life, week 50

that light // moments later it was gone

Finally! First walk in nearly a month (!) So. Much. Needed. What have I been doing all this time, except nursing and watching Netflix? #astridspramwalkdiaries

look down

milestone: she now manages to make speed on the swing by herself - and she is so proud!

what evenings look like these days // plus lots of nursing of course

I love this time of the day, when the morning light breaks through the darkness of the night.

peek bloom // won't last til Christmas

Just woke up from an hour unexpected morning nap. Today will be a good day.

blending in // fresh air and exercise make wonders // #astridspramwalkdiaries

makes my mornings a little brighter // and evenings and all the rest of the day // how to fight the December darkness

December 10, 9 am, 10 C and windy

morning kindergarten Lucia procession, complete with coffee and saffron buns

siesta in the Siesta

where he had his breakfast and other random bedroom clutter

Friday advent calendar activity: make saffron buns with grandma (using this yummy recipe)

Successfully - but so close to disaster - changed a poop diaper with Sverre on my lap in the car with pouring rain outside. Now some nursing and then to cut down our Christmas tree. Mamma skills ftw!

The Mykletun men are very serious about the Christmas tree hunt business.

Christmas trees, old fruit trees, fog and sun - all so good, if you ask me.

So much to see! And then he fell asleep. 

the prize

The 2015 Christmas tree hunt was completed with homemade saffron buns and hot blackcurrant toddy.

nursing view: advent calendar in winter sunshine + Sara and Sølve making brunch

She helped herself to cashew nuts and blueberries and proclaimed she was a bear.

She was so happy to play doctor with him. He had no other choice than to play along - and he didn't mind.

the willing patient // and a melting mamma heart 

Playing is exhausting! For the first time ever he fell asleep on the activity gym - twice! Didn't sleep long though.

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Week 50: December 7-13

things I like lately

from my December 2013 archives // Kodak Portra 400nc, Canon EOS 500N

- making paper snowflakes with Sølve on a Saturday night - yeah, Saturdays look rather different than they used to (we used these instructions - so pretty! Also, these look convenient.)
- these simple DIY Christmas decorations
- Hakkebakkeskogen blir animasjonsfilm og Katzenjammer piffer opp musikken
- these beautiful gift tags (via Ingvild)
- made fiskegrateng (fish gratin) for the first time (using this recipe) - yummy!
- Cappelen Damm Barnebøker (children' books publisher) on Instagram
- Friday morning Lucia procession in Sara's kindergarten
- plans of making saffron buns with Sara and her grandmother (my mother) this afternoon (I'll be using this recipe)
- Anna Emilia's (one of my favorite illustrators) new website (this snow house print is hanging in Sverre's nursery)
- this print - Hverdagskjærester by Lisa Aisato - is on my wishlist
- homemade juice with orange, carrot, lemon and ginger
- this kick start shot of ginger, lemon and cucumber
- fresh sheets
- an unexpected nap
- How to get away with murder on Netflix
- listening to Sara play with Lego - she's really into role play
- watching Christmas movies like The Polar Express and Arthur Christmas - I especially enjoyed the last one
- 11 survival-triks (livsvettreglene) (via Ingvild's Facebook)
- Harvest hakkespettbok 
- we are planning to get our Christmas tree this weekend - first time bringing Sara (and Sverre, of course), so we are cutting it ourselves

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Things I don't like lately

- the constant smell of baby spit up on my left shoulder - it somehow always seem to miss the spit up cloth

randoms, on film

spring 2015 // Agfa Precisa 100, Canon EOS 500N

life, week 49

Monday 5 pm 

December 1 advent calendar activity: paint hearts for a heart garland 

Wednesday 4 pm // traffic, dark, wet, tired, sick // glad there is ice cream in the freezer at home

"It's not good for you, but you deserve it." // I love you too, dear husband.

Glad to see how eager she is to check the advent calendar every morning. Seems like our activity calendar is a hit.

Friday feline feeding duty

hearts garland and clutter // wanted: a magic formula that teaches my daughter to keep her room tidy and organised 

new in: a festive pillow to make our living room a little more Christmasy  

I *heart* hanging out with this little guy

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Week 49: November 30 - December 6

things I like lately

ilex from my 2010 archives // Kodak Portra 400nc, Minolta SRT 101

- the 100 best photographs ever taken without photoshop
- this interview with one of my favorite photographers, Leila Peterson (PS: Leila shoots film)
- the urban outfitters blog
- this advent calendar
- watching "Karsten og Petras vidunderlige jul" with Sara - it was her December 3 advent calendar activity
- just picked up our 2015 Christmas cards - time to start writing! (Confession: I didn't get around to sending out all our Christmas cards last year, so some of our friends are getting two cards this year...)
- Print with Wings
- Sverre smiles more and more each day - makes me fall in love with him a little more every time
- Sverre's first laugh - my heart exploded!
- listening to Sverre talk to the butterfly and bee on the baby activity gym
- The Fall on Netflix
- I know we are pretty late to the party, but we just started watching Downton Abbey and are enjoying it big time
- a walk in the woods - I love the brown fern photo so much!
- red fingernails - it's been a while
- the red amaryllis is in bloom (got it from a friend a couple of weeks ago)
- using an old gift card to buy a few simple Christmas decorations (advent candles, red throw pillows and ilex)
- planning to get out more of our decorations during the weekend // PS: more Christmas related posts
- oatmeal porridge for breakfast - Sara is a big fan
- 10 ting som hjelper mot julestress + 10 advent- og juletradisjoner fra min barndom - I can relate to a lot of this
- hearing Sølve say "our children"
- before I left kindergarten this morning, Sara said "jeg elsker deg" (I love you) and gave me an eskimo kiss

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Things I don't like lately

- both Sølve and I have come down with colds
- hard days of parenting (made a little better with ice cream)
- the darkness and miserable weather are getting to me - I really need to spend more time outdoors during daylight
- the intrusive Christmas busyness at shopping malls - must try to avoid them completely; they make me dislike Christmas

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This time last year. What a difference a years makes!

life, week 48

a freshly made cookie a day keeps the bad bugs away // de er sykt gode @hannemeg!

Rushed Sara off to kindergarten, nervous about the potential slippery roads. Luckily it all went well and Sara got there in time for them all to get ready to go see a theatre performance of Kardemommeby.

a day that never got bright // oh November

first night sleeping away from home // wish I was more relaxed about it // oh the comfort of my own home

Nursing spot view. Plus the smell of bacon.

Sleeping baby on my lap view. Post bacon.

The kind of evening we all love; the best food, wine and good talks. Plus the first playing of Händel's Messiah of the season.

such a happy little morning baby // totally in love with the dimple on his left cheek

windy and cold, but oh so refreshing

[Insert funny caption about dinosaur in bathroom cupboard. The ex-copywriter has lost her mojo.]

Sunday evening family home cinema time looks something like this. (We saw Minions. It was fun, but the Despicable Me movies are better.) 

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Week 48: November 23-29

our Stavanger home, on film

spring 2015 // Kodak Portra 160, Canon EOS 500N