Jul
6
Letting go
by Sofia - in Random
Do you have trouble letting go of items of importance, stages of life, saying even temporary goodbyes to people you love? I am definitely the kind of person who gets teary eyed at the last Spring recital of pre-school, hugging a loved teacher goodbye, I mourn a lost toy if it was a very important one to my child and so on. Moving houses would be very high on my list for things to mourn. Even if it were time to say goodbye and move along in life I find it hard to even think about letting go of important memories, not walking up the familiar stairs my children first crawled up, then walked with wobbly feet and now jump two stair at a time. Even the thought of it kills me and brings tears to my eyes.
I know people who love moving along in life, they find it exhilarating. The children´s milestones are just that, milestones on a forward moving life. To me they are mileposts where I stop and look back at time and get all sentimental.
I wonder how, where and why we humans got built up so differently. So many time someone has told me I´m silly or ” you are really not going to cry are you?” or ” you are so ” sweet” ” , but the emphasis on the word sweet speaks more for sentimental fool. I literally started crying at our last “Neuvola” or baby & child nurses meeting a few weeks back when we went in with both girls and the nurse hugged them and wished them well in life and told us how much she has enjoyed all these years with our family ( I have had the same person from the first time I got pregnant over 9 years ago). We bought her a pretty bouquet of pink peonies to say proper thank you´s and good bye´s and when I told this to my friend she basically just said ” Sofia” in the tone that says “are you nuts?”.
Don´t get me wrong. I´m always enjoying the moment as much as I can and planning and daydreaming my future daily. I already dream of days when the girls are older, when they get their first boy ( or girl)friends. I can even imagine what kind of grandmother I would be. What I can do with my husband when the girls want to do their thing and it´s just us two etc. I´m not opposed to moving ahead. I love planning a ” next apartment” ( bigger and better of course like we would even need such) and I love the thought of a lovely future ahead. But yet, I can not help but always feel so sentimental and sad when a certain part of our lives is left behind. A certain phase. it´s like finishing a really really good book and being a little sad it´s over even though you could not stop reading to spare it to last a little longer.
Jul
5
Sales shopper
by Sofia - in Random
Have you already shopped the sales? What are your picks this year? I have been absolutely off my game as we only seem to need stuff for the Fall but I guess it would make sense to check all the delicious choices for next summer. But for some reason I am not up for it. Can I be all shopped out? What is that? I´m already looking for Fall pieces to arrive. I feel like summer has been on the shelves for so long.
Anyway here are some of my favourite brands/ sites online for kids if you are on the hunt…
We have the coat and the shoes and love both very very much! Coat now on sale.
Bonpoint is such a favourite but it feels so much better on sale if you know what I mean.
Our favourite dress is now on sale and it will be just as on point next summer.
This one could be my sales buy for Bubble Gum. She loves these kinds of dresses and I think it would be a cute first day of school outfit with her white avarca sandals if it´s warm or even white sneakers.
Petit Bateau dresses are so timeless. We buy their stripes, t- shirts and underwear every single year. Best quality too.
Have fun shopping!
Lattemamma
Jul
1
Swimsuit love
by Sofia - in Blog collaboration Good things for kids Shopping
We had the most amazing holiday in Italy and also on the island after that. I hope you caught some glimpses on Insta. In Italy we spent most of our time by the pool, or for the kids in the pool. So they were rotating swimsuits, bikinis & uv-shirts all day long. Here are our favourites this summer. The Jacadi ones I have linked on the blog earlier. Perfect, classic, timeless and cute. They already sold out, but there are some other cute ones still available. The ice-cream and flamingo are from Sal & Pimenta Kids. They are to die for delicious. When my girls wore them all the other little girls wanted one too. They are just that cute.
