life, week 41

Au revoir, Provence! Hei home!

Slooowly returning to everyday life mode. Glad to have a couple of days before the whirlwind starts again to unpack, tackle the huge laundry pile and switch the diet from croissants and back to green smoothies.

Sunday agenda: declutter

My IKEA shopping partner and the discounted Christmas wrapping paper.

Autumn break travel stories shared over an Italian style dinner - with edible souvenirs brought home from their travels. 

post swim look down photo bomb

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Week 41: October 9-15 (note to self: the most of this week will be posted in separate Provence posts)

life, week 40

Monday routine: Leave work in the early afternoon, do the Monday @bodybossmethod workout session (I have learnt that working out is the best way to recharge and fill up on energy for evening work + coffee, of course!), pack everything I need for an evening at the University reading room while Sølve deals with the little ones. Also, I love when random leftovers turn into a yummy meal. This is roasted potato wedges, sautéed bell pepper, mushroom and salmon, pumpkin seeds, guacamole and cucumber.

An afternoon visit to the after school activity (SFO) to watch the kids perform, meet the other parentes and grab a bite. It's a new learning and social scene not only for the kids but also for this first time school mamma.

Luckily this calm scene has no sound because the afternoon mood in this house was quite the opposite. Hashtag loud little monkeys and exhausted mamma.

Post workout treat because today’s session was HARD. Half burpees are the worst!

Another very loud and mostly chaotic afternoon with these two. I have so much respect for people who have more than two kids!

Sara was here. And autumn break is on 🙌🏻 

Provence bound // autumn break ftw!

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Week 40: October 2-8 (note to self: the rest of this week + most of week 41 will be posted in separate Provence posts)

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life, week 39

Good things before 8 am on a Monday morning: 

- warm hugs from a sleepy Sverre

- a pink and peach coloured sunrise 

- sun streaming through the foliage of the beech forest 

- red and orange maple leaves against a pure blue sky

- the forecast says it will be 20c today - what’s not to love about indian summer?!

Monday workout // week 3 of pre-training #BodyBoss #bosseffect // there are lots of boobs, bellies and booties in those #BodyBoss photos, a little more than I can relate to, but the workouts are really good. Well, I guess it doesn’t hurt to work those parts of my body a little more than running can do... We are all a little vain, aren’t we?

camp (leirskole) with my 9th graders // great weather, great fun

before // new sofa delivery tomorrow // also: to have the day off after camp (leirskole) and a night with little sleep 🙌🏻

new sofa // work in progress

weekend agenda: writing a paper

Such an eager little helper.

Amalie Skram, Professor Hieronimus and hysteria // I’m on a roll! 🤓💪🏻

From Amalie Skram and hysteria to Stephanie Blake and 💩. A Saturday study in literary contrasts. Also 🤓💪🏻💨🙌🏻 for finishing the paper unexpectedly early.

We are all big fans of the new huge sofa!

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Week 39: September 25 - October 1

life, week 38

great mail day 🙌🏻 // beautiful work by @anjadahle

Monday snack box and lunch room conversation topic. Because it's very organised and I'm borderline OCD. But maybe it will inspire my colleagues to eat more greens too?

Monday blues

Such a beautiful evening and I have burried myself in my books in the basement of the University library - my favorite reading room. That's the priorities of a working and studying mamma. Lucikly this too shall pass.

I asked her if she could bring the bottles of soap to the bathroom. Well, mission accomplished.

One step closer to having a functioning basement again.

Classroom C305 view, September 21

Friday 06:50 am // candlelit solo breakfast

classic toddler behaviour

Saturday agenda: trying to deal with the clutter galore

It has been a while.

Sunday agenda: unpacking the basement. Well, not all of us obviously...

Unpacking takes time when you stumble across gems like these...

getting there // but first a beak on the freshly done day bed

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Week 38: September 18-24

life, week 37

Days are busy from dawn till dusk, yet I always make time to prepare a smoothie and healthy snacks keep me going through the day. #iquitsweettreats is going pretty well. How about you?

ready for roasting // will add avocado and feta for lunch tomorrow

A favorite in the early autumn flower beds.

It's coming.

Another week, another fort.

It was a really good afternoon.

practice, practice, practice 

2! And so happy to point out the animal stickers he didn't want to go inside.

Sooo proud of his crown and birthday poster!

He even brought it inside when we went to pick up Sara at school. 

Saturday morning mood

To drink coffee in the warm September sun after a Saturday afternoon nap.

the start of his career in kindergarten art

We do a lot of reading here, especially the Ingrid and Thomas books.

The not so photogenic mix of spinach, kale and strawberry.

Sunday afternoon mood // he really wanted to go in the water but he definitely found it too cold

To end the weekend like this. (It was not all pure bliss, but it never is, is it?)

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Week 37: September 11-17