Dec
24

Happy Holidays

by Sofia   -   in Random

Vaikka itse rakastankin sitä tunnetta kun koti on siisti ja puhdas ja kaikki on paikoillaan, niin lopulta kaikkein tärkeintä ei kuitenkaan ole se miltä kotona näyttää vaan se hetki kun lapsen silmät kirkastuvat hänen saadessaan suuhunsa sen mantelin joulupuurosta, se kun istumme koko perhe pöydän ääreen ja puheensorina virtaa lämpimänä lävitseni ja se kuinka saan illalla viereeni pienet rakkaimmat lukemaan iltasatua, siihen ihan lähelle. Odotan aamukahviani takkatulen rätistessä, odotan Lumiukko elokuvaa jota kömmimme sohvalle katsomaan kainaloittain, ja tiedättekö, odotan jopa sitä hassua hetkeä kun kipaisen lämpöisestä kodista sisäpihan roskikselle kirpakan raikkaaseen ilmaan ja katson ylös oman kotimme ikkunoita, sitä valoa, kuusen kimallusta ja sitä pakahduttavaa tunnetta sydämessä kun tiedän, että siellä ylhäällä on minun kotini ja minun perheeni. Näistä aion myös olla tänä jouluna kiitollinen.

I´m thankful for and looking forward to the time spent with my family. I love a clean and organised home and it´s true my soul does rest in it, but if you did not have time to do everything perfectly remember it´s not the most important thing. It may sound strange but I look forward to the moment I sneak out after dinner to take the trash out. The air is crisp and cold compared to the warmth inside. I look up at my home where all my loved ones are. I can see the lights and the candles on the tree twinkling. I can almost hear someone laughing or even one girl telling the other off or my husband telling them to calm down. It makes me happy. I look froward to my morning coffee by the crackling fire, us watching Snowman on the sofa all huddled together. And I so love cuddling with my girls at night in the bed reading them a new book Santa brought the night before Christmas eve ( which is when we celebrate the main event in Finland as you all know Santa is from Finland and he personally visit all the houses of Finnish kids the night before he starts his sleigh ride around the world to deliver the rest of the parcels at night through the chimney). 

I wish you Happy and Magical Holidays!

Toivon sinulle taianomaista ja tunnelmallista joulunaikaa!

Lattemamma

Dec
20

Shabby chic village

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids  Party planning

This years gingerbread ” house” project is a shabby chic ( mostly very shabby) village of small gingerbread houses on a hill. This pastel concoction is moving out of the kitchen and in to the girls room as soon as the organising in there is finished and it´s all set for the big day. My kitchen will be de- pastellised a little.

Tämän vuoden piparkakkutalo onkin vuoren rinteessä oleva vanha kylä joka on täynnä hieman vinksallaan tönöttäviä mökkejä. Rääkyvä Röttelö tulee tästä hieman mieleeni. Ja toki pastelliset pikku kylät Cinque Terressä. Ensi vuonnaa teen jotain isoa ja suurpiirteistä, tässä oli aikamoinen näpertäminen. ( tämä on siis tehty pienimmälle jalustalle ja mökit ovat noin tulitikkuaskin kokoisia)

Dec
19

It´s here!

by Sofia   -   in Party planning

The Christmas week that is! So exciting!!! I´m already starching & ironing the table linen, writing shopping lists, penciling my yearly Christmas poem and polishing the silver. Teachers gifts are wrapped and ready to go ( I got to rehearse with my calligraphy pen a little on the cards). Party dresses are in neat rows. I have to fly out for one last work trip but after that it´s all about Christmas. On top of school parties we have one more gingerbread baking session planned at our friends house and we still need to get all the greenery in and trim the tree! I was dreaming of having a green wreath on every window of the house too but as they are quite pricy in the city centre I´ll try and see if I could find them somewhere for a bit better price ( we have quite a few windows in this house). I still have not found my fairy lights so that needs to be shopped for and the tree is hopefully coming in on the 23rd ( my family tradition of decorating the night before Christmas eve). Some cleaning and grocery shopping still gets done but the important parts are pre-ordered. So when the tree is trimmed and the lights are lit I will sit down with a glass of glög and stare in to the fire and sigh deeply ( and then start decorating the doll house!). But trust me, this is the kind of hassle I love. It does not stress me out. Let´s see if we will bake the Christmas buns this year or perhaps skip a step and buy them ready made at Ekberg. I´m not going to stress it. Some wise person once said that Christmas will come even if your cleaning closet is not organised yet.