Oct
20
Synttäriaamu
by Sofia - in Good things for kids Party planning
Aamuhetket ovat pienelle synttärisankarille aina jännittävä asia. Aamiainen ja lahjat tarjoillaan meillä perinteisesti sänkyyn. Purkka sai siskoltaan teekutsu-pelin jota oli kovasti toivonut ( sen kuva taisi olla jonkun toisen Eeboon pelimme laatikon pohjassa) ja meiltä hän sai potkulaudan uutuusvärissä kirkkaanpunaisena. Nelivuotias on jo aika iso istumaan rattaissa, mutta erityisesti kesällä Tukholmassa huomasin, että ei tuon ikäinen kuitenkaan jaksa vielä kävellä ihan koko päivää ympäri kaupunkia ja pitkiä matkoja. Myös harrastusmatkat sujuvat nopeammin potkulaudalla ( joka on täällä kaupingin keskustassa asuvalle vähän helpompi kuin polkupyörä). Isosisko nousi innoissaan kanssani aamulla laittamaan voileipiä tarjottimelle ja keittelemään babyccinoa siskolleen. Kuppikakkujen Happy Birthday-kyltit olen löytänyt Magnolia Bakerystä. Ostin yhden Nykistä vuosi sitten kun olimme siellä lomalla, mutta ne jäivät sitten hotellihuoneeseen. Onneksi ystäväni oli niin ihana ja toi minulle uudet siellä ollessaan. Syötävät kukkakoristeet joita oli myös sitten synttäriijuhlissa lapsille kuppikakkujen koristelua varten ovat Doctor Oetkerin ja löysin ne omasta lähi k-kaupasta ( kuten myös nuo samanmerkkiset muffinivuoat). Mielestäni nuo kukat olivat hurjan söpöjä! Kakkukynttilät ja pienet paperihatut ovat Rice Dk-merkkiset. Ne ostin NK´n lastenosastolta viime kesänä.
Oct
15
Belle and Boo Baking party
by Sofia - in Good things for kids Party planning
As I told you Bubble Gum had her 4th birthday party yesterday. She was allowed to invite as many guest as her age is. Four guest plus her and her sister was actually the perfect amount. Six kids are relatively easy to handle. I picked them up with a friend after snack from nursery and we walked home hand in hand and then I had asked the parents to pick them up at our place instead of the nursery. It worked out very well as the kids were not too tired like they would have been after nursery hours and the parents didn´t have to do anything except for pick up ( but we live close to the nursery so it was not such a big difference). I had two friends helping me out a little which was super nice. Although the kids practically took care of themselves it´s always nice to have another adult in the house just in case.
The party was a Belle and Boo themed baking party. The kids did not really do any baking per se just decorating cup cakes but I did ask them to bring aprons just in case. I also decorated little chefs hats for them. They looked adorable in them! We had just a little snack of miniature pretzel buns with a Boo shaped cheese and cucumber and some fruit, carrots, tomatoes and strawberries. Then the kids had individual cupcakes on little pedestals that they got to decorate and eat. That was practically it. Super easy and fun and they loved it. Everyone got to take one cupcake home too with a tube of sprinkle candy. The kids also coloured some Belle colouring pages I printed from the website and then Bubble Gum opened her presents and the kids played with those and cooked up a storm in the play kitchen ( more cupcakes that is!). All in all it was a very stress free party and everyone seemed to be having a good time! I even had time to sit down and drink a cup of coffee. After the guests left and we had cleaned up ( plenty of sprinkles in our vacuum cleaner!) we sat down to build the new puzzles and to eat some pizza and salad for dinner. It was such a fun birthday and I think it was great that Bubble Gum got to do it on her actual birthday. I think it made it feel even more special!
Here are ( way too many) pictures if you´d like to see…
Muutama kuva Belle & Boo leivontajuhlista, eli Purkan nelivuotis kaverisynttäreiltä. Sukulaisille ja kummeille pidämme molempien tyttöjen yhteiset kakkukahvit sitten Marraskuun alussa joten nyt kylässä oli vain muutama pikkutyttö ja yksi pikkupoika.
Oct
14
My bubbly baby girl
by Sofia - in Random
A little girl who loves her teddy bears and nurtures her dolls. She wraps them all in little blankets and feeds them parts of her dinner.
A little girl who loves to play with her friends and looks up to her big sister.
A little girl with the most contagious laughter in the world that comes from the bottom of her tummy… and her heart.
A little girl who tip toes to her parents bed almost every night and snuggles in her daddy´s arms or curls up next to her mummy´s back and sleeps there peacefully even after everyone else is up and about their morning routines.
A little girl who has a heart of gold but a very strong will too. She purses her lips and pulls her chin out and you know she has made up her mind about something and there is little you can do about it.
A little girl who wants to climb to her loved ones laps and cuddle as much as she can.
A little girl who takes your face between her hands and tells you you are pretty.
A little girl who cries honest tears if she misses a kiss from her daddy if he goes out the door ( even if it´s just for a jog).
A little girl who comes to you and whispers in your ear ” Mummy I have secret!” and then smacks a big kiss to your cheek and laughs that laugh from the bottom of her heart and you wonder if you ever ever ever would have known the world as it is if she had never come to your life. And you are thankful every day for having such a special person in your life. Four years ago, two weeks after her due date she came. Seeing her sleep happily in the middle of our big bed every morning cuddled in our duvet and resting on our soft pillows I truly get her tardiness those four years ago. Her world is not in a hurry anywhere. She is not in a hurry anywhere. Unless someone is leaving out the door. Then you hear little footsteps running and a little raspy voice yelling ” Hug hug hug, kiss kiss kiss!”. Do not dare to leave or enter this house without plenty of those if she is around.
Happy Birthday Bubble Gum!
Lattemamma
