Tallinn through my phone

... I am still so very much in love with it.

:)

Masks and a Rainshower

Inspired by lilla a, once again. Self-portraits on paper plates. What a great idea. Fe spent hours (!) yesterday and today drawing. Which one of these shall we send in for the  exhibition...? I can't decide. They are all so awesome. Fe named each one of them Pikku Pelle (Little Clown), except for the green-yellow one with blue teeth whose name is Sisie. And the all-yellow one is Fe's future son. 

Handsome, isn't he.

Sisie is well again. The two girls have been playing and laughing and joking around all day, and I've watched from the sidelines and enjoyed. The sun has been shining, and it's even been a little over 0 degrees. We took a long walk today and had to cross several huge puddles. Puddles! 

That means the snow is melting, which can only mean spring!

Oh, and there is nothing quite as fun as trying to take a shower without getting wet.

Happy Weekend!

I'm off to Tallinn tomorrow. :)

Tomato Sauce And

Man, evenings are tough for me. That last hour, before the hub comes home from work... I am completely useless. My brain stops functioning or something. And when he finally does come home, all I want to do is shove the kids into his arms and escape somewhere to that private corner in my brain that's still just me. Not mom, not wife, not entertainer, not playmate, not diaper changer, bottom wiper, booger taker-offer. Just me and myself. (What do you do, though, when myself turns out to be not quite herself without all those other selves?)

Phew, but we had a lovely day today, mostly.

Little hands grabbing onto each other.

Big green blankets; playing peek-a-boo.

Hiccups and baby giggles.

Drawing masks and writing letters...

Walking... taps taps... dancing... more giggling.

A train ride in the starry sky.

Spaghetti, tomato sauce, spaghetti, tomato sauce.

Home.

Story cube and a tutu.

The babe is ill, so we have been taking it easy at home. With tutus... (ah, tutus!)... Thai microwave food... and a story dice that I made with the Miss.

She drew some people and some abstract stuff on the dice, so we've been coming up with the craziest stories all day. Pox chicken feeding on the man in the moon, etc. The usual.

:)

(The wonderful story dice idea is from Helen.)

just so

It was my birthday last week. I turned 28. You know, the older you get, the less special you think the day is and deserves to be... and the less you start expecting in terms of gifts and parties and things... and the more you secretly hope that maybe, it will be special in some way anyway... and then, bam, wonderful people make it very special, by caring. Thank you, family, for making me feel loved.

Fe and Papa made a great poster. Another family portrait, along with all the things Fe would like to give me... ice-cream, a flower, the sun, a big house with lots of windows... and many yellow lamps (ha, she knows me well! I've been dreaming about this).

Sisie destroyed a toilet paper role, especially for me! And my J (who knows I'm partial to nice wrapping) wrapped my gift in awesome by simply drawing on the ribbon. Creative he is.

We painted snow. And the floor tiles. Unintentionally.

And then I got the loveliest of surprises by sweet Vi of the ever-so-stylish snygg, who sent me the most endearing happy magnets for our fridge. I had left a comment on her blog, a long time ago, telling her I loved them. And she remembered! I am so happy! What a lovely surprise! And she wrote a sweet note on lovely lovely paper, too. Thank you, danke, tack så mycket!!! You made me smile in a big way! :):):)

And so it is that I really enjoyed my birthday this year. There was no big party, but those I loved were there (and chocolate), and that's all that matters.

:)

PS.

Where Children Sleep. (via Designmom)
Made this yesterday and it's really, really delicious.
Lemon yellow organic crocheted sunshine.
blog-crush and one more.
to make with Fe. And this.
owl decals (via Pamela).
Thank you Deborah, again. So honored! :)


And a few more things:


First, I'd like to apologize for the previous post, which got published something like ten times. I was playing around with my new phone (new phone, yay birthday) and what can I say, I have not mastered the art of mobile blogging.

Second, would all you lovely people who participated in Craft-It-Forward (wohoo!) please e-mail me your addresses sometime before year-end, so I can send a little something handmade your way... one of these days/weeks/months. :)

Happy week!

Off...

We are on a mini vacation. See you next week!

:)