Staying out (in) of the heat and sketching rompers

6 Jul 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

Yesterday was one of those hot and sticky days when the most appealing thing is to stay in and do nothing. So that’s what we did Alva and me, absolutely nothing. Mathieu was at work and the brothers in school so we put on the AC, poured up some lemonade and put on a […]

Alva weekly • Veckans Alva

25 Jun 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

I thought it could be a good thing for the memory making to share three things Alva did each week. I realise that I haven’t done anything of what I did for Viggo at the same age. At the time I made photo albums, scrapbook albums, framed photos and blogging. For Alva there’s instagram […]

Finishing details in the boys’ room

24 Jun 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

We’re almost finished with the boys room, we need to get the baseboards and paint the trims and then we’re done! We’ve painted the walls in two colors, changed the floor to a grey parquet imitation and put up wall trims. Alva’s been helping us all the time and she’s a happy camper among […]

Thursday, rain and petunias

31 May 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ve been thinking about hanging some flowers on the sides of our front door, there’s already two hooks for the purpose, and when I found these two rattan pots in the basement I could already see the final result. So I got two Petunia Night Sky that I planted them with lots of care, […]

Birthday preparations

20 Apr 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

Just a quick hello today, I have an enormously amount of things to prepare for our move next weekend, I’m getting a bit nervous, how on earth are we going to do? But that’s not why I’m blogging today, it’s to wish my wonderful little baby girl a happy birthday who turned 1 on […]