Feb
9

XOXO

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids  Shopping

I love Valentine´s day! I love all the red and pink and hearts and smooches! I just do! So I looked around online and came across some cute clothing for kids with a suitable style for sweet valentine´s. Can you guess which ones my girls will be getting?

A super hyper extra sweet lollipop t-shirt, a cotton cardigan with sequin hearts and kissy lips and a heart pullover for the child you love.

Feb
8

The best everyday dress

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids  Shopping

If there is one staple that my girls use every season, every year in a bit different style but never the less pretty much all the time it is a cotton jersey dress from Petit Bateau. For spring and summer season it´s a lighter model with short sleeves and for winter it´s a thicker dress and possibly with long sleeves. It´s such an easy everyday outfit! We wear them for daycare just with a sleeveless undershirt and tights. It´s comfortable, it´s pretty and it´s so easy to maintain. Wash and dry. Besides in my opinion Petit Bateau looks great even after a lot of washing and the darkest navy still looks dark navy after a year of using it. And the girls never complain when I pull out one of their dresses as they really are that soft to wear but nice to twirl in a little. Petit Bateau has come up with plenty of classic but lovely dresses for this summer too. Nothing very new but with a classic who needs anything new. Even the short sleeved models go well year round in pre-school or school with a cardigan. I highly recommend these!

I think either this dress or the next two will be on our shopping list for the spring and summer. Especially this first model would go all year round with a cardigan.

This colour is spot on. Fresh and girly but not too princessy.

Feb
5

Happy thoughts

by Sofia   -   in Random

They are back to stay! I can´t believe it´s been so long since my last happy thoughts post. They are my favourites to compose here. So what has been making you happy lately? I think it´s so important we look back on our lives every so often to see what little or big things, material or not have been making us feel a bit brighter and thankful. My happy thoughts were getting daddy ( the girl´s not mine) back from a long business trip. It´s so nice to have someone to help out with the pre-school run and teeth brushing. And to have someone with warm feet to tuck your toes under in bed. I had to wear socks in bed for a week. Soft cashmere but socks never the less. I prefer it this way.

So on top of that I have been happy about my mom helping me out so so much! I would make a lousy single parent. My mom is the best and as I know she reads my blog… THANK YOU MOM, YOU ARE NOT ONLY THE BEST MOM BUT THE BEST GRANNY TOO! The girls adore my mom ( they adore their other granny too but she was in Cuba last week on a well deserved vacation).

And hey one last happy thought could be that there is more light outside. A lot more than a week ago and next week there will be even more. Watch out because soon I start counting the weeks until island season… and then there were these material happiness makers…

Who dos not love to get something as a souvenir from a trip. I´m picky with my perfume and my lingerie so I like to get something maybe a bit less romantic. Not less romantic in my eyes though. Like a ceramic cake form that just screams ” bake a pretty cake to have with your tea!”. My husband knows that if it comes from William & Sonoma it´s most likely something I will love and use. ( I can literally hear voices in my head going… ooh a zesty lemon cake… wait a lavender infused cake… no lemon! I´ve gone cake crazy!)

Meyer lemon may just be one of my favourite scents in this world. And as I love my kitchen, especially with shiny countertops and smelling nice, this was a particularly romantic gesture to me. Now I need to clean my fridge with this spray to make it smell like Meyer lemons too.