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NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL























Say you've lost count of the number of Kinder Surprise chocolate eggs eaten. More interestingly you've lost count of the number of toys self-assembled between sugary bites and instead of parting with them the conventional way, you're looking for ideas that might just give them a little more room to shine. We're talking animal toys needing home. It seemed like fantastic challenge to make something out of scraps of paper, buttons and lots of paint. Abundance of green with the lake in the forefront. Even Shrek would approve. We used pine cones as pine trees and pebbles as mountains, sticks and leaves and it looked just like we wanted it to. I love the moment when something bland and unfriendly plain turns into things that are recognizable. Creating surely is one of the raddest occupations.

NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
^^ Remember me mentioning the cherry blossom light bulb droppings? Their lives are purposefully preserved.^^
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL

NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
NOT THE ONES FOR SITTING STILL
^^ And it started off plain and noticeably necessary to use up every inch of the scandalously empty space. It could have stayed like this. There were no guarantees.^^ 
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AM I SURE I'M RAISING A GIRL?


AM I SURE I'M RAISING A GIRL?






















Rooms, reading nooks, sticker-ed shelves say a lot about four year olds and changing them or adding something with a twist can literally transform the feel of the whole space. Decorative boxes or simply leftover ones are a great source of new projects so scissors in hands, sellotape between teeth and we knelt for far too long but the results are quite pleasing. I tell you, active toddlers are the best company when no schedule is involved. When time is on your side for projects like these you kind of embrace each hole and paint each inch lovingly. She'll be going on adventures in it so I'm all safety orientated. Still not decorated the way it will present itself to the cushion storms and dive under the breakfast table but we're figuring out stuff, applaud most ideas and collect supplies. And kind of play alongside, in or outside the abandoned ship before it sails out of the room for the first time. We love pirates, stories of hidden treasures because there are so many out there. She still wants a sword and an eye patch. I'll better take a good look at her birth certificate. x       

AM I SURE I'M RAISING A GIRL?
AM I SURE I'M RAISING A GIRL?
^^ Very important can food on any long distance voyage ^^

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LETTER TO SANTA AND A VIDEO
LETTER TO SANTA AND A VIDEO
LETTER TO SANTA AND A VIDEO
Christmas spirit has been holding strong within magnolia of our walls coupled with superior tree at the center of the household, presents tucked away above head level and plans made around unwrapping them and sharing festive meal and mood. I enthusiastically immerse myself in the magic of shimmering lights lightening even the gloomiest of days above fundamentally important fish and poultry year after year, now bringing Nadia along to make her own memories. Because this is what Christmas means to us - a sheer joy of recreating childhood memories through scents of ginger, fresh spruce needles, real excitement at more chocolate than we can hide for later. A time in a year family bonds speak louder then the howling wind we're trying to escape from snuggled in coziness of decorated rooms. Dear Santa, we'll not be praying too much but going to sing carols at the top of our coughing throats, we'll not recreate much of nativity scenes but will wait for a snow coat with withdrawn breath. xxx    




I used this track in a video: 'Heute Mplon' by Thiaz Itch (http://www.thiazitch.com)
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IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR
IT'S GOING TO BE AN EXCITING YEAR






















This blank notebook of a new year excites me like it hasn't happened before. It does every year, leave me and untouched day to a page diary alone and I'll have it all planed, pre-booked, organized to specific date and time. It just feels natural to be ecstatic and overwhelmed about something you know it's coming and you can make the most or the little of it. Anything. But nobody needs to know that. Only those who are involved I reckon. So, yeah welcome to day to a page of goals and playfulness. Some serious nerve-tingling events will mingle with everyday activities transforming them into something magical or just a little different which is especially good news as we've missed a few dates and ocassions this year. Nadia will take part in 'Alice in Wonderland' ballet performance on two days next July because movement of any kind is going strong around here since forever. This will be cute to watch and I'm inviting everyone like crazy. Grab yourself a glass of milk and consider being greatly entertained for about two hours straight. 

The next paragraph will be a very domestic one about a house with white fences and children running among the heavily breeding trees. Sun will shine through the open patio doors while I sit watching frilly skirts floating before my eyes. Or so I want to. I’ve been bragging around about a massive urge to move out to a house of ours (semi-detached, terraced, doesn’t matter) for a long time. Maybe it’s far more urgent because I've never experienced a proper home or my own space as my family was moving from place to place, I kept changing schools like Kim Kardashian changes her outfits. On good days my space would consist of a half of a family table with the other half for my younger brother. I gave a lot of thought to renting properties because they’re not bad option to consider. If we’re lucky we could find a decent size house with rear garden and being close to main streets and the beach. If it’s unfurnished, the better. And if the landlord is not too much of a jerk, we can decorate rooms as we please. Even yesterday owning a house was a big deal for us (me), today I’m much laid-back about the whole buying idea especially that we’re not huge money savers. I’d rather spend that extra cash on trips, food or little clothes so yeah, mentally preparing myself for journeys through estate agencies to get that new space under our wings.

I think it’s going to be an exciting year. (Shhh... happy almost Christmas, friends...)

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IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO RECOGNIZE SUNSHINE
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO RECOGNIZE SUNSHINE












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 DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO RECOGNIZE SUNSHINE

IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO RECOGNIZE SUNSHINE
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO RECOGNIZE SUNSHINE
IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG TO RECOGNIZE SUNSHINE
^^ I don't argue with toddler wanting to snack right there right that very minute. It may change, don't risk it. ^^

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IT NIBBLES OUR CHEEKS AND STARTS ON THE EARS






















As you can probably guess by the look on her face, Nadia was enjoying rides up and down the hill before it got too cold to stay safely outdoors. Even layered thick with cotton and wool we were so unaware we're actually not winter people. Within minutes we ran up the steep path in one rolling motion, Nadia laughed as I groaned how much there was to push and then I was standing, whining, wishing I'd worn warmer tights, railing at the cold making my fingers clumsy. Once home she promptly fell asleep on the sofa while I was trying to reclaim the movement of my fingers on the keyboard. I kept looking over my shoulder at the breathing blanket with a socked foot sticking out and disturbing my writing but I could keep doing so even realizing I haven't written much. We'll go out again tomorrow passing most of the alleyways before we stop to eat sweet buns and flash sympathetic smile at a squirrel holding totally intact nut then cracking it open before our eyes. We'll go as far as we can bear this cold ;) 

How do you keep warm these unthinkably chilly days? x  

IT NIBBLES OUR CHEEKS AND STARTS ON THE EARS
IT NIBBLES OUR CHEEKS AND STARTS ON THE EARS
IT NIBBLES OUR CHEEKS AND STARTS ON THE EARS
^^ Quick snack before the cold demands its territory ^^

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