finurlig giveaway # 2 - the winner!

With a little delay we found the winner today. What happened is that my little assistant was too tired for playing when we came home from kindergarten yesterday, so we decided to postpone the draw a little.

Today, then, she was in the mood. So we made a tea party. With all the names written on little doilies, each placed underneath a little cup. And with cakes, of course. An elaborate plan, if you ask my assistant.

When everybody had tea in their cups, my assistant chose one cup at random...

...and the name underneath was the winner :)

Linda K, please email me your address, and I will post you the tea spoons.
And thanks to everyone for playing  - always so nice to hear from you.

PLAY

This weekend has been all about playing. We didn't have any appointments at all and it was wonderful just to follow our spontaneous desires. A introduced Toca Boca to Frida Viola, and although I am very restrictive about this kind of "playing" I must admit that I was positively surprised. We have only tried Toca House so far (where you have to vacuum the floor, do the washing up, iron the clothes, mow the lawn etc...), but the other versions look nice as well.

And oh yes, photo 1 is a crochet detail we spotted on a pipe on our walk yesterday - wonder who did it and put it there...

We have mice...

Frida Viola loves playing with these little mice at the moment. She has collected a whole little family with the rabbit ("Harepus") as a dear relative. The mice come with little boxes to sleep in - matches and Cuban cigars.

We had a nice weekend with a trip to Jutland for a family birthday yesterday, and walking and playing today.

Did you see Jennifer Sarkilahti's sneak peek, styled and photographed by Lena Corwin?

Kitchenette

I found this little kitchen for Frida Viola in the local thrift store the other day. Big joy!
The size of the kitchen is perfect for her little Barefoot mice. She has been cooking and cooking.
I have been making more bread with the sourdough. Good.

Isabel Marant's fantastic cabin - can't get it out of my mind.
Die Katze - a kindergarten made as a cat! Love it :) More here.

Picture Lottery

I really like the graphic style and the colours of this old picture lottery found in the local thrift store.
Frida Viola is not old enough to understand the rules yet but surely old enough to enjoy the pictures and match them together.

Joy

This is pure joy - for both of us!

I found two little ballarina dresses in the local thrift store at my mom's place. Every day after kindergarten she jumps into one of them and it's a battle to get it off again before bedtime.

Little glimpses

Some little glimpses of what we have been doing the last couple of days.
I love to refind the toys from my own childhood in my mom's cupboards. Frida Viola loves to play with them.

The books are for the wedding - guest books for memories and greetings, bound in old tapestry and paper.

Outside

We went here again today. Such a fantastic place and such a relief to leave the city for a while. Everything out there is made well - the wooden toys, the rentable bicycles, the little places where you can sit and picnic, but most of all I simply love the open space.

Yesterday, I tried baking the flourless peanutbutter cookies found here. They are delicious!
I have made an attempt to translate the recipe into Danish - see below.

Peanutbutter Cookies

5 dl peanutbutter (der står creamy i opskriften, men jeg brugte halvt creamy og halvt crunchy, og det fungerer faktisk godt)
1 1/4 dl brun farin
1 1/4 dl sukker (jeg brugte 2 ½ dl rørsukker, for jeg havde ikke brun farin)
2 æg
1 ½ tsk bagepulver
1 tsk vanille
1/4 tsk salt

Efter eget valg:
1 1/4 dl saltede peanuts
1 1/4 dl chokolade (jeg valgte chokolade, og det smager lækkert)

Bland ingredienserne og rør sammen, fx med en røremaskine. Form små kugler på størrelse med bordtennisbolde og pres dem let flade på bagepapiret (få fx små fingre til at gøre dette! Vi har Frida Violas fingeraftryk på alle kager!) Bag ved 180° i 6 minutter, vend pladerne rundt og bag 6-7 minutter mere.

Have a nice weekend!

Unpredictable

We have very mixed weather at the moment - heavy rain and burning sun at the same time.
I try to be optimistic wearing summer dresses, but I must admit I have been soaked a couple of times.

Photos from a playground we like to visit in the afternoon.
I like to watch the little windmills.
Soon we will be playing here.

Memory

We play memory a lot at the moment. I like this old one found in the thrift store. It reminds me of my own childhood. Some of the objects are too old fashioned, though, to be recognized by a child today - it's funny.

Below - tonight's dinner - also brings back childhood memories. It reminds me about something my mom could have done. It was good.