Dec
14
Swimwear
by Sofia - in Good things for kids Shopping
Tiedän, että uimapuvut eivät ehkä ole ihan ajankohtaisia, mutta ajattelin, että ehkäpä tästä vinkistä olisi jollekin silti iloa koska moni suuntaa joulun jälkeen tropiikkiin lomailemaan. Olemme ostaneet Condorin sukkiksia ja sukkia tytöille jo pitkään La Coquetasta koska ne ovat mielestäni aivan suvereeneja laadultaan, istuvuudeltaan ja kestävyydeltään. Kiitos Pitsinauhaa blogin Jaanan Instagrammin huomasin, että heidän omat nettisivut toimittavat sukkia kaikissa malleissa ja väreissä sekä paljon muutakin kuten uimapukuja. Pidän näiden mallista ihan hirmuisesti. Tuo sporttinen leikkaus selässä auttaa siihen, että uikkari pysyy hyvin paikoillaan ja olkaimia ei tarvitse nostella vähän väliä. Itse olisin valinnut väreistä tummansinisen ja vaaleansinisen, mutta tytöt toivoivat turkoosia ja pinkkiä. Värit ovat ihanan kirkkaat ja sopivat täydellisesti eksoottiseen ilmastoon turkoosin taivaan ja palmujen alle.
Before leaving on our holiday I ordered the girls new swimsuits. I found that Condor ( my favourite company for socks and tights) has an online store with a huge variety for not only socks but clothes too and they deliver to Finland. Thank you for the hint goes to the always lovely Pitsinauhaa blog ( or her Instagram really)! So I noticed that they have very simple swimsuits on the website. The sporty racerback model is so handy with little kids as they don´t just float or tan they actually play around in their swimsuits all the time. This model ensures that the suit stays in place and you don´t have to keep lifting the straps all the time. If it were up to me I think the baby blue and navy colours looked best but Cotton Candy chose her favourite turquoise and Bubble Gum her signature colour bubble gum pink. The colours are very bright and pretty. Our girls are almost the same size so I ordered both a size 6 and it´s only a little bit big on Bubble Gum who is 4 ( and average weight and height) so for Finns I recommend ordering one size up ( except obviously for smaller sized kids like our Cotton Candy). All in all a big recommendation for these! ( Also the prize tag and the fact these came delivered in our home in one week was a bonus). For next size I think I´m going to buy the navy and baby blue ones with matching caps. Oh and the pretty cotton cardigans for next summer!
Dec
11
I had a date night planned with my girls a few days ago. I went to pick them up a little earlier to take them to a Christmas fare. It was a horribly dark and rainy day but we are not made of sugar ( just spice and all things nice). The Christmas fare “Tuomaan markkinat” is gorgeous and they have an old Carrousel that you can ride for free. We also enjoyed looking through all the booths filled with candy canes, hand made soaps, knitted socks, gourmet foods and so much more. We found a little booth with Victorian era reproduction Christmas cards and decorations, old fashioned tin toys, little bunny lights and the cutest little umbrellas that we bought. Thank heavens for the umbrellas as it was pouring at that point. We sat inside to drink hot spiced apple juice and ate cinnamon buns straight out of the oven. It was heavenly!
At home our date night continued with baking gingerbread and decorating the cookies. The girls made a gingerbread wreath to my mother in law who has been poorly and I made one for them. Unfortunately I did not take a picture of my mother in laws wreath to show you because we took it to her the very next morning. But I wanted to share a few pictures of the one I made for the girls. It´s not very fancy as I had my hands full helping the girls with this and that and gathering sprinkles that kept spilling all over but you can get the idea. It´s very easy to make and makes such a cute gift for a friend or a godparent. Just have the kids decorate the cookies before attaching them to the wreath. The best part is that it´s edible so no-one has to feel like they have to keep the gift for years to come on display. You could definitely up the style a little by covering the whole wreath with frosting first. You know this is the sky is the limit type of a DIY. The one the girls made was pretty spectacular with loooots of sprinkles and frosting. Maybe not that edible really but fun.
Dec
10
Christmas wreath
by Sofia - in DIY projects
Last year I bought a very simple wreath that we had hanging in front of our big golden mirror. This year I tuned it with pink and white ribbon and the girls chose an ornament to hang on it. We will have it on our front door but because of lighting issues I shot the photos in our kitchen. It´s quite obvious we live in a pink atmosphere in this house.
