life, week 17

They left for their honeymoon just two days after the wedding, so they shared the wedding flowers with some of their guests. Lucky us!

Kitchen window view - I looove you!

After a week of too much egg and bacon for breakfast, I needed something else; rolled oats, nuts, strawberries, blueberries, banana and milk. Yum!

Back to the routine of watching cartoons with Sara in the early afternoon. Today's big project: get back to normal bedtime routines and make her fall asleep at a reasonable hour - not 10-11 pm like during the Easter vacation. It has been ridiculous! 

10 pm and she is still not sleeping. The Easter vacation really messed up her routine!

Thursday 7:45 am | rare treats

will do

our garden is getting greener and greener every day

My little collection of handmade glasses, made together with Beda at Verftet.

damn huge saw thingy

milestone: big girl bed | very excited to see how the first night will be (it took nearly 2,5 hours until she fell asleep; she did not wake up during the night though)

another weekday treat

afternoon picnic with her cousins

Saturday morning bliss with grandma

a little gift from my niece

our friends got married!

6 am

bare feet in the sand | summer in april

moments later she had her first outdoor bath of the season | summer in april

my mother-in-law does not approve of the temperature in the wine fridge (she found it too cold)

He mowed the lawn. Normally I do it because of his allergies.

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Week 17: April 21-27 (week 16 was our Easter vacation)

London, III

February 2014 | Kodak Portra 400, Canon EOS 500N

a photo an hour

- as seen through my iPhone and VSCO Cam app on Thursday May 1, the International Workers' Day (so we all had the day off).

8 am: Making pour over coffee instead of my usual Nespresso. Sometimes a big cup of coffee is just a little bit more comforting than a small one. 

9 am: Flipping through old Gourmet magazines whilst Sara plays with my old cap. Sølve is having a lie-in. 

10 am: She loves eating leverpostei (liver paté) straight from the little box. Also, the summer dress from last year still fits. Win!

11 am: Sara and Sølve are off to hike up mount Ulriken whilst I work on my exam.

noon: laundry break

1 pm: today's work space - feels good being productive

2 pm: Made a tuna dip as a pre lunch snack. Wondering when Sara and Sølve will be home.

3 pm: They came home right after I set the table for a late lunch; tuna dip tartlets and broccoli soup (from the freezer) with homemade croutons plus strawberry, banana, melon smoothie. 

4 pm: So excited about the UV bathing suit from last year (and so convenient that it still fits). She wore it for a long while, pretending to be at Mallorca (we are going there for our summer vacation). 

5 pm: I needed a little break from exam writing, so I took Sara out in the garden whilst Sølve had a little nap. Carrying a 15 kg toddler up a mountain (that one in the photo there) is rather heavy work, even for a fit and sporty pappa. Also, naps are good. 

6 pm: I'm back at my work space writing whilst Sara helps pappa prepare for oiling the teak window frames outside.

7 pm: supper time for Sara, snack time for mamma - those tuna dip tattles were yummy (I'll share the recipe soon) 

8 pm: More exam writing whilst Sølve puts Sara to bed. It took nearly an hour before she fell asleep. This big girl bed transition is a bit tiring.

9 pm: dessert before dinner...

10 pm: late dinner with the husband; veal and quinoa salad

11 pm: He is really into his book whilst I do a bit of journaling. Off to bed before midnight. A little bit too late. 

things I like lately

a surprise delivery by my friend Hanne - in the middle of my exam writing - lucky me!

- summer weather in late April 

- the way Carina describes summer in April 

- wearing shorts and sandals (it is still sunny, but I'm back to wearing pants and wool)

- painting my toenails in Essie's clambake

- Sara's joy of bare feet in the sand

- Sara's first outdoor bath of the season

- our apple tree is blooming

- so is one of our strawberry plants

- our friends' wedding - I'm SO, SO happy to see these two beautiful people be married 

- seeing how much fun Sara has playing with her nieces

- the fact that Sara likes makrell i tomat - such a healthy sandwich spread! (I hate it)

- Pimm's with Canada Dry ginger ale and lemon

- this scarf

- a perfectly ripe mango

- Tiljamid (thanks for the tip Céline!)

- 4th trimester bodies

- after this big milestone last week, Sara has been sleeping more often in our bed (which she hardly ever does) - so cosy!

- Teak Tray Weekdays - the Norwegian version

- slowly getting into the swing of planning our weekday dinners again

- feeling inspired to cook and eat whole foods again 

- the smell of freshly baked bread

- making no-knead bread in a ceramic pot instead of the cast iron pot - no problem!

- making pour over coffee instead of my usual Nespresso

- the photography of Jamie magazine (I have been going through some back issues that I'm giving away)

- Sara got her first birthday party invitation this week; a boy in the neighborhood just turned three (unfortunately she will not be able to attend because we are off to Sandnes that weekend)

- drinking tea brought home from our hotel room in London in February

- (unintentionally) watching very little TV this week

- flipping through back issues of food magazines

- being really focused and engrossed in writing my exam

- the fact that my brother-in-law makes his own skis and my sister designs the graphic elements - such a perfect hobby for these two ski bums who are super happy to get fresh snow in May (they live in Tromsø)

- the very vivid, bright green color of the new leaves on our beech hedge

- my dear friend Hanne for being one of the most generous people I know

- that fresh from the oven, still warm cinnamon bread in the photo above, brought to me by said Hanne 

- meeting our friends' F and R's little baby girl Embla (2 months old) for the first time + Hanne's little baby girl Mie (3,5 months old) for the first time - they give me baby fever! 

- slowly embracing that big change and starting to really look forward to it (yes, I do plan to tell you about it soon)

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things I don't like lately

- Sara's sleeping routine got really messed up during the Easter vacation

- getting back to everyday life after the Easter vacation has been hard

- procrastinating because of my upcoming exam

- the fact that I really, really need to get back to my running routine

- the fact that I really, really need to cut down on sugar - damn approaching bikini season!

life, week 15

Monday 8:30 pm

a little road trip with the mr whilst Sara is in kindergarten

Hei Voss! | garden work at the family holiday home in the pouring rain

"I'm at school, mamma!" | home from kindergarten ritual: climb the stairs of the side entrance to the school building we pass on the way 

everyday life | I don't leave it like this for long - I hate mess

a new day, a new road trip - Easter holiday, here we come! | seriously full car - classic Mykletun style 

8 pm, my parents' place

my mum set the breakfast table for us before she went to work

childhood stories

busy bee

Playing with a 8 months old is exhausting. (She did not fall asleep. At 4:30 pm and still no nap, I really wish she had.)

5 am wake up call | dear Sara baby, there is no lion here to eat you

my view whilst waiting for Sølve | hei Stavanger

You are fantastic. Treat yourself.

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Week 15: April 7-13