William's new room

A week from now we will be in our new house! I can’t wait... Our stuff is currently in customs at Oslo harbor – so any day now our container will arrive and in it – is the main contain of Williams first room. We got him a miniature couch (I will show you when it arrives) and naturally a couch needs pillows J

Ugly Dolls makes cute little pillows, I mixed them with a fun “monster pillow” – when browsing through Etsy – you can get so many cute handmade pillows (handmade stuff not actually made by your own hand – the best kind!)

William's new room

Quite soon William will have his very own Norwegian room in our new house (we just need to get the house first - but details, details). I bought a bunch of stuff before we left the US- I’ll show you when it arrives and I get to start decorating!

I have a really hard time not buying my son everything under the moon. I buy toys based on 3 basic thoughts:

1. Something that bring back my own childhood memories
2. Something I REALLY wanted as a child myself
3. Something I imagine will come to represent a childhood memory for him

… So that pretty much covers every toy in every store.

Oslo might just have the world’s best toy store Riktige Leker - most toys in the store are none-plastic and the store itself is just one big pile of amazingness.
Yesterday I managed to get out of there with only 2 things:

A Petit Price jewelry for for all the jewelry he doesn’t have (yet):

And robot boxes for organizing:

And with store windows like this - I would buy toys here even if I didn’t have a kid!

For stinky stuff...

William's new laundry bag is a good fit for small spaces. We have his changing station in the guest bathroom, so a bag hanging from a towel hook works better than a big laundry hamper...

Happy 3rd Sunday of Advent

Hot Advent coco with all the trimmings...

If you get bored inside in the cold weather, find your inner tickle monster and chase your kids with a pair of fluffy gloves :)

I cheated and got the "tickle monster laughter kit" - but really any fluffy glove will do the trick!

Itsy Bitsy Yoga

Today, William and I went to our weekly Itsy bitsy yoga class (yes, the babies do the actual yoga).
Unfortunately this is our last class with the studio as we will be moving in only 10 days!
I am sure we can find a new studio where William can shake his yoga bootie in Norway.
The Itsy Bitsy yoga book is awesome though - lots of good exercises for baby digestion, sleep etc. The book  cover both baby and toddler yoga basics!

The teacher recommended this soft plastic ball for very gentle baby zonetherapy.

 They are available in any toy store for nothing I would think... We will try ours tomorrow in the tub!

It is Official - I lost my mind!!

Behold... what you see below is HOMEMADE TOYS! As the crafty (ahemm) person I am I just made these two toys for baby W. They are somewhat green so for a more talented person this would be a good idea! It is taped water bottles filled with scraps (and yes a few Danish flags a well).

He seemed to like them - or has he already learned how to force a smile? :)