Feb
15

Sharing a room

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids

Our girls share a bedroom. As many of my parenting decision this one was just something I always felt was right. Obviously we only have one bedroom for them to share so it was partly a rational decision too. But I felt that as long as they are small and great friends they would be happier and feel safer in one bedroom.  So I never even questioned it.

Jakavatko teillä lapset huoneen? Olisi kiva kuulla vähän teidän kokemuksianne siitä mikä järjestelyssä toimii ja mikä ei. Meille se on jotenkin ollut aina itsestään selvyys, että lapset ovat samassa huoneessa kun he ovat vielä pieniä ja tulevat erinomaisesti toimeen keskenään. Olen jopa välillä miettinyt, että lapset olisivat hyvin voineet nukkua pienessä parisängyssä koska he tykkäävät käpertyä jonkun kainaloon iltaisin. Nyt he ovat hieman toivoneet kerrossänkyä ja olenkin katsellut kivoja vaihtoehtoja välillä sivusilmällä. Nämä eivät kuitenkaan ole tällä hetkellä ajankohtaisia päätöksiä. Alla englanniksi hieman pohditaa jaetusta huoneesta…

But then I was asked how we do it and if I have great tips for kids sharing a room. For us it has worked really well so far. The girls are very close at age with under 2 years of age difference and they get along very well so only recently has Cotton Candy started to ask if she could have her own room. The reason for it is her being a neat person and her little sister not so keen on cleaning the room. But other than that they are doing great in there. At night they go to bed at the same time and it´s actually Cotton Candy, who is older, that falls asleep first practically every night. Bubble Gum has a tendency to procrastinate when it comes to falling asleep and she tries all the tricks in the world ( we all know or have heard of) to get out of sleeping. But I think I remember her big sister being just like that at her age so we trust it passes ( and no, we do not cater to her every need of water and bananas after bed time!). But her sister is probably so used to Bubble Gum sleeping in the same room that her little shenanigans do not wake Cotton Candy up. I was a bit at loss trying to think for tips on sharing a room ( as I never really thought about it that much or the alternative really) so I asked both my friends on FaceBook and a very dear friend who has kids also sharing rooms. So I´m sharing their insight here too.

Feb
12

Happy thoughts…

by Sofia   -   in Random

… for my little Valentine´s! I love Valentine´s day but as I´ve said before it´s called a friends day in Finnish. I think it´s great we celebrate friendship and love as both are on my top priorities list all the time! This year I treated my little loves with some cute valentine´s gifts.

We had Valentine´s inspired candy on candy day already before valentine´s because it´s so darn cute.

Feb
10

Cookie jar

by Sofia   -   in DIY projects  Interior design

Minulla on ystävä joka sanoi, että hänen haavekuvissaan hän on se äiti joka tekee pastakoneella pastaa arki-illalliselle. Minun haaveissani olin se äiti jonka keittiöstä löytyy keksipurkillinen itsetehtyjä keksejä. Sitten eräänä päivänä sen aika oli koittanut…

I always wanted to be the lady with the home made cookies in a jar. And then one day I grew up to be her…