足，孩子们和小鱼端着气步枪去后院打靶。小鱼妈妈和杰西卡留在厨房，准备晚餐。
她们端出各种盘子，把水果切片，再把它们一一摆放在大盘中，摆出不同形状。
杰西卡用锡纸裹好鸡腿的一端，和水果放在一起。
等到孩子们再出现在厨房时，桌上已经摆满了准备好的晚餐，都用塑料纸封好。
光看着各种盘子不过瘾，小鱼妈妈注意到了，告诉我们，“想吃就先吃吧”。
我们开始抓饼干吃。她在一旁提醒，那是小鱼最爱的饼干。
门外传来了汽车声。孩子们还有狗一下子都跳了起来，往大门口冲。
杰西卡的父母来了，还有孩子们的爸爸。
他们和小鱼妈妈相互拥抱后，递给她一个个包好的盒子。她边谢谢边拆开包装纸。
小鱼爸爸给妈妈的礼物是一张玫瑰卡片，还有一束玫瑰花。妈妈把花捧在鼻前闻闻。
瑞贝卡抓过玫瑰花，也使劲地闻了闻，然后凑近我们每个人的鼻子，也让我们闻闻。
原来今天是小鱼妈妈的生日。
互相寒暄了一阵，小鱼妈妈宣布晚饭开始。
大家依次拿上餐盘、刀和叉，从一堆食物中挑选自己喜欢的，最后再放上奶酪。
餐厅已经点上了蜡烛，壁炉里也添了柴，燃起了火。
我们在桌前坐好，倒好饮料或者啤酒，开始吃起来。
小鱼的妈妈最后一个进来坐好。大家已经热烈地讨论起来。
阳光进了餐厅，照在每朵花上。
小鱼的妈妈在桌子的另一只角听着大家的闲聊。
每个人又都回到厨房再添了吃的，鸡腿、熏肉、水果、蔬菜沙拉、土豆沙拉还有奶酪。
吃好的人把刀叉放好在盘子的同一侧，继续闲聊。
小鱼爸爸和杰西卡的爸爸起身准备离开。
小鱼妈妈从桌子的另一端告诉我说，“老人准备出去散步啦”，大家都笑了起来。
我们也打算加入他们的散步。
在我们离开餐桌前，她问我：“散步回来以后，你打算喝茶还是咖啡？”
“茶，喝茶就好，”我回答道。
散步结束回到餐桌前，桌上已经摆好了茶杯、咖啡杯，还有蛋糕。
小鱼妈妈自己做的蛋糕。蛋糕上面是一层橙子，吃到蛋糕中间，是另一层橙子。难怪之前我看到水池里堆满了橙子的空罐头。
大家轮流切下蛋糕，放到自己的盘里，然后就是一阵刀叉声音，还有聊天声。
小鱼的妈妈今晚说话很少，杰西卡是聊天的焦点。
杰西卡的爸爸也讲了笑话，关于不同地区瑞典人的笑话，逗得大家笑个不停。
我们打算收拾餐桌时，小鱼的妈妈说：“等每个人都回家以后再收拾吧。”
我们没有带礼物，所以要补上，还有一份给小鱼爸爸。
7号，星期六，复活节，家里的每个人还要再去小鱼父母森林里的家。
祝他们复活节快乐！祝大家复活节快乐！ Glad påsk!

小鱼的父母和我们商量好了，这个周末我们去他们在森林里的家。
森林里的家离城市半个多小时，小鱼的妈妈开车来接我们。
小鱼的妈妈去了超市后，打电话告诉我们她等在公寓的路口。
她很高兴看到我们。上了车，我们就直奔他们森林里的家。
森林里的房子，小鱼的父母买下用作夏天度假的野营地，但八年以前，他们决定把家搬进森林里。
房子在买下前就已经有了一百多年的历史，所以决定买下来时，小鱼的妈妈很担心这样的房子还能不能住。但爸爸是这方面的能手，在他的亲手整修下，房子变了样，在我看来，是一栋新的、可爱的家。
从城市到森林里的家，经过了一个村庄和一个超市后，我们就从湖边公路上了山间小道，公共汽车失去了踪影。
路上的石头在车胎的作用下飞了起来，打在车身上。一路都是“嘣、嘣”的声音。
路的两边全是直直的、白皮的树，还有绿色的松树。
我们经过了几家独立的房子后，是另一个村子，再是一片草地，左转、右转，再右转、左转后，车子放慢了速度。
小鱼的妈妈告诉我们说，到了。
我意外地望车外看去，我们停在一个红色的、没有门的车库前。再往前看，是几栋红色的房子。
小鱼父母的房子是红色的两层楼，白色的窗户，绿色的大门，还有白色的门廊。
小鱼的妈妈告诉我说，绿色的门是她的父母房子的门。重修房子拆下后，她就把它搬到了这里。
房子买下后，小鱼的爸爸就开始翻修整栋房子，地板、墙壁、屋顶、门、厕所、花园、仓库、车库，还有水管、下水道。小鱼和哥哥也帮了不少的忙，挖引水管的土槽、运屋顶的砖瓦、碾平地板的水泥，还有种花。
小鱼的妈妈有很多照片，我从照片里看到了整个翻修房子的过程。
厨房里有一个很古老的灶，听小鱼的父母说，它和这栋房子一样，有一百多年的时间。他们还在继续使用它，作为取暖的工具。
老灶烧的是柴。柴劈得整整齐齐地放在灶前的一个篮子里。
吃过晚饭，小鱼的爸爸拿出他收藏的两封信，是他们搬进来时在地板上发现的。一封是1902年从美国寄来的，里面的笔迹很潦草，看不懂，但能肯定的是，是女儿写给妈妈的。
小鱼的妈妈喜欢收藏猫头鹰，所有有猫头鹰图案的东西她都收集。她把这些收藏摆在了房子里的每个地方，到处都是。
还有小鱼哥哥的三个孩子，小鱼的妈妈把他们的照片挂在进厨房的门口，或者放在厨房的餐桌上。她还用他们的照片做成日历，也挂在厨房的墙壁上。
小鱼和他哥哥用的小床，现在还放在二楼的小卧室里，是哥哥最小孩子的睡床，上面堆满了各种玩具。
即使一岁的生日礼物，小鱼的妈妈也保存得好好的。一只棕色的小熊放在二楼电视房的椅子上，一个迷你的铁熨斗放在进厨房门口墙壁的展览搁板上。
小鱼的妈妈喜欢十字绣。她的作品在每个房间里都会看到，有挂在墙上的画，有铺在桌上的桌布，有摆在沙发上的靠枕。
她还喜欢花，摆放在厨房里、餐桌上、窗台上，还有走廊里。爸爸也很喜欢花，他有自己的温室，那是第二个了。第一个是木头做的框架，和房子翻修工作一起完工。第二个是小鱼的哥哥和小鱼送给爸爸的生日礼物，他们在原来温室的地方重修了现在的这个，合金的框架。
小鱼的爸爸在老房子里还发现了一个鱼竿，不长，所以他推断那可能是孩子用的。他把它挂在了餐厅的墙上。
吃了午饭，我们到山上湖边散步。小鱼的妈妈在路边发现了几朵野菊花，她说那是早春的花儿。她摘了下来，回家就放在了小杯子里。小小的杯子上也是几朵菊花的图案。她告诉我们，小小的花儿很快会长高。