Mother's day

I wish you all had a happy mother's day.

Daddy and kids made me a lovely card. Water color painted in pink on a big heart shaped card. Landon and Nea were holding it together, said, 'surprise!' when I came to the kitchen. Landon wrote every letter by himself. He still gets confused by 'd' and 'b', so he signs his name : Lanbon instead Landon.

Daddy baked a beautiful cake with strawberry, banana and chocolate, Nea cried when we cut the cake, she thought we ruined it.

Daddy took the kids to the zoo, I watched TV until noon, camped in the sofa, had tea and cake, watched a silly comedy, one episode after another. Laughed so hard, tears were running.

Went shopping in the afternoon. Tried on a few clothes, got discouraged and bored, decided it was time to start dieting...again...

In the evening, I was texting with my friend Erika, I told her I was hiding in the guest bedroom, so the kids wouldn't know I was home and I wouldn't need to give them the bath tonight. She texted me back : LOL

I love mother's day, one day a year, I can be a little 'selfish' without feeling guilty ;)

Coat

I have been wanting to buy this coat for a while. It has my name written all over it. It is so me!

But it is most likely too big on me. Only size available is a Large. And final sale, no return. And...I probably won't have much chance to wear it. Too warm for southern California.

I guess I will pass (will I?)

Easter

We went for the egg hunt in the backyard.  I had an Easter post two years ago when Landon had his first egg hunt. Times goes so fast, now we have two egg hunters.

...

I found one!

Found another one 

 I found one too

 Not enough, my bags is too empty

 I am going to cry, brother found the pink egg, my favorite

Yes I did, it is mine, not sure I want to trade

Ok, Miss N. You can have the pink egg. I am a big brother. Hope you are happy now

The end

Are you trying to tell mummy, you don't like to be photoed... 

post holidays

Today started with sunshine and blue sky, but ended with wind and cold rain. I think I am spoiled by the weather here in southern California. I am pretty miserable whenever the temperature and the rain drops. I already forgotten how I survived the eight winters in Finland...

Christmas is over, the holiday fever, the excitement is settling down. I enjoy the post holiday time, doing nothing, feeling a bit guilty of over-eating but secretly happy that I have set myself free. So free that I finished a whole box of chocolate all by myself.

I still have some gift wrapping paper and ribbons left, I knew I wouldn't have needed all these when I bought them, but they look so nice, prettier than some of the gifts. Time to store them together with all the Christmas ointments when it is time to store them, maybe next weekend... Tomorrow we are going to the mountain with snow, the Finnish man in the house misses snow and the kids wants to visit Peter Rabbit.

Hi

Just want to say hi

Glad Fei an is back. Miss Alliot, miss you all...

tomorrow will be a better day

Where should I start? The gap between my posts is getting bigger and bigger. I have not been so inspired to write, my camera has been out of the battery for a while. Sometimes I wonder, what happen to me? The thoughts makes me a little sad.

Like many people, the reason or excuse is I was very busy. I choose to return to the corporate world, a world I was once very familiar but decided to leave it behind for the reason I will never regret. Now I am back, the corporate world has not changed but I have...

Today has been a long day, and not so good day. I came home exhausted. I sat inside of my car for a while after I pulled into the drive way, I wanted to clear my mind, I wanted to leave all those thoughts behind before I enter home. 

When I opened the door, Nea has just been bathed, she rushed to the stairs, naked little self, shouted with excitment: Mama, Mama, Mama is home!! Grandma was running behind her, try to tell her to put her clothes on first and don't fall down from the stairs. 

Landon ran to me and told me his breaking news in a sad face, his beloved red angry bird's tail was broken and he has been waiting for me to put a 'tape' on it, and daddy said mummy would do a better job in putting that kind of 'tape'.

After both kids went to the bed, I took out my sewing box, it has been a long time since I last sewed, Antti and I sat on the sofa, I vented to him what happened to me today while fixing the stuffed bird. He is so calm, rational and loving as he always is. 

Here I am home, with my family, my love. Thank you for being here for me, thank you for reminding me what's matters in life...

Sunday Morning Inspiration

Line+Liv is one of my favorite place, the curator is one of my favorite people, it might sounds a bit silly since we have never met, but she is such an inspiration... I love the new design of the store. And the selection is just getting more and more amazing. I am so tempted to bring one of the Stefanie Neumann arts into our home...

Long weekend

We are having a long weekend here in US. The weather has been very nice. Went to the beach this morning, picked some sea shells and rocks, chased the waves, saw a tiny crab and many happy faces...

Nea is napping, Landon and daddy are swimming in the pool. Finally I think it is about time for me to upload the spring summer collection to my online store.

It has been quite challenging to take care of the kids, manage the business while having a full time job. I am terribly late in brining the new items to the my own store.

But now, finally they are available in the store

A little discount code: 'Happylongweekend'

p.s. These images are from latest issue of La Petite Magazine, the shoot was here in San Diego, I remembered, it was also a beautiful beach day. Thank you dear Rachelle.

Friday night

Finally it is Friday. What a week I must say...

3 months has passed since I returned back to work. It felt like a roller coaster ride sometimes. In these three months, we had two accidents, my car accident, Landon's elbow injury. We had two houses at one point, then we sold one and moved into another one. I finally have my own studio, a room belong to myself, my fabrics, my books and a big closet that I can hide everything inside. Almost everything...

I ordered these for our new house. The house is almost ready

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p.s. I miss alliot.
p.s. I have been a silence reader of your blogs, those are still places for me to find serenity.

Have a lovely weekend. I plan to sleep really well tonight.