Feb
1

Poor Sophie

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids

You all know Sophie la Girafe. Well the good old classic toy has been in the media lately as someone cut theirs in half and found mold inside it ( and youtube filled with videos of others trying the same). I think by now the whole “scandal” has died down a little as it has been established that the teething toy Sophie is not a bath toy and the instructions advice one not to emerge it in water just to clean it by wiping it with a damp cloth. 

But it made me think of another Sophie toy I once received in a goodie bag from a blogging event over a year ago. It´s a Sophie bath toy. My girls are kind of “old” to have bath toys but they still do and when we got the Sophie I thought I would save it and maybe give it as a gift to a friend who has a baby at some point. But my girls insisted on having it and it has been in our bathroom since. I really don´t mind it as I like the look of the natural Sophie´s. But to get to my point this Sophie bath toy is great as it does not contain any holes so it does not collect the bath water inside of the toy thus not growing mold as some bath toys do. 

Jan
3

How we celebrated

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids  Party planning

How was your Christmas? I know we are all heading in to the new year with enthusiasm and I should have had time to make this post for the days between Christmas and New Years eve, but I didn´t. So here are a few photos from my phone from our Christmas Eve.

We started our day with hot cocoa and gingerbread cookies ( we added some pink mini marshmallows too) and a fire roaring. The girls found some Belle & Boo treasures from their Christmas stockings. For lunch we had some rice porridge and tangerines. And we obviously watched the Snowman and the Snowman & the Snow dog which is Bubble Gum´s favourite movie. Then we headed for the Christmas sauna.

Dec
30

Put a cherry on it

by Sofia   -   in Cooking  Good things for kids  Party planning

Me teimme jouluaattona tytöille Shirley Templet eli klassiset alkoholittomat cocktailit. Niihin sekoitetaan perinteisesti grenadiinia ( granaattiomenasta keitettyä makeaa kirkkaanpunaista siirappia jota saa ainakin joistain Alkoista. Helsingin keskustassa Stockan, Arkadian ja Kasarmintorin Alkosta ainakin) sekä inkiväärilimua ja drinkki koristellaan cocktail kirsikalla. Me teimme omistamme ruusuisen version maustamalla ne ruusulimonadilla ( löytyy myös mm. Alkon alkoholittomalta osastolta).

Looking for a mocktail for New Years? Inspired by the fantastic Celebrate Everything-book we made Shirley Temples for the girl for Christmas eve´s cocktail hour and they loved them. It would be a great New Year´s drink too! I made them with a rosy twist and I must say it was fabulous. The girls asked for seconds on Christmas Day so I even got some photos for you. Shirley Temple is probably the most iconic non alcoholic cocktail and there are tons of recipes online for it but here is my rosy version.