Jul
8

Happy thougts

by Sofia   -   in Random

I can tell you my happiest thought this moment! I´m on holiday! Yay! I love my job but it´s great to take a longer vacation once a year to tune out completely. I thought we would start our holiday by jumping on a boat and immediately heading out to the island. But then our friends invited us to their villa in the city of Hanko in the South of Finland for a big regatta rosé party ( of about 70 guests so we are not there on our own) and our other friends decided to sell their boat this summer and thought this is their last time on their own boat in the regatta “spirit” ( we are not attending the actual races) so they invited us to stay with them. So the kids are at the island already but we decided to take a little detour through our 20´s for the “last regatta”. How fun! Although knowing us we might not be the last ones standing but rather trying to get some sleep in a harbour with boats pumping on music and alcohol…

Then on Sunday we head out with our bags packed for a longer stint on the island. I can not wait! Here are some other happy thoughts from the past week…

I had an old friend from University visiting me with her baby girl. We had coffee and cappuccinos and I had brought her girl this super cute wooden Lexy Pexy teething toy from New York!

Jul
6

Cooking with kids

by Sofia   -   in Random

Our girls love to hang out with me in the kitchen and to participate in the cooking. And baking days are their favourite. I have quite an extensive cook book library and I also have a Pinterest addiction so we have a lot of reference points when starting. It´s important to find the right sized tools for the kids so they are easy for them to handle. Little aprons teach them early on to cover their outfits and really just get them in the mood for kitchen rules.

The girls know my basic rules of cooking and baking. Without these they can not participate.

♥ Patience… especially in baking you need to have patience. Sometimes the adult has to count or concentrate and then you have to wait quietly or the project may get destroyed.

♥ Cleanliness… Tie your hair and if possible wear a scarf or a chef´s hat. Nobody wants hair in their cake. Also wash your hands very well before starting! And when you are finished.

♥ She who bakes or cooks also cleans… cooking together is only fun if the clean up is shared too. The kids can help wash dishes, wipe the surfaces and to return the ingredients to their original places.

♥ Taste… When you are cooking it´s not so important to follow a recipe to the letter. You can add a little bit of this and a little bit of that to your liking. Everyone has a different taste and when you cook you can and have to taste the food to know how it´s going to be ( and you can make it just the way you like). Just know which foods not to try raw ( like chicken). And when baking you get to lick the spoon & the bowl which is the absolute best part!

Jul
5

Calligraphy

by Sofia   -   in Random

Minulla on ollut pitkään haaveissa oppia kalligraphiaa ja vihdoinkin sain tilattua itselleni muutaman kirjan opiskelua varten. Ehkäpä lomalla, jos saaressa on monta sateista päivää, niin sillä aikaa kun tytöt piirtelevät voisin minä harjoitella kaunista kirjoitusta. Tämän linkin takana on video aiheesta. Minusta ainakin on ihana katsella kuinka vaivattoman näköisesti kauniit kirjaimet muodostuvat. Takana on toki varmasti paljon harjoittelua.

I have wanted to learn calligraphy for a long time! I find it so beautiful! I would love to know how to write place cards in a beautiful way and use it partially for cards and letters too. So I ordered myself a few books about calligraphy on Amazon and now I need to find myself some calligraphy pens. I´m ready to master a new art ( or in my case just a skill perhaps). So exciting! You can watch a video about calligraphy here.