two teeth

Nea has two teeth now. She looks so cute with those two little white thing. I have been trying to take a picture with the teeth shown without success. I tried it again this morning and finally we got it for the last shot

Happy

I am happy today, my mood is like the pink cloud hanging in Nea's room, in my eyes, today, all the clouds in the sky are pink too!

My autumn/winter lookbook is almost ready, I can't wait to share it with you. This collection is special to me because I almost skipped this one. I was tired and feeling a little blue, the only time I could work is when both kids finally went to bed and often I was too exhausted to think or do anything. I decided to put the collection on hold until I was ready to work again.

Now it is finally ready and I am pleased with it...

Egg hunting

This was the first egg hunting for Landon, he was so excited everytime when he found one egg. Then he gathered all his hunts, guarded them like a hen waiting for the eggs to hatch, even brought his chair and sat next to them

Ready steady go!

We bought a bike for Landon already for sometime, he hardly ride it because he refused to wear any helmet, until I found this helmet, we went for a bike ride last night...

p.s. Almost forgot this is the Eastern weekend, wish everyone a happy easter weekend!

Marimekko fever

My mother in law brought many beautiful Marimekko scarfs, I wrapped one on Nea's head, she looked so cute, ready for a day's work at Miss Nea's farm

Nea's room

Nea's room has the best light in the house...

This 'Love' banner with subtle dusty pink letter is made by my sweet blog pal Michelle, she even named it 'The Nea' in her store. Thank you so much dear, for your gentleness and warmth, everytime I look at it when the sun shines on it, I thought about you.

I am a person who feels the most comfortable in black, white and grey, although I am secretly in love with all the new color combination this season.

Creature of comfort SS 2011

Have a colorful week

dinosaur

Conversation between mummy and Landon:

'Mama, what is this dinosaur ?'
'Hmmm, this is a long neck dinosaur'
'No, it is 'Brachiosaurus'
'Mama, what is this dinosaur then'
'Hmmm, sharp teeth dinosaur'
'No, it is T-Rex'
'Ok mama, what is THIS dinosaur'
'Hmmm, BIIIG dinosaur'
sign, 'No, it is spinosaurus'
...
Landon is 2 1/2, mummy is 36 1/2

p.s. Thank you, Planetawesomekid

ihaaaa

I like so much little Varpu's Heppa, as soon as Landon's grandma arrived, I asked if she could make a horse for Landon. Look at this beauty, it is made by love, grandma did all the work, daddy transferred a stairway spindle into a child-friendly stick by cutting the hard edges off and sanding it, and mummy, well mummy did a little bit of art directing, ha! :)

Monday

Another beautiful day

Balboa Park

When I looked at the thumbnails on my blog, I see flowers blooming all over the world. Spring has arrived. We went for a walk today at the Balboa park, what a lovely day, the sun was shining, the sky was blue, I can't stop taking pictures of the flowers and Nea's smiling face

Happy Weekend

We had a wonderful day today, Landon and Nea's grandma and uncle are visiting us from Finland. Felt like Christmas when we were opening all the presents. I need to take some pictures later to show you what we got :) It is so sweet Nea smiled when she saw her grandma and uncle, it is the first time they met and normally Nea would reject the unfamiliar faces since she now started to have some stranger anxiety. I guess she knew they are family. And Landon LOVES his uncle, he kept telling him in Finnish: Uncle Tuomas, I love you. I am going to take some credits of Landon's not shy of showing his feelings side, something not very Finnish :)

Finally both kids are sleeping. I did a little shopping at my favorite Line+Liv, can't resist the Happy weekend sale. Now I am waiting for my 'favorite place pillow' from Luckyboysunday and a Kristina Klarin's necklace that I blogged a while ago

Happy!

Image is from Line+Liv

Then and Now

I rarely think what I should be wearing nowadays, I am still vain, just don't have much time nor needs, my uniforms consists flat shoe, sweat pants or any kind of comfy pants, Tshirt and cardigan, my hair style is wash and go, my bag needs to be easy to carry (better hands free), big enough to fit into diapers, wipes, toys, change of clothes (for kids) and better to be washable.

I went into my closet this morning, most of the clothes there I have not touched for a long time, feel a bit nostalgic to be frank, took these few pictures, one thing in common of my style then and now is still my comfort zone in black and white.

then vs now

Had to repost this, first saw it here, originally from here

Purity

Via design relevant , glad to discover Tze Goh. I get goose bumps when looking at his collections.