Chaos

The water pump in our house decided to broke down. I was there alone with kids (Kalle was rehearsing in Tallinn, but I'll post later about that), so the timing was just great! Woke up in the morning and nothing but air came out from the water tap. So I packed our stuff and drove to my parents place (120 km) to have some coffee and get a shower :)

Later Kalle tried to fix the system, but no luck. He thinks some parts inside the bloody pump have melted (because it had been working empty without any water, sucking a lot of air, all night) or something.

The Vacation Is Ending...

Noora has this little tradition to send a postcard from the cottage to her grandparents before the summer ends. This year she chose a card illustrated by an artist named Ilon Wikland.

Ilon is mostly known by the beautiful pictures of Astrid Lindgren books (such as Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, The Six Bullerby Children etc.)

Ilon Wikland (born Maire-Ilon Pääbo) was born in Estonia, but her family escaped to Sweden (from the occupation of the Soviet Union) in 1944. She was 14 years old at the time. 6 years later she met Astrid and a wonderful partnership of creating these nice warmhearted books began.

The Light

I made a lamp some days ago. Found the instructions from the Dos Family blog HERE . Thanks for that, dos girls!

The balloon I got for this project simply broke, but Noora was so kind to lend me her beach ball, which worked just perfectly! Maybe the lamp is not as round as it should be, but anyways... :)

And then another day Kalle made some magic (from my point of view) and put up the outdoor lights!

I am so pleased! :)

Tuudur 2!

Happy Birthday, our big little baby! :)

A day before... This lovely pony named Kopikas belongs to our summer neighbours. The kids love her (obviously)!

Greetings From The Cottage!