Jan
22

Ice princess

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids

The girls started an ice-skating school last week. They were a bit nervous about the first class but are now very excited to go back. I hope the enthusiasm carries until the second class this weekend. Bubble Gum was like a little noodle on her first class but we had not had time to buy them proper skates so I hope with the new ones she can stay up a bit better. Cotton Candy already knows how to skate so she is very eager to learn new things. The thing is she is a bit shy at first and the type of person who is “afraid” to make mistakes. She wants to know how to do everything right. From the moment she got on that ice she pursed her lips and only relaxed them when she got off it. She would have loved to have a friend in her group for encouragement ( the little sister does not cut it as she is used to being her support and not vice versa). Do you have  a child like that? And if so, how do you encourage her/him in new situations? And do you talk to the teachers or trainers about it or do you think it´s just a parent´s over protectiveness and thinking that only my child is an individual who needs extra encouragement from them? I am such a worrier when it comes to these things. It´s funny to talk to my friend who´s daughter is the total opposite character. She started downhill ski-ing and the mom had to tell the teacher not to ” baby” her 4 year old as she is very capable and sporty but if you treat her like a baby, she let´s you do everything for her from picking her up every time she falls.

I guess I´m worrying for nothing. At the moment they both seem excited and as we went to buy them the new skates and they saw all the ice-skating outfits at the store they got even more so. We let them choose some covers for their skates and they also chose some furry (!) gloves to wear at practise. 

Jan
20

Baby it´s cold outside

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids  Shopping

I have a little sale hint for you. If you remember, I wrote about some super soft cashmere I bought for the girls last fall. They now have all the leftover stock -20 % at Youngest Fashion. The girls have been wearing those leggings and cardigans ( Bubble Gum has her sister´s old ones) a lot lately as it´s been pretty cold out here. When it was -25 °c our girls had those cashmere outfits and then their warmer winter overalls from Ver De Terre and they were actually very warm when we got home from playing outside for a while. Cotton Candy also has a pair of their merino woollen leggings to wear under her snowsuit in pre-school and has been very warm now. Bubble Gum wears yet again her sisters old merino bodysuit. Poor kid always has hand me downs. But lucky for her she has a bigger sister. I have a brother and trust me, I remember having to wear his old, boy´s long johns ( yes with the front thingie). Seriously mom! Anyway, the merino wool leggings are fantastic too. And made in Finland!

The girls wear warmer hats than these in the photo but I took this while they were in pre-school with said hats. For cold weather shoes they wear Moon Boots. Super warm and dry!

Jan
19

Charming charms

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids

If you have girls and they are anything like mine you know how “important” it is to have some jewellery. I mean important for them. ” But mummy, I need to wear a bracelet and a necklace and a ring with this outfit today for daycare!” Because who ever wore leggings and a cardigan without any accessories?! Many shops sell cute colourful wooden jewellery for kids. I love those! But I also love a bit more understated things to wear every now and then. There is this shop in Paris called Rose & Theo that I have written to you about before too. It´s one of the shops I visit every time. They have these very cute Liberty print pouches and clothes and shoes and what not but they also have super adorable very Parisian chic bracelets for little kids. Santa brought the girls new ones, with little Eiffel tower charms hanging on them and in Liberty fabric bien sur. The bracelets are not available online but if you visit Paris I recommend a peak in to this little shop. 

This adorable little Grey Rabbit music box/ jewellery box hosts some important little trinkets. We have similar jewellery boxes with different tunes and more space for little treasures too, but this one is on their night stand and for that reason holds the new ones. I bought it as a Christmas present for Bubble Gum a year ago in Paris. I used to have the exact same one as a child but in green.