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Butterfly Pouch and Costumes

Thursday, February 11th, 2010 Posted in Family, Ronja, Sewing | 14 Comments »

For 10 weeks, Ronja has been saving her pocket money in order to be able to buy a Nintendo DSi. The rest of the money has been given to her through birthday presents, but she needed to save up for ...

Pettiskirt for a Ballerina

Sunday, February 7th, 2010 Posted in Ronja, Sewing | 17 Comments »

Shrovetide (fastelavn) is coming up here in Denmark, and Ronja wants to go as a ballerina. I decided to try to make her a pettiskirt, and even though the rest of the costume isn't there yet, I wanted to show ...

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 ...

Clowns and Angels

Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in Day to day, Family, Frida, Ronja, Sewing, Special occasions | 13 Comments »

Yesterday, we all went to Fastelavn - you know, the thing I told you about the other day. And Ronja was indeed an angel - here she is on the wings.      Saturday I had been making an outfit for Frida as ...

No more winter!

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006 Posted in Day to day, Family, Ronja, Running, Winter | No Comments »

Ronja on the sled The snow has almost melted, and the weather is getting milder every day now. There is bird’s twitter in the morning and the spring flowers are beginning to show in the garden. Ronja ...