watch me fly


Hugo is obsessed with planes, rockets and helicopters at the moment. One! two! three! four! sixteen! twelve! blast off!

So this morning I made him a pair of aeroplane wings out of a cardboard box. He flew around the yard at such a pace. So, so fast! So, so adorably cute!

Big sister also joined in on the aeronautical action with a pair of butterfly wings.

All that warp speed action, I need a break....

My favourite photographer

Miss E had a play with the camera today. Here are some of her snaps...

Last page from her favourite book, The Sun Egg by Elsa Beskow...She did photograph the entire book, but I thought I'd share the best one.

Still life on bedside table. So, so pink, so, so Elsa...


Das Kind ist gut mit einer Kamera - ja?

Das Leben ist schön


Blogtoberfest is going to be a bigger challenge for me than I first thought. I've got bloggers block. A post every day, phe-yew. In order to get through this month, I'm going to have to think a bit more about this.

I really want my blog to be a positive space, to record the beautiful things in our days, our darlings, so we can look back and remember those precious fleeting moments. But as a Mutter, I know that every day is not always beautiful and darlings aren't always, well, darlings. Some days seem to be filled with a never ending to do list, there's a lot of washing, a lot of poo, sleepless nights with sick children, fighting siblings and constantly hungry tummies to fill. It's sad really how easy it is to recall the not so great parts of parenting.

Perhaps by focusing on trying to find beauty in the every day, every day, I might just come out the other side of Blogtober with an even greater appreciation of just how blessed my family is, and live a bit more in the moment, like my children do, which ist sehr gut, ja?

Today she said....


...it's good to talk to plants because they breath in the air we speak out. So, hello flowers!



Here she is with a little slater bug, one of her favourites. It makes me so happy when I see dirt under her nails from playing in the garden. She's out with Dad to buy a special treat this afternoon. "I hope I get a pack of my very own seeds to plant." So, so sweet...