Finally - the dollhouse is ready

Finally the doll house is ready! In the end I decided to go for a book shelf and decorate it with Marimekko paper to arrange different rooms. I bought the kitchen, the bathroom, the baby room and the dolls from Lundby. But I must say I am a bit disappointed. They are not very sturdy. The mother doll is already broken. For a kids toy this is not a very good start. The bedroom interior is from Muji. And the bedlinen made by myself from Marimekko fabric (I love their bold patterns). I also used several mini designer chairs (you can get them at the Page One book shop here in Hong Kong). Last not least I have sewn a leather sofa and created a table out of a piece of wooden flooring sample and clothes pegs. Coasters are serving as rugs. My daughter got it for Christmas and loved it!

Holidaying - with three small children

Our first holiday trip with the new big family (our 2.5 year old daughter and the 8 month old twin boys). One (fairly big) hotel room, a king size bed and three travel cots (two provided by the hotel). The flight was already a bit challenging eventhough it lasted less than three hours. The next downturn was the weather. We knew it was the rainy season and thought we were prepared for some rain. But it was raining nonstop for the first three days. That was tough. The hotel staff was so nice and let us use the yoga room so that the boys could wander around a bit without bumping theirs heads all the time. We still went into the pool but every day it was getting cooler because of the rain. Finally after a rough start the rain stopped for a few hours now and then so that we were able to enjoy the pool and the surroundings. Everybody relaxed and towards the end we had a lot of nice moments to make it a happy but very demanding holiday. The return flight was much better. Coming home was a bit rough again but in the end we decided to do it again...