December in London

It's been an unusual mild December, compared to our previous years in the capital. With 12 degrees plus, flowers blooming and birds singing it's very little that's reminded us of December. We hope January will bring us some minus degrees, lots of twirling magical snowflakes and a bit of winter joy. Until then... Little A doesn't necessarily choose the simplest routes when out & about. Snug and...

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A Scandinavian Christmas home

A Swedish magazine recently featured a Scandinavian family home, all ready for Christmas. The article "Decorating with vintage" in Lantliv presents the art of combining new and vintage, creating that perfect less is more Scandi Chic style. This home belongs to creative couple Mille and Christian Gyldenfeldt both working within fashion and design (HTM Group and Noa Noa). They live together with...

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Time4You -the Little Scandinavian way

What do you do when it's time for you? Time out and time away from being a mum. Time for you and your partner to have some careless, relaxing and good quality time! The blogger Southrivermum challenged me to share; "Yes, just your partner, getting to know him again after the madness of colic, sleepless nights (and not in a good way) and feeding schedules when all you wanted to do was slouch in...

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Little B’s celebrating her first decade!

Or so she told me before going to bed... It makes those 10 years sound even more unbelievable. We are planning to wake our Birthday girl up with song, cake and presents, followed by a nice family breakfast. The day is still fairly open, but exploring London together and enjoying Half Term is definitely on. Then a nice meal out in London City. Any recommendations are more than welcome, but Little...

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It’s a boy!

No, it's not me this time. It's my dear Norwegian friend and blogger Heidi. Heidi lives in Copenhagen with her husband Mr C and their cat, Leia. She's blogging on I'm with Leia -a wonderful and a creative and handmade oases -now soon to venture into handmade and lovely stuff for your baby as she gave birth to a little baby boy this morning. We're so excited on her behalf and we think all you...

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A horse riding birthday party

Little A was invited to a horse riding 7th Birthday party this weekend. We've had one too, when Little B turned 7 a few years back. We think it's such a lovely party idea, with the children all engaging in grooming and horse riding together. Then it's all ends with a lovely Birthday tea in the stables, in a private room. Here's a few pictures of Little A enjoying her friends party. © Little...

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Wildflowers, Scandinavian style nursery in the UK

Helena: I’m a Swedish mother who started Wildflowers Kindergartens six years ago in 2005. The pre-school is located in mid-Hampshire, between Winchester and Petersfield. It is based on the Scandinavian outdoor nursery model for early childhood education where children learn through exploration, movement, relationships, activities and out door play all year around. Independent studies have shown...

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No school run?

Back to school, and back to the school run. Or is it? One interesting read this week was the internet site by Living Street People and their campaign Walk to School, a national campaign launched in 1995 to encourage children to walk to school. They now have over 6,400 schools and 1.6 million children taking part. What I found particular interesting was the organisation's Living Streets position...

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