Jun
14
It´s wedding season and a lot of you may have a little girl in your wedding as a flower girl so I thought I would share my favourite picks for little girls outfits for helping at the wedding. I chose them from different price points too as we do not all share the same budget ( the most expensive of these outfits costs a few euros shy of 700€ and the least expensive is under 60 € . Most of them are at about 150 €).
For the bride who dreams of a hot summer church wedding with children running around and everyone happily sipping prosecco with stripy paper straws. She has pretty cupcakes & decorated cookies as dessert.
This outfit is from Jacadi
For the bride who wants gold and blush as her wedding colours, a string quartet and a sit down dinner with a big beautiful cake in the end…
This outfit is from Bonpoint
For the bride who wants a back yard wedding with wild flower arrangements, bunting and silk paper pompoms and a naked cake with cherries and flowers on top…
This outfit is from Cyrillus
For the bride who wants a classic white wedding, serves meringue with whipped cream & berries for dessert, has lily of the valley as decoration but wants to use some of her budget for the dream honeymoon in the Mediterranean too…
This outfit is from Next
Jun
13
A soft touch
by Sofia - in Good things for kids
As a mother I have always believed in a mama´s instinct. We are very quick to judge others if they do things differently than what we believe is right but I always thought that as children are different and us parents are different we should all just trust the magic of being the parents to our children and stop caring so much about what others think of our decision. I nursed my children for as long as I felt was important for them and also for me as a mother ( 11 months and 15 months… for some this is long for some a short time) and I did get judged by my mama friends about it. Did I care? A little bit but then I thought it was not the relationship between them and their children but the one I was building with mine. Do I think that someone fails as a mother if they nurse longer or if they don´t nurse at all. No. It´s not my place to even speculate and my opinion in the matter does not matter anyway.
When I was a child and felt upset or could not fall asleep I asked my mom to stroke my back and it always helped. If I was very upset I would not hesitate to ask her to do it today and I´m sure it would make me feel better but obviously I have grown and learned different ways to soothe. So when my girls ask me to cuddle them or stroke their backs I never tell them no. If it makes them feel better then I feel that as a mama it´s my privilege to be there for them. So they have learned that kissing and hugging is part of their life and if they need someone to stroke their back to fall asleep after a restless evening then we will be there for them. I believe in a world like we live in today people could be judged for many things but not by listening to their kids whisper about the day they had whilst stroking their hair before they fall asleep. Yet we get judged.
When my girls were babies I used to give them baby massages after their bath and then do their baby “gym” movements. Just rolling their arms around their little bodies ( the movement is called a butterfly), pulling them up slowly to a sitting position by their hands and pushing their little knees softly towards their tummy. They loved it and until today they both sometimes ask to get a baby massage after their bath, be dressed in their pj´s and do the baby gymnastics. I think it´s so cute and I know that maybe in a year or two this moment will have passed. They always pretend to be babies ( ” I´m 0 years old” ) and like me to tell them stories about how they were as babies, what they did and what they liked.
What I guess I´m trying to say is that I have always felt my girls needed a soft touch just the kind I grew up with. Knowing we are there for them and they don’t have to be big girls yet as they are not. They can still be our babies every now and then if they feel the need to and they can rely on us being there for them physically as well as for mental support. We don´t ” baby” our kids all the time and we do expect things from them that are somewhat age appropriate. They are independent girls growing up fast ( way too fast in my eyes as I´m sure all mothers will agree with me) but we can let them be little every now and then.
Jun
10
My kind of avo toast
by Sofia - in Cooking
Everyone is talking about avo toast a.k.a avocado on toast. I have loved avocados since I was a child and I eat them very regularly ( I hide them in smoothies for my kids too who claim they don´t like avocado). This “recipe” is a hint for a healthy breakfast or lunch. I toast some rye bread. (I like mine crunchy, dry and a bit cooled but you can obviously do as you like. ) Then I mash some avocado on top, one avo for two pieces of rye is a good amount. I add chopped strawberries and a hint of Maldon salt. Then comes the secret ingredient, a japanese chili oil called rayu. You can find it in Japanese specialty food sores. It´s a sesame oil infused with red chilli. It´s soft and spicy and has the toasted sesame flavour. I love it! The perfect combo!
