Hi, it´s me….

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I am the writer behind this blog, it´s me.

Since I have seen reader numbers increase on my blog posts a lot over the last few months I have decided it is time for a new introduction post. I am sure tons of things have changed since the last time I have done one and maybe some of you are curious how I got here, what I do and maybe want to know some random facts about me.

 

It is going to be 10 years since I have started this blog and oh boy if I look back I almost don´t recognize myself. In the last 10 years a lot of things have changed, good as well as bad. Some of my outfits have been so bad oh and the quality of the photography was even worse. 

So let´s get this started

My name is Kati, I am 30 something years old. I have a husband and 3 little girls and we live in a small house in the suburbs. The girls are four, two and zero and the light of my life. I love staying home with them and look after my little ones. 

I have designed and renovated every of their rooms. This leads you to my obsession for home decor and renovations. I have changed every room since we have moved in eight years ago and I am finally at a point where I can say that I am satisfied and I am going to leave it like that (for now, who knows what´s in ten years – just don´t tell my husband 😉 ).

We like to travel but it has definitely decreased cause it is just such a huge logistic to think of everything and pack the whole house and somehow get it all into our car but we managed to get out and somewhere else five times !!! this year. This is really huge. 

My husband and I met at my last work place. He is an egineer and I was his secretary. A classic love story if you ask me. The rest was history. His family lives very close and I am definitely thankful about that cause I can take all the help I get with the girls. We wil we married for seven years in September and together for nine years. Time flies fast if you are having fun. 

At the moment I am staying at home and it will probably stay this way for a lot of the next years to come but I have worked in retail for several years and after that I had lots of jobs in offices (a recycling company, a lawyer and an office for civil engineering).

 

I have loved fashion ever since. I would lay out my outfits on school nights so I didn´t have to think about it very long in the morning and was always looking forward to getting dressed. High heels have been one of my favorite shoe for years but now it is just not practical but I will get them back to wear at some point in my life. I was the biggest fan of The Nanny and it influenced my style a lot throughout the years. I definitely still love to get dressed and most of the days I look better than what I have planned to do but I have just so many cute things I like to wear. 

Christmas is our fifth season and has always been magical to me but with little ones it is just next level. I have never loved it more than this year. Christmas with a newborn and two toddlers has been the best. The endless snuggles, the baking and their glowing eyes when we went to Christmas markets or did other fun christmassy things. 

Having all girls has been the best. The two big ones are as different as siblings could be but when it get´s tough they stick together. I just love to see how their personalities comes out more and more. We have a very sensitive kindergartener who sometimes overthinks things and just wants peace all around and we have a quirly and wild two year old who loves to sing and talk all day. I am so excited to see how our little baby girl will be. Being their mom is the absolute best and there will never be anything in this world comparable to how much I love them. 

Some facts about me:

– my favorite colors are green, white, red, orange and oatmeal

– I eat my steak rare (the waiter always asks me twice if I am sure about that 😉

– wet hair from other people, sweating people and old leftovers of our food gross me out

– I love me some coffee any time of the day

– my guilty pleasure are handbags (probably inherited that from my great-aunt)

– do not have any patience with car things and technical stuff

– I hate sports and if I say hate I mean I loathe them

– I do not have self control around bread (have to eat it)

– I eat bacon and eggs every day for breakfast

– my favorite season is Fall – what is not to love about pumpkins and falling leaves

– I rather stay in and clean than go out

– favorite clothing items are dresses – just the easiest way to get dressed and look fabulous

– I do not eat much fruit – do not like the consistency nor the taste

– if I could, I would life on my own ranch far away from other people 

– my dream car is a Chevrolet Tahoe

– as a child I wanted to become a fairy or a pirat bride

– my favorite all time movies are Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers and The Return of the King, The Devil wears Prada and Because I Said So

– the most toys I get for my girls are secretly for me cause I find them so cute and I have never truly grown up

– I am terrible with numbers and money

– my favorite sweets are Picco Balla, the white champagne parlines from Lindt and doughnuts

– my favorite store has always been H&M and will forever be

– I haven´t killed a single plant in the last two years – yeah me

 

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Baby No. 3…

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Well what other can I say than horray – the secret is out!!! We are having another baby in the Fall. I still can´t believe it. It has been a little surprise but a great one at the right time. We had to reschedule some vacation plans but other than that I am over the moon happy I get to do it all over but also a little sad cause this will be the last time I am doing it. We´ll see how I feel about that… The girls all will be about 2 years and 3 months apart which is the perfect gap in my opinion. Still little enough to share the same interests at some point but one is also big enough to be much more self sufficient. 

Our gender reveal is up on Instagram but I can also tell you that our baby will be a GIRL – another one. It is so cool to have three little girls. Hopefully they grow to be the most loving sister to one another. I already have a concept for her room. We have one room left and I have painted it in the most gorgeous shade of blue years ago. I am leaving the paint color cause I really love it and am going to create a light and airy ocean themed nursery. Can´t wait to start decorating and putting away little newborn clothes.

My morning sickness (which lasted the whole day) and the exhaustion has lifted a few days ago and I can also start feeling baby move the moment I am writting this for your. 

All in all I am very hapy how everything is now and am looking forward to be a family of five but we will need another car that fits three child seats in the back and I am also very pregnant over the hottest months of the year. We will see how this goes.

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Back to School – Kindergarten Edition…

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The first week of Kindergarten is over and it was a huge success. She loved it everyday and didn´t want to go home. I am so so happy for her. There are so many other children to play with and she has already found two friends. It is just the cutest thing to watch her go into her group in the mornings and be immediately happy.

I have gotten some things for her upfront but wanted to at least have everything tested once.

Amazon Kindergarten Favorites

Backpack and more

I have been a huge Reisenthel lover for years now and I was so happy when the time came around I could get their monogrammed diaper bags for my girls and now of course I was even more excited to get a Kindergarten backpack set for Emilia. 

We got the pink ABC set cause of course it had to be pink and the unicorn was just the cherry on top !!!!

 

 

I got these for Emilia for her gymnastics class and she was super smitten. Of course. I mean they are pink with glitter so what´s not to love here.

 

 

Snack Box and More

I am a huge fan of girl dinner so of course I had to get some Bento boxes for Kindergarten snack time. A few things of everything is better than a lot of one am I right. At least food wise.

The boxes have 5 different sized compartments. I am still exploring what works for her and what not but I have had lots of hit and only a few misses. It might seem like a big box but it fits perfectly into her backpack and it is also easy to open for her.

To make snack time a little more exciting I got some fun gadgets like these animal sticks. I used these for sticky things like cut up fruits. Another very practical thing I love are the silicone muffin tins. I put the cut up fruit in there or today I put some nuts into it. 

A huge hit are the heart and star shaped cutter. I use them for her bread or toast and she has eaten it up every single time although she is not a hute bread fan.

The little round tins with the silicone lids are perfect for joghurt or peanut butter. They are absolutely leak-proof.

This great wave cutter is a super simple tool but it helps so much making all the vegetables more interesting for your child.

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Fall Activities for Toddler…

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Fall just is the best of all season and I might have Emilia influenced as much that she thinks so too cause everytime we pass lots of fallen leaves she says „Horray, it is Fall here“. 

The weather is still perfect here and was through all of October that we were able to do so many things outside. I wanted to recap some things which would work as a great list as well for you guys to give you some ideas on what to do with your toddler.

Fall Activities for your Toddler

Pumpkin Painting

 

Collecting Chestnut and making little figures

 

Flying Kites

 

Visit a wildlife park and feed the animals

 

Go on a toddler friendly hike

 

Make a pile of leaves and jump into it

 

Visit an auqarium

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