grind

This is my friend Louise. She has the coolest coffee grinder in the world. I am very jealous!

▶ Megan: i guess we can just as well get used to hysteric-teenager-sound now...
▶ La sale bete: i wish i could use it, but im not sure it will hold..
▶ Maikki: what a compliment. you are so sweet.
▶ Mieke willems: i know -its one of my all time favourites too!
▶ Sopchan: Oh i hope she looks a little like me, but all i see is D
▶ Lisen: Præcis! man får lov til så mange sjove ting når man har et lille barn!
▶ Maria: I hope it is fun, cos i place her on it many times a day :)
▶ Crystal: yes its crazy how quickly they grow! and how much bigger i know she is gonna get in just one year!
▶ Siri: thank you so much
▶ Lina: Time flies when you are having fun
▶ Golubka: yeah i know! i love that you can swing lying down!
▶ §§§: Jeg har lige spist resten af din kage! mmmm... må have opskriften!
▶ Emma: yes, it is not acceptable when mom wants to act like the baby -totally unfair!
▶ Kit: :)
▶ Annika: i sometimes read my own blog to remind my self how good life can look -sometimes in real life all the snow and dirt takes over :)
▶ Mutti: nu er der ikke længe til!
▶ Sara S: Thank you for the sweet comment! the scull cave is by Our Childrens Gorilla -the make very cool things!
▶ Jana: her smile is what i live for :)

swingtime

its cool to see how E is enjoying her swing more and more as she get older and older. she is three months and one week old now. in the second picture she looks so grown up -but when she cries she can still look like a newborn (and sound like a hysteric teenager...)

▶ emma: i wish someone could turn me upside down but D isn't tall enough
▶ ella: ja, du må næsten være den eneste tilbage!
▶ linn: når vi vågner i morgen skal det være vår!
▶ pappi: that is such good advice!
▶ sara: ja! du har ret!
▶ Lisen: tak! i have been contemplating a new haircut but i still haven't picked up the scissors..
▶ Fine little day: its scary!
▶ Classic Copenhagen: uuh gid jeg havde din optimisme men jeg er simpelthen træt af at fryse!!
▶ marie: stupid dilemmas
▶ mieke willems: you are collecting luck!

ice

i found this bike down our street. its been encapsulated in ice. im sick of ice. but it looked really beautiful!

luck

i won a give away last week! I can't believe i actually won since im never lucky like that. So the other day this great potholder arrived in the mail from Hannna in Finland! Y A Y! Check out the cute paper she made with her daughter!

▶ Maria: It is so sweet cos she will be really quiet when i do it, and then when i put her down she giggles!
▶ Sandra: uhhh thats a challenge! i will ask D if he is up for it!
▶ Famapa: I used to put her upside down in another way which she did not like at all, but this way is fun!
▶ Linn: :)
▶ Lina: Really big -and heavy! she is a... well pretty mellow baby -the trick is that you only have time to get out the camera when she is mellow :) but she does have some temper in that red hair i can tell you
▶ Schorlemädchen: She is! and her hand always always goes to her mouth when i turn her upside down!
▶ Clair: children arn't as fragile as the look! though E just had a big ol' spit-up on me after some rumbling and tumbling!
▶ Jokemijn: She does! and her head looks giant :)
▶ Kiwitz, Linn, Lisen, chapter 9, Elianna: ;)
▶ Marie: uhh i will try that later!

head stand

Just yesterday we found out that this is a position that suits our little girl a whole lot. Happy weekend everyone - stand on your head!

▶ Søhesten: Jeg kender godt dilemmaet med gode gaveønsker, som man vil have så meget, at man til sidste bare må købe dem selv :)
▶ Emily: helt bestemt -godt vi kan nyde noget af hendes held
▶ Mette: Uhh tak for netto-tippet! det vidste jeg slet ikke, men nu har jeg reddet mig et sengesæt og en T-shirt!
▶ Hannah: Thank you for your sweet comment! finnish is a crazy language!
▶ Maria: Hihi -i can never remember how they are spelled in danish since there are alot of different ways in different language and they are so similar!
▶ E: Yeah i will read it to them -and E aswell even if she does not get it! I love those melodies and rhymes that have been in your head since you were a kid. In denmark we have a alphabet book that everybody read as kids and we got one for E as well and i found that i knew almost all of them by heart!
▶ Indie mom...: Thank you for the tag! i will get on it!
▶ Golubka: Thank you so much for your sweet comment. We have a cartoon version of moomin in denmark which i have never really liked, but the originals are so different!
▶ Jenny: Uhhh tusind tak for linket!! der er mange cool versioner!
▶ Trula: Yes, i just decided to read to her even if she does not get it yet :)

Moomin

I can't wait until Elinor is old enough to read about moomin with me. She got this beautiful book with the first three moomin books in one for christmas. If you have never seen the original illustrations, you should really check them out.

▶ Fenke: Yeah, thats why babies don't have fulltime jobs!
▶ Aredhel: good, that is tho whole point of this blog :)
▶ Lisen: Rufus hates the snow too -too damn cold, even when we put on his jacket.
▶ E: Yeah, why is the snow being so selfish?? why don't you think about us snow? its so difficult getting around and you drag in a ton of snow. hate it
▶ Celine: its a perfect little pout that she has perfected.
▶ Tilda: Elinors head has taken shape from her favourite positions too -its hard to keep them on their stomach when they make faces like that!
▶ Crazed unicorn: Cool to hear from you! thank you for the sweet comment
▶ Ai: Thank you, most of her clothes are second hand
▶ Louise: i like it when it snows, but a soon as the snow stops falling and is just all over in the streets, i hate it!
▶ Anne Kristine: Tak skal du have! måske skal jeg lave en guide. Det er helt tilfældigt hvad trekanterne måler og jeg har lavet forskellige tæpper med forskellige størrelser, så jeg har bare lavet en papskabelon i en tilfældig størrelse og så brugt den til at klippe efter. De her er vidst ca 10 cm høje
▶ Maikki: I know, we never have this much snow, but i can't help it, im dreaming of spring!
▶ Marie + Jana: you are right -snow is better than rain!
▶ Louise: Ja, bysne er kedeligt! Jeg har købt de store trækugler i en hobbybutik på nettet og sat dem på en forlængerledning
▶ Karen: Thank you for the sweet comment. You need a good pair of slippers to get through winter!
▶ Stine Marie: Tak skal du have for den søde kommentar!
▶ La Sale Bete + Linn Marie: Thank you -we got the cups for our wedding and they are made by the little danish company Darkling
▶ la vierge noire: ouch that sucks!
▶ Provins: Ja, det er rigtig får, men de er fra netto for et par uger siden.

snow. again.

its snowing. again. im sick of it. the weather can really affect your mood! im sure its causing my headache right now! On the upside: blueberry muffins, coffee and new, furry slippers! and the sweetest blogreaders in the world, of course!

training

when you are a little kid like E, you have to train your back muscles by lying on your stomach every day. This is clearly not Elinor's favourite disciplines... oh, that little sad mouth... Copenhagen has been hit by a ton of snow. I woke up early this morning and just stayed in bed watching the snow out the window. Snow has such a beautiful way of falling compared to rain. I can't make up my mind whether im sick of snow or liking it -and i guess it does not really matter what i think anyway.

▶ Flo's diner: ha ha, sejt!! chipsne af kartoffel blev helt klart bedst. Tror man skal lave dem hver for sig.
▶ Lisen: i know! it takes up half our living room, but i don't mind. We do take it down some times though :) (ja, jeg læser allerede højt fra dine bøger for lille E)
▶ Spin: hmm im not sure i think its worth the work.. they were delicious though
▶ Melissa: YEs it was such a pretty sight -with the beet root colouring everything pink! I sometimes look at pictures from elinor was just born and i am amazed at what three months can do!
▶ Jenny: Oh you must have so much snow in ystad! Bornholm is totally closed down - they can't even clear the roads because of the wind and snow!
▶ Sweet fine day: i really should go out with my camera in the snow we have got now, but its so cozy staying in..

chips

i tried making home made chips from beet roots, parsnip and potatoes. Conclusion? a bit too much work for too few chips -but it looked pretty! Elinor got this swing for christmas from my parents. The cool thing is, that she can use it all ready! I made a new cover for it though, it was originally a bit too red for our living room

yes, but no

i have finally gotten my computer back - but now my photoshop isn't working! arrggghhhh... i don't want to spend time on technicalities!

▶ everyone: thanks for all your great comments for the last two posts! Horray for The XX and Hanna and her dogs! btw: Hanna sold the dog-print through her blog, but im not sure if there is any left!?

dogs from göteborg

16 dogs have moved into our apartment! they are colorful, from sweden and don't have to be taken for a walk like some dogs... (yes Rufus, im talking about you! do you realize it is freeeezing out??). They were a gift from sweet Hanna of Kiddet! How sweet is that? I love greeting them every time i go to the fridge!

xx

im listening to the xx and have been for the last six months. D and i went to their concert here in copenhagen and it was the longest we've been away from E, who was brilliantly looked after by my two good friends. Im actually really not a concert person and many times i would enjoy putting the record on at home just as much, but there have been a few good ones that i keep remembering -like when we saw this band in Berlin or a concert with this guy two years ago and xx will be one to remember as well.

▶ Brit: yes i think so!
▶ Alice: :) you are so very welcome and im am so happy to cheer you up! good timing!
▶ Kiwitz: No i don't know exactly but somewhere in england!
▶ Adri: I would like to have her camera for eyes!
▶ Luna: I have been dreaming of a houseboat as well, but then i realised i don't know anything about boat-upkeep!
▶ Lina: I think so -and yes! the cats are so funny i laugh every time i see them!
▶ Jokemjin: I think the whole setting with the boats and the trees and the snow is so beautiful its surreal!
▶ Maria: Oh how cool, i would love to see the painting, do you know who it is by?
▶ Lisen: Jeg bliver også glad hver gang jeg ser din poster :)
▶ Wera: So good to hear from you! thank you for the sweet comment!
▶ Kelly: oh thank you so much! and yes, Bang bang is and amazing label! there is too much good kids cloths out there! i really try to restrain myself!
▶ Sopchan: No the mobile was a gift from some good friends. its by a danish company, but i really really can't recall the name right now..