Easter Holiday
Saturday, April 11th, 2009 Posted in Cleft Palate, Creative children, Day to day, easter, Family, Frida, Our garden, Ronja | 9 Comments »We are so enjoying our Easter break here. It totally popped up at the right time! Yesterday, the first day off, was a day of painting Easter eggs and spending time in the garden. The weather is awesome, and for ...
Hibernation
Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 Posted in Creative children, Day to day, Our garden, The house, Winter | 4 Comments »Our garden is white at the moment. Ronja gave me this little bird feeder Christmas before last, and it has been hanging there in the Japanese Cherry Tree ever since. I love the colours on it, and when the rest of ...
Light and shadow
Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 Posted in Creative children, Day to day, Family, Ronja, Winter | 5 Comments »The snow is falling. Trucks go by to salt the roads every now and then, and the weather forecasts predict more snow in the days to come. Don't get me wrong, I like snow - really! In December, when it ...
What’s in a name?
Monday, August 11th, 2008 Posted in Creative children, Day to day, Ronja | 7 Comments »Ronja has been having lots of fun writing the name of her new cousin. This was her first attempt... She's really into writing at the moment - constantly asking about letters, spellings, and finding the letters for her own and our ...
Apple blouse for Frida
Sunday, July 27th, 2008 Posted in Creative children, Day to day, Ronja, Sewing | 13 Comments »I received some wonderful fabric earlier this week - some of the designs from Sandi Henderson's new line "Farmer's Market". And today I could not help myself - while Mads was out cycling, I made a little blouse for Frida. ...
One lantern and 1000 strawberries
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Creative children, Day to day, Our garden, Ronja | 8 Comments »Ronja made this little lantern at kindergarten last week, and I love it like that with a lit candle hanging from a tree. It's really nice when the stuff she brings home from the kindergarten is actually something that you like to use and ...
Blowing soap bubbles
Saturday, June 7th, 2008 Posted in Creative children, Day to day, Our garden, Ronja | 6 Comments »Ronja was blowing soap bubbles earlier in the garden. She likes it when there are many, and she can follow them to see where they go. I loved the expressions that went over her face, so even though I was weeding ...
The written word
Sunday, May 18th, 2008 Posted in Creative children, Day to day, Our garden, Ronja, Sewing | 8 Comments »So! Yesterday was the day when Ronja started to write! It began at lunch when Ronja was looking at the different wrappings on the table and suddenly going: "That's the same letter as in my name". I was impressed and asked ...
