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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Nursery Decor – Etsy Favorites – Baby….

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Our girl´s room was such a heartfelt project. I loved every second I spent planning, working and decorating in there always thinking how my two girls will grow up together in their beautiful shared room.

All of the decor pieces I put into the shelf are picked with a meaning behind. Most of them are from etsy. My number one online place for personalized and special pieces you won´t get at any other place.

Sentimental / Memorable Pieces

I am sentimental in every way. I look at certain pieces and pictures or clothes from my kids and get tears in my eyes immediately by remembering the special moments. They grow up so fast and I try to keep as much as possible cause time is truly a thief. I have kept almost all of the girls important and meaningful pieces from their birth like their hospital bands and first name tags. 

Both of my girls have one of the shelves reserved for their things like personalized pieces and special gifts. Also pictures of them from their first weeks of life. I just can´t believe how little they once were.

 

Decorative Pieces to play with

These are the ones I incorporated throughout the whole shelf which are meant to play with but also have a decorative character like the wooden rainbow, the tea set or the Claris books. The tea set is Emilia´s favorite piece in her room. She loves to play picnic with her stuffed animals and her dad and this one comes in handy. It is ceramic but I told her to handle it carefully and so far she does. The Claris books are the cutest in my opinion, they work great as background for the shelves. The look-and-find books are the best to learn new words and things from the chic and fashionable world Claris lives in.

 

Storage

Hidden or decorative storage is a huge space saver cause it serves as two pieces in one. Baskets work always in your favor. First of all you can´t spot what it´s in there and second of all you can choose styles plus it won´t look less cluttered with baskets in a shelf. If your children are still little it is much easier for them to tidy up by themselves.

Etsy Finds: wooden train / roses in frame / name tag Helena / name tag Emilia / round wooden sign 

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