Gift Wrapping

This Christmas almost all our gifts will be bought second hand. Toys and books are so easy to find online, some of the board games we bought are never even opened. But this little gem is on top of all. It’s a photographed Moomin story built in miniatures and then put into a book. I […]

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The calm can begin

We are all set for Christmas! The cleaning is done, the Swedish meatballs are made and stuffed into the freezer and all the gifts are wrapped! I think it’s the first time I’m really prepared and not in a stressed hurry the hours before the Day. I decided to go small on the “Julbord”, the […]

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Christmas gifts for myself

This year we’ve decided to only get us (over 10 years old) gifts that either we need or had an eye on for a long time. For me it’s these books, both Swedish, Hidden Places and Sofia Wood’s cookbook. Hidden Places is a “handbook for adults to the children’s magic world” and it seems wonderful, […]

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Pretty gifts

This year we decided on only one or two gifts for us and Alva and keep it simple for the boys too. For Alva I already knew I wanted to give her a Maileg bunny, my mom bought her two Swedish song books and the whole Scandinavian theme thing was settled when we went in […]

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A Merry Christmas in our house

Merry Christmas to you! I’m so full of chocolate and other sweets so this will be a short post text-wise. Santa came to us on the night between Friday and Saturday so the kids got all their gifts on the 24th this year. That happens when you have a #blendedfamily We got up early (hence […]

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