The Mischief Factory (Again)

We had another nice but very windy day yesterday. The temperature is still above freezing so we probably won't have a white Christmas but it sure feels colder with the wind.

The kids woke up early ... Davin 4:30am and Linnea at 5:30am ... so we had an early start to our day. We were planning on going to Busfabriken (Mischief Factory) again which was the big indoor playarea in Linkoping in the afternoon but since the kids were awake so early we decided to leave a bit earlier. Cattis, Patrik and Ebbe all wanted to go with us and we discovered that Erik and Anna also wanted to go since they wanted to spend some time in Linkoping as well. This meant that we took three cars and I was leading most of the way since we had a GPS and no one else really knew where to go. Of course, on the way there Fredrik and I decided we were hungry and maybe we should stop first to eat. We played some phone tag to get everyone else on board and decided that Erik should lead since he knew of a parking garage where we could all park. When we got there, we discovered it was full so the phone tag began again as we all searched for a place to park. The second garage that we tried was all full and only Erik and Anna found a spot. I gave up and started looking for street parking and ended up finding something almost right away and it was closer than the parking garage too! It was a good thing because the cold, windy walk was almost too much for Davin and me.

We ate at a kebab place called Hakepi that Fredrik and I have fond memories of. The sauce recipe has changed but it was still pretty good food. Davin ate his "chicken" which is just some kebab meat without any sauce and a bunch of fries. He also stole my Fanta so he was definitely ready to burn off all that sugar when we got to the playland.

Everyone had fun at the Mischief Factory ... even Erik and Anna who only stayed a little while to check it out. Davin roped them into looking after him as he wanted to show them his favorite part of the playland ... the MAZE! It is a huge area where you can climb and crawl through tunnels and go down slides. Davin also liked the trampolines too and had a lot of fun showing me his seat drops where he can bounce back up standing straight up!

Erik and Anna left to explore Linkoping and I left soon after to find a present from Santa that Davin had asked for. He wasn't very descriptive and I think it came from something he saw drawn in a book. He wanted a train that you can push. Well, it took some searching and it probably isn't quite the right thing but I got a Little People zoo train that I hope he will like. If nothing else, Linnea can play with it. It said from ages 1-5 years but it seems sort of like a baby toy we already have. I also looked at the store that had carseats but didn't see anything better than what we saw in Motala. I hope to buy it today. I also picked up a bottle of whiskey for Jan since my dad wanted me to buy him a drink. It was very hard since I don't know anything about whiskey. I saw the brand Jan likes to drink and almost got it but thought I should buy him something else to try. I picked an American whiskey called Maker's Mark which I have heard good things about so I hope it is a good pick. I ended up spending twice as much as I wanted to but I think it will be worth it.

So, the kids woke up today at 5:30am (Davin) and 6:30am (Linnea). We ate breakfast and put Linnea down for her morning nap. Davin is playing a new game that I bought from Big Fish Games so that means I should go take a shower. We are going out to eat dinner and Farmor is treating so we will head over there as soon as Linnea wakes up.