It has been increasingly difficult for Little Anya's dad to keep her occupied at home. There are toys and TV but everything lasts just for a while, then there are books and music which could provide some more help but then even standing by the window and waving at all the incoming cars and people does not suffice.
Thankfully one find day the answer presented itself in front of her Daddy, who's mind had more or less come to a grinding halt and had run out of all feasible alternatives. Little Anya visited the Öppnaförskola and there she found loads of toys, doting personnel and several mothers and small children to smile at. Öppnaförskolan in Swedish, literally translated into English is 'the open pre-school'.
As if her parents' prayers have been heard , Little Anya can cook her own food and eat it, even feed her daddy for that matter. 
There are so many toys and play things that her Daddy can take a while and think about methods to relieve his crumbling back. Needless to say our Little Anya has become big now and despite her increasing prowess at walking, she still insists on being carried from time to time.
It is quite a social experience for Little Anya and her Daddy there. She gets to endear one and all with her smiles, her 'Elvis style' haircut on top of all her ever going comments on life in her own language, which appears to be a mixture of Hindi, English & Swedish!
Ofcourse for her Daddy, it is interesting too since he can see so many other parents who are on the verge of pulling their hair when it comes to channelising the energies of their young ones. Öppnaförskolan seems to be a haven for all such sleep deprived, hungry, unkempt and hapless parents!
Daddy cant complain much since he ha made good friends there and even gets to discuss boring subjects such as the Chinese economy and performance of Huawei etc while Little Anya is busy playing. Yes, grown ups are human beings too and they are also sometimes allowed to have things they like to call 'interests'.
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