Summer, you are wonderful! I'm telling you this as an adult but once you hear it from those that enjoy it to the fullest, I bet you're done. Because summer belongs to kids and their ideas and this colourful playground always does the trick. As you can see, the beauty of it is in the simplicity, just a handful of rails needed for a lively rhythm of bodies navigating between objects. I watched Nadia and her cousins for a short while before all the laughing began and I had no choice but to grab my camera and make it my new favourite - snap and entertain, have fun and snap. If there was a need of my career path change, I'd assume to be a great force at making kids laugh. It's not easy job, you know. Kids always spot the first sign of artificiality, the trick, the fake connection so I had to think fast and react accordingly. They were the best moments. Older playground occupants laughed their socks off at a thought of me not being able to locate any children there but monkeys making funny noises while hanging with their heads down. The youngest of them accompanied the fun because he thought that this monkey business was a great idea. There is no way to go wrong while there are little people to share the fun with and sink all of the energy into doing any small thing that will get everyone into the right mood. Have a great week, friends! x
This title says a lot about our attitude towards direction the wind blows - we've started getting used to to going out without much on, having our hair whipped around our faces and our lungs exhausted. Every spring our bodies are starting from scratch taking more in until reaching a pleasant balance in loving everything about warm weather again. The air is feeling different, we have more energy than you'd suspect so even still chilly afternoons at the playground win out. Those after meal get togethers are going to happen more often so I've already started looking for fabrics that stand up to dirt and are stretchy and comfortable enough to win every race however it's not terribly realistic to Nadia's life so she adjusts my ideas a lot. Skirt, sparkly ballet pumps, hair left loose is how we go these days. Whatever is found in four year old's closet is more than versatile in her eyes.
As always we're not really bothered to plan ahead of time. Having a basic understanding of what the weather could be like is what keeps us sane around this latitude. Warm days attract people to all places imaginable so we're going out often. Twice a day is not too often. We take time to explore, make friends or invite ours, we are prepared to travel to find what we're looking for. And we always find it, fun as they say hides itself to be found easily. Have a beautiful day, friends. x
As always we're not really bothered to plan ahead of time. Having a basic understanding of what the weather could be like is what keeps us sane around this latitude. Warm days attract people to all places imaginable so we're going out often. Twice a day is not too often. We take time to explore, make friends or invite ours, we are prepared to travel to find what we're looking for. And we always find it, fun as they say hides itself to be found easily. Have a beautiful day, friends. x
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| ^^ Funny faces with my nephew and you notice how the big age gap adjusts itself. Also, no hat! (preparing my head for new routines) ^^ |
Each time I upload pictures to the computer I can see a hat, scarf, fluffy hood. How many miles are we from North Pole? It's usually harmless to stay bundled up until end of February but settling with the thought beyond that point is less than thrilling. And those colours confuse us terribly because really aren't we in season already? How soothing is that? Then March came along and been keeping things interesting in a good old fashioned way varying the features. We can handle most of them, just take a look at the gif at the bottom - favourite image of ever, right? Have a mild in temperature day! x
These days it's all about mental stimulation - from story telling to rhyming, taking alphabet by storm, focusing on numbers and their purpose and generally investigating paths Nadia's imagination is shifting through. Hands stay not less occupied, literally every week new ideas turn to projects that turn to real objects that turn to garbage... eventually. No, not really. Most of them are stored away in boxes for trips down the memory lane in near future. Weekends or not we pack lightly and go out on child-friendly adventures. I don't stress over the small stuff - if it rains, it will stop even if there's never good news in soaking through so sometimes we stay dry for three hours and sometimes it rained every twelve minutes. Keep calm, you will feel normal again.
Also the kind of piece of clothing Nadia is more than sure about and talks about it in the most delightful way is... a bra. I mean, four and a half year old will easily remind her mama when the right time comes. And if she decided to need one, certain purchase was in order. If you own more than you can wear, you reach for the basics. It’s not even the right size! But it works and it kind of stays on forever and life’s pretty awesome again.
I'm not expert in leather department but those boots are definitely not made for walking in the mud, rain and whatever else that goes wrong on the pavement level. But we'll soon be replacing our shoes and cars with rain boots and boats to get around so when spotted one unusually sunny day in all that crazy weather arrangement, with overly optimistic attitudes we whizzed outside. So what that it was 4 pm and cold would be understatement? Cause you oughta go out, live a little dangerously even if it means only for an afternoon.
Not convinced spring is on her way we used our time outdoors wisely and tried each playground feature respectively. I think the spinning seat might be our favourite as it does amazing things in person. Think of all the ways it could be used on a really nice day and more appropriate hour too. Then we got really excited to greet ducks and geese taking over our camera for a while. They love any kind of attention and Nadia was ready to give some.
I don't want to scare you guys but UK will be underwater any minute. Commuting gets dangerous and challenging, seaside is no longer our friend and whoever thinks of stepping out the door should at least have a valid will in place. The scenery is all about fallen trees, floods and chaos almost everywhere you choose to go and the sun still doesn't get it. If I tell you it's been happening since late November you'll never fill any visa applications for this side of the globe. Almost everyone I know has been affected by the recent craziness of nature whether having a tree fallen on their car or just an umbrella in unfixable state (anyone making notes what I need for like next birthday or so?). All the very busy people going about their own lives have to change plans, rearrange, get dry and so on. It's funny how I keep believing that it will clear up tomorrow or the day after. Nope, 100 mph wind and rain have their own plans meeting at the same time, same place...
Have a great day, dears! x
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| Look at my nose and cheeks, was it really that cold? Jacket: House of Fraser, Scarf: Asos, Blouse: Zara, Trousers: H&M, Boots: Bershka |
If you said we were abnormally rich and had the whole playground booked for our most fanciful frolicking, we wouldn't be more in agreement. It seemed like only skeletons of trees heard our small talk and up to this point we haven't been able to keep up with the demand of all the abandoned play areas in our neighbourhood. There was not a jumping, pink or Spiderman wearing soul in sight and the whole experience could be as quick or take as long as we'd like even if it was likely the weather conditions would not stay ideal. So what kind of games we aimed for? We didn't avoid muddy grounds and sheets of fallen leaves because when company isn't available you actually try and make up for it in complicated tasks, moves and climbs. It's more than entertaining, it's gasps and bursts of laughter at every corner because when mama is chasing you you'd better run or hide or alter your approach to what she's capable of. Who said mummy-daughter playdates have to happen in overheated indoors?
It's been weeks now of Damian's insanely delicious cucumber soup eaten with chunks of bread and various sausages. Steaming hot is the best answer for wind-pulling-hats-off weather. Remind me to show you next time how we work on our body tissues over here. Days are still perfectly uncoordinated because of extensive gift wrapping, Christmas cards writing out and addressing, preparing short notes to go with them otherwise it'd look like Sunday-morning-type of season already. And those sort of things are last minute necessities alongside learning colours, counting, colouring inside lines.
Yes, yes! we're almost ready for my mum to fly over from Poland - last tips how to pack for English weather and which old and loved for a long time Christmas decorations to be brought with her repeated at least countless of times so my job here is done. Last entries in my new day to a page diary successfully interlined therefore New Year doesn't terrifies me anymore (those fully filled in days only) so from now on it will only be time of comfort and fun. And dealing with toddler's requests of all kinds. Like peeling her tangerine because she accidentally bit the skin around her little finger.

It's been weeks now of Damian's insanely delicious cucumber soup eaten with chunks of bread and various sausages. Steaming hot is the best answer for wind-pulling-hats-off weather. Remind me to show you next time how we work on our body tissues over here. Days are still perfectly uncoordinated because of extensive gift wrapping, Christmas cards writing out and addressing, preparing short notes to go with them otherwise it'd look like Sunday-morning-type of season already. And those sort of things are last minute necessities alongside learning colours, counting, colouring inside lines.
Yes, yes! we're almost ready for my mum to fly over from Poland - last tips how to pack for English weather and which old and loved for a long time Christmas decorations to be brought with her repeated at least countless of times so my job here is done. Last entries in my new day to a page diary successfully interlined therefore New Year doesn't terrifies me anymore (those fully filled in days only) so from now on it will only be time of comfort and fun. And dealing with toddler's requests of all kinds. Like peeling her tangerine because she accidentally bit the skin around her little finger.


| ^^ I don't argue with toddler wanting to snack right there right that very minute. It may change, don't risk it. ^^ |











