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Oilcloth Apron For A Little Painter

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 Posted in Frida, Sewing | 16 Comments »

Frida loves to paint. A LOT. And so far she has been using an oversize bib as an apron, but yesterday I decided we should be able to do better than that. So I made her an apron. The oilcloth is ...

Going Downstairs

Sunday, January 24th, 2010 Posted in Frida, Sewing | 19 Comments »

Just wanted to show you Frida in her new dress - I think she's beautiful, but I may be biased...

Send More Sunshine

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in Frida, Sewing, Winter | 5 Comments »

The sun showed itself yesterday! Following days and days of nothing but greyness, it was quite amazing to see the long shadows that were cast on the snow. I was driving in the car with Frida, and she complained about ...

Belated Happy Birthday

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009 Posted in Birthdays, Frida, The house | 13 Comments »

Monday was Frida's birthday - she is 2 years old now. It's incredible how quickly time passes. This cheeky, headstrong, won't-take-no-for-an-answer, yet completely charming little girl with the sun in her eyes has been with us now for 2 years. She ...

‘DA’ as in darling

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009 Posted in Cleft Palate, Frida | 33 Comments »

Frida said something yesterday. It wasn't something that you would normally pay attention to coming from an almost 2-year old, but for Frida it was something completely new. She said: " Da, da, da, da, da". Yippieeee! So why is that ...

Summer Sunflower Dress

Monday, June 15th, 2009 Posted in Blogging, Frida, Our garden, Sewing | 14 Comments »

After a heavy rainfall that lasted a few days during the end of last week, this weekend offered nice weather for the children to play outside. I myself have done a little bit of sewing - I made Ronja a summer ...

Arrival of Spring

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 Posted in Cleft Palate, Family, Frida, Our garden, Ronja, Work life, easter | 4 Comments »

The Easter break brought beautiful weather. My winter coat has had it's three winters and I'm not going to use it anymore now, so I dropped it off at a second-hand store the other day. The buds are coming out ...

Easter Holiday

Saturday, April 11th, 2009 Posted in Cleft Palate, Creative children, Day to day, Family, Frida, Our garden, Ronja, easter | 7 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 ...