Apr
29

Healthy girl

by Sofia   -   in Random

Many of you were hoping for more posts about a healthy lifestyle and how to feel balanced inside and out. I believe this is a very important subject. But I also happen to believe we all work in a very different way and what works for one diet or workout vice may be all wrong for the other person. What I would love to think is that by listening to ourselves more we would really see what we need in life. More hours spent running in the sun or perhaps a book and a quiet room. As I have said before I´m not really on any specific diet. I love food but I hate that it´s such an “issue” nowadays and as such I would love to leave it out of the blog. I don´t want you to come here and think, great just another person telling me how to eat and feel all worried about that dessert you had at lunch. But I do feel I need to make clear that we don´t feed our kids sugar every day or eat that way ourselves either. When we went to a friends party someone assumed that my kids get treats everyday as I´m often sharing pictures of things I baked. They do on occasion but not daily. We stick to a healthier diet but not by choice for being “skinnier” but because it actually makes us feel better. By healthy I don´t mean vegan or raw but just regular home made unprocessed partly organic and as much as possible domestic food. My kids don´t drink milk or juice with their meals, we stick to water. We try to do active things as a family too but sometimes we do “couch potato” and watch a movie with popcorn. I would like to think balanced is a good word. I´m not one to say no to a fresh croissant for breakfast but on a regular day it´s more likely a smoothie ( and yes I do add some silly superfood in them too like spirulina). Having said all that I´m not at all opposed to sharing my favourite healthier recipes too! And I have some awesome snack suggestions as well to keep you going through the day.

A night snack in our house. Home made almond milk with strawberries, blueberries and toasted coconut shavings. The girls like their almond milk warm and with a pinch of cinnamon. I´m going to share the almond milk recipe on the blog later on.

Apr
27

In the city of love

by Sofia   -   in Random

So… I left to Paris with my mom yesterday. We have a habit of going twice a year, at Christmas time and in Spring. You know it´s one of my favourite places in the world. It´s supposed to be raining pretty much the whole time but I don´t really care. I´m just going to breath in the city and it´s beauty. Let all of it´s inspiration rub on me… It´s also so nice to go with just my mum although the girls were a bit disappointed. We make the best travel companions with my mum. We have many things we always do while in Paris and one of them is stocking up on Mariage Frères tea, our very favourite. We have planned a lovely afternoon tea at the tea house. They serve with white cloves! I´m also looking forward to a morning run in jardin de Luxembourg ( you can see it in the photo below). I´ll try to blend in with the Parisians making their laps there ( and sneak glimpses of the people doing tai chi that I always find so intriguing).

Apr
24

Ihanaa viikonloppua

by Sofia   -   in Random

Toivottavasti sinulla oli hyvä viikko! Ja kivoja suunnitelmia viikonlopuksi! Tällä kertaa jätän teidät pitkästä aikaa viikonlopun viettoon linkkivinkkien kera…

I hope your week was as lovely as mine and that you have some good plans for the weekend! Here are some links for you…