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It’s Friday!

It’s Friday again and such a dull, grey and wet day in Stockholm! Boo. Indoor activities with an 18-month old are a challenge, especially after a couple of days of bad weather. For those of you with slightly older kids, I’ve come across some great crafts and activities this week – check them out:

I love these DIY Felt Crowns by Hank & Hunt featured on Hellobee this week!

And I can’t not share these lovely teacher gifts by Armelle Blog, also featured on Hellobee this week!

I love me a party kit and these ones by Nice Party are so sweet! Via A Beautiful Living.

Melt beads are a classic play thing/craft activity for Swedish kids but this is a new way to use them – by melting them down they make really great flat beads for bracelets and other play jewelry. Cute! By Craft & Creativity. You can buy melt beads and platters at IKEA.

Butterfly suncatcher

These Butterfly Sun Catchers are a great project for older kids!

Great DIY photo booth idea for a kids party!

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  • It's grey and rainy today (we seem to have brought the Swedish summer weather with us) so we headed up to San Pantaleo for market day. We bought pecorino, torrone and local honey and one of the shopkeepers gave Nonie a very sugary bun that she devoured. Then we peered over the gate into our old garden - my parents' beautiful little village house - and I showed the children the orange tree that was planted when I was born, and my sister's lemon tree.
  • That's a five story water slide off the side of that yacht. I'm not even kidding. #malhotrasinsardegna2017
  • Yesterday started with a 04:45 wake up call after two hours of sleep and ended with a skinny dip in the pool at twilight after the kids were down for the night, tired after a long trip, a few hours at the beach, pizza at their favourite place, grocery shopping, and ice cream at everybody' favourite place. Today started with a smattering of rain on the roof and thunder rumbling in. We worried that we might have brought the Swedish weather with us. But by lunch the sun was back and we did it all again today. #malhotrasinsardegna2017
  • The trip went so well. It's so hot. We just had a quick pasta pesto up at the house before heading down to the beach. #malhotrasinsardegna2017
  • On our way! #malhotrasinsardegna2017
  • And after ice cream, pizza for dinner in my old neighbourhood!
  • Traditional last day of school ice cream in our old neighbourhood. At the end of summer Louis and Léonie will be starting at a pre-school in the burbs so we might be having summer break cones somewhere else next year! #itstraditionandyoudontmonkeywithtradition
  • Lunch out with just my big kid.
  • A day to remember. #fredriksofia2017
  • Wedding ready. Three little attendants. One bridesmaid. And the only guy at the wedding who took advantage of a white tie loophole: traditional clothes. Not shown: the Canadian flag (beside the Skåne flag) to honour the bride and groom's roots. #fredriksofia2017